Step 1. Phone Head office and request paper to be sent
Step 2. Wait for paper…………
Ummmm not so simple actually
Step 1. Ask head office for paper
Step 2. Be told I need to put request in writing for authorization
Step 3. Send the Mail….
Well there you have it
NOT……………………………
1. I place “RODER FOR PAPER”
2. Bern sees my Mistake and replies to my mail (REPLY TO ALL) “ And while Michelle wants to RODER paper, I would like to place an ORDER for paper.” (she has this beady eye and picks up my mistakes after I have pressed send!!!) need to get her to proof read my mails
3. I see Bern collapsed at her computer pissing herself laughing – and of course I want to know what is so funny
4. I read Bern’s response and I decide ever so cleverly to fix my mail and re send it
5. PLEASE CAN WE ODER PAPER FROM FORMAX
6. Stupidly just presses send. I think I am real smart and tactfully says nothing more – all chuffed with myself for correcting the mail
7. Elize in Cape Town responds “Formax don’t smell too bad but I am sure they will accept an ORDER!!
8. Bern reads my mail responds REPLY TO ALL AGAIN – now hanging onto her desk for strength “OMG! What am I going to do with her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
9. I get all embarrassed but decide what the hell… let me show how funny I am very careful to spell correctly : New version of paper…. Get with the programme you two. So you think you are both so *&*^ing clever
10. adding: “Elize…. You did accuse us of using it as toilet paper. Bern just told me I am a real ass
Elize replies” Go Bern……. Now can you please stick to the regular 1-ply crappy stuff for your bums!!! Sell her to the Carny folk!!!
So we think this all over and done with and I decide that I am not going to send the mail to Nadia as instructed to do by Elize so Bern sends the mail:
“Hi Natalie
Please can you arrange for an order for a box of paper for ACT Durban”
11. Mail from Elize: You okes are hilarious!!!! Whose Natalie??? LMAO
12. Bern sees what she has done and mails “OOOOOOO MMMMMMMMM GGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s contagious!
13. Elize is now unable to type work, answer the phone and is barely able to respond – but somehow she find the super human strength to respond “My thoughts exactly!! I hope I can’t catch it thru email!!
14. Bern realizes what she has done. She pushes her chair away from the desk. Looks at me with tears streaming down her face now – I can see she is just about to pee her pants with the sheer ridiculous nature of what started out at a simple task of order paper – she plonks herself down in the chair – out of breathe unable to tell me why she is laughing. Its turned into hiccups laughs now – and she bashes this out on her keys…”Sorry Nadia!!!!!! I am not having a very clear minded day here!”
15. Bern then decided it was best to leave the office as I could not stop laughing.
We hope Natalie / Nadia processes our Order! We really do need paper and I am most definitely not going to ask Head Office again.
My computer bleeps at me and it’s a Skype from Elize…………………………..so I respond
Skype
• Michelle : HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
• Michelle: my stomach is sore from laughing. Hi Natalie....... oh dear! it’s funny
• Elize: I am giggling myself stupid here.......
• Elize: I can't figure out who is more blonde today
• Elize Natalie???
• Elize : WTF????
• Michelle: exactly. and I said "Bern you better place the ORDER because I just seem to screw it up...."
• Michelle: I collapsed on the floor. wouldn’t think we are professional and efficient and all that. boy we do have some damn good laughs though.
• Elize: I'm starting to wonder if I should ask you two peanuts to do simple things like oder/roder OR order paper from Nadia / Natalie (for short)
• Elize: My I should ORDER paper from NADIA in future
My obvious response to this comment is.. well that is what I tried to do earlier!!
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