Ok . . . that headline made no sense. But I do feel like I've been running around an awful lot lately.
I conducted my first international conference call this evening--my manager said, "you can handle this one, right? "
Um--sure . . .
I left work, with plenty of time to run the call from home, got stuck in traffic on 405 forever, and made it home with 2 minutes to spare. I shut myself up in my home office, grabbed our wireless speakerphone, and got online.
All was well . . . "Hello Singapore . . . Hello Tokyo . . . Hello Beijing."
Status updates--action items--outstanding.
Then, the power goes out in Renton. Really. What are the odds? Of course, every phone we own, including the wireless speakerphone is an electricity dependant model, so I'm off the call.
Thank goodness for cell phones and 1-800 call in numbers. I was back on the phone in 2 minutes, and finished up the call. In the two hour blackout that followed I had a wonderful candlelight meal with the wife. When the power came back, I was back in email land. Technology is a harsh mistress and sometimes it's OK if she gives you a 2 hour break.
Not bad for my first full day with the new job. Meep.
--TinFoil Out
2 comments:
Your first day sounded like a day from Hell! Glad you had your trusty cell phone on hand. Looks like this job is going to be very interesting! Way to go!
Mark--You're totally right, everyone has the Cingular 2125 here.
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