So, I’m here at work – got lots to do, so I’m quietly busy, just me and Planet Rock. Got to lunchtime and as it’s pretty warm (25 degrees – woo!), I shot off to Tesco for a cold drink.<\/p>\n
\t\tGot back, finished my lunch (with frequent breaks to talk to Dennis on the phone – he’s got a computer problem), and got back into what I was doing when Corina piped up with:<\/p>\n
\t\t“Can you call Christophe at DHL in Belgium – he wants a price for a wheel change jack.” – that’s it, no details of what plane it’s for or anything. So, prior to calling him, I rack my braincell and remember DHL use B757s, so a quick scan of the jacking data and I’m all set to sound like I know what I’m talking about when I call him.<\/p>\n
\t\tAnd so, I save all the files open on my desktop just in case the power goes or something, clear my desk and grab a piece of paper and new pen (Tim was over earlier and nicked mine, the bastard – I’ll get him back for that later…), and phone the number.<\/p>\n
\t\t“Hi Cristophe, it’s Paul from RHE – I understand you’re looking for a wheel change jack?” and just as I’m about to go into my impressive “I recall you use B757s, so you’ll need a 30 tonnes jack lifting from 11 to 16 inches…we can supply one for \u00a3loadsamoney*.” spiel, he stops me and says:<\/p>\n
\t\t“Oh no, we just wanted to know if you can repair them.”<\/p>\n
\t\t\ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n
\t\tSo basically, I’ve just wasted 10 minutes doing something Corina could have dealt with in 3 seconds…but I’m not bitter – hot, sweaty, but not bitter.<\/p>\n
\t\tGive it half hour or so and I’m gonna confuse her with:<\/p>\n
\t\t“I’m going for a short walk, a session on the step machine and colonic irrigation.”<\/p>\n
\t\tShe’ll most likely ask in a puzzled manner “Going to the gym?”, and I’ll reply:<\/p>\n
\t\t“Nope, I’m off for a shit.”<\/p>\n
\t\t\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\t\tI thank you.<\/p>\n
\t\t* Go on then, I’ll let you have one for \u00a33000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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