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you know...

I just realized that I could probably go the whole day at work without even talking to anyone. It's strange, but I can actually communicate via e-mail and AIM much more efficiently if I only need a short bursts of information from the people involved. The client has made in painfully clear that they do not want us using the telephone because there is a ridiculous code that one must punch to get an outside line that isn't toll free.

REE-DIC-YOU-LUS

by the time I find the code and punch it in, I could have fired off three e-mails, an IM, gotten a response, and been back working.

most of the time, if I need to call someone, I'll just use my cell, because I don't want to have to mess with the stupid dial out code. Plus, my cell phone plan has more than enough minutes for me not to care about using them at work...

[pausing to take a phone call]

so there goes my attempt to not talk to anyone today.

a plan ruined in its inception.

normally, no one calls me or asks me questions because I usually just spin out what they need through e-mails and IM...

but I see the merit of actual phone calls...

sometimes it is much easier and faster to talk to the person if the issue is more complex.

most of the time though, issues calls are resolved by the person doing the talking because the person who is called is just there as a listener for the person doing the talking, and if the person doing the talking would just take two seconds to think about what they were asking they would not have needed to call the listener in the first place...

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I'm getting coffee... maybe then I'll be able to focus on something worth my salary... something productive... productive words...

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words like violence...