This Is The Place For You If You Enjoy Being Last...

[DisneyFirefly]

I think some of you guys have seen this picture before, but this was Delilah the day we got her:

She was neglected, abused, and underfed. She was afraid of being alone (would literally follow us around the house), afraid of the broom, and the first noise she made was when my dad came home and she saw this strange man who wasn't one of the women who'd been loving on her all day (he was at work when Mom brought her home).

And this is her tonight:

She's laying on the floor next to my bed

 

[skiingfast]

How do they know you are calling from/for the CDC?

 

[DisneyFirefly]

We're required to identify ourselves and state that we're calling on behalf of the CDC. If they have legitimacy concerns, we have a phone number, website, and letter we can give them, or they can speak to our supervisors. If they refuse, they go to a refusal converter, which I am not.

 

[skiingfast]

That is good. I'm very skeptical of numbers I don't recognize.

 

[DisneyFirefly]

As am I. We also have help text on the computers regarding the privacy laws, which we can explain to respondents if we need to. I've only had one person ask me to explain them, thankfully

 

[skiingfast]

Good night all.

 

[franandaj]

They're randomly generated by the computer. We have absolutely no idea who we're calling until we speak to them. And it's fine if people say no, as long as they let me screen them out Then we don't have to call them again. It cracks me up how many people are like "STOP CALLING ME" and I'm like "Well, unless you say something like 'take me off your list' or get vulgar or abusive, I CAN'T, SO LET ME SCREEN YOU OUT". It really bothers some of the people I work with and I'm just like Not my problem. I'm doing my job.

But yeah, if you ever get a call that's like "Hello, my name is _____, and I'm calling on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control", either let them screen you or just have them take you off the list If you say "take me off the list", we're required to do it, even if it's your machine that says it.

We usually ask to be taken off the call list, politely when they are asking for money. However, we like taking surveys and giving our opinions, so if we meet the test criteria, and are just sitting around at home, we'll usually bite. However, I don't think you care about the vaccinations that OUR kids have had!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Lasting at home.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Well, the cold is mostly gone, thankfully I hope I get back to normal soon.

Glad you're feeling better.

Me too... I have 5 more weeks in the boot...

Hope the doctor is happy with your progress now.

Good evening all.

Meet our new addition we will be picking up on March 28th...isn't she cute? We're using our Alaska airline credit to fly to Portland to pick her up.

Gorgeous dog!

 

[queenie82]

Is it Friday yet....

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nearly.

The good news is that we're over the hump!

 

[queenie82]

hmmmm...

I want the weekend....

 

[PrincessInOz]

Non-paid working day for me tomorrow.

1. Drop DS at school
2. Coffee with the girls
3. Friends in a box on the Dis
4. Prep for dinner
5. More 3D friends
6. Pick up DS
7. Help DS with homework
8. Cook dinner
9. Crash!

 

[queenie82]

My paid working day
1. Bad night's sleep
2. Hitting the snooze button once too often and relying on little miss noisy being back home to wake me
3. Just missing the bus to the station or the bus being late...making me get the later train
4. Arriving looking like death warmed up at work
5. Work
6. Crashed files
7. reloading files
8. Freezing files
9. Work
10. Banging head on wall.
11. Lunch wander around the city to let off steam
12. Lunch - food while working
13. Work while dozing off
14. Leaving work......

 

[PrincessInOz]

Your day today looks a lot like my day today.

 

[queenie82]

That is a good day for me...

 

[PrincessInOz]

 

[queenie82]

Notice anything different.....



I kinda went impulsive today...

 

[PrincessInOz]

Excellent. Maytime in Switzerland??

 

[queenie82]

Nope...the UK Sanctuary...
It's too hard trying to sort that before the resort closes in May.
So that'll be Septemberish...