Daily Archives: March 2, 2004

Overheard at OfficeMax

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I was in OfficeMax today and I was standing next to a lady in the organizer aisle. All of a sudden, a young guy stops and talks to her:

Young Man: Excuse me, but I see you in here all the time and you always look so good. Always so professional, I just wanted to tell you that.

Woman: (unnerved) Uh… well, thank you. I… I buy my office supplies here, that’s why I come.

YM: Well, you look fabulous. What line of work are you in?

Woman: I’m a realtor, I just needed to pick up an organizer–

YM: A realtor, how great! Where do you work generally?

W: Well, I used to be in Florida, but now I work north Atlanta bec–

YM: I’m from Florida! What part?!

W: Uh, Tampa.

YM: Me, too! Listen, I just have to give you my card. If you’re ever thinking of changing careers, I could use someone like you. A lot of people who work with us used to be in real estate. I work for Mary Kay…

W: Oh, I don’t–

YM: Don’t worry I don’t sell anything. I’ve got more important things to do than hawk lipstick. I’m in the seminar-giving part, we teach people about leadership. You’d be great. Do you have a card with you?

W: Well, yes, somewhere (shuffles in purse)

YM: Here’s mine. I just think you’d be fabulous at our seminars.

W: I should have a card more ready, I suppose, as a realtor, but–

YM: I know what you mean. They’re hard to keep up with, those things.

W: Here.

YM: Great! I’m definitely going to give you a call. You’d be great. It was great meeting you! I’ve got to go get MY office supplies! (walks away)

(beat)

W: (turning to me) That was the oddest thing that’s happened to me in a long time.

Me: I’m so excited I could be here for it.

W: (laughs, and walks away shaking her head)

Electric Line Internet

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I just read in a Wall Street Journal in our breakroom that Cinergy, Cincinnati’s power utility, is going to start offering internet access comparable or better than cable/DSL to folks in Cincinnati.

This is fantastic.

I don’t want cable, so getting a cable modem doesn’t make sense. I don’t need a telephone land line, since Stacey and I have cellphones. But I have to have one to get internet access in our home. But if it were available through the electrical outlet… that’d be sweet. Ditch the landline totally.

Unfortunately, it may be a fair amount of time away. They’ll be targeting rural areas that don’t have cable/DSL options first, before moving into the big cities.

I’ll just bide my time.

Headset!

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They placed a headset on order for me!

I discovered the way to go about it is to just ask the woman who’s in charge of office supplies to order one. Apparently, I don’t NEED permission from higher ups or the IT guy in charge of phone systems. Go figure.

I also asked for a new desk calendar and laboratory notebook. I’m gonna be so stylin’ with my new office supplies here pretty soon. I feel like Herbert Kornfield or whatever his name is from The Onion.