Internet Site of the Week

This question comes up often...Steve, if you do so little in your occupation, then what are you doing for the eight hours while you're at work each day? First of all, thank heavens for computers. I have no idea what people did at work before these puppies were invented. Did they just sit in front of typewriters all day and stare out the window? I imagine there were thousands of boxes of files all over the place and all people did was rearrange the files. At least that's what my great grandfather told me. There wouldn't be too much of a need for the IT Department either, which means I'd probably be a train conductor or something.

A great distraction at work is always cutting it up with your co-workers with some sports talk or office gossip. The problem with this is if you work in a small company there isn't much of a chance that you'll have anyone reasonably interesting to talk to. And even if you do find that person, they usually enjoy the idea of working for some reason or another.

Thus, today I'm going to help you out and provide you with one of my recent distractions among the infinite abyss that is the Internet. This site is one of the greatest miniature golf games I've ever come across. It's fairly easy to learn, just keep notice of the wind speed and direction in the upper right hand corner, and make sure to stay clear of the water and trees. They'll own you. My top score is -13, and if you beat that score and email me the screenshot at cantbefired@gmail.com, I will allow you a guest post on this site. And by guest post I mean I will take your idea and run with it myself while giving you no credit whatsoever (great example of working smart not hard).

***Charles Update*** I had him (the new guy) answering my phone this morning, which is probably frowned upon but no one has said anything yet. Anyway, an unruly customer called and was giving him an earful so bad that he handed me back the phone. So I taught him one of my new favorite ways to deal with unhappy clients (I'll have a post about this next week)...Simply hang up and then unplug the phone from the jack and keep doing what you're doing. They'll keep calling sure, but you won't have to worry about it because your phone won't ring. Then they'll call the main line and asked to be transferred to you, but all their efforts will lead straight to voicemail. Now when you think they've learned their lesson, you plug the phone back in and return their call in an irate manner. I usually lead off with, "You call me upset and then have the audacity to not answer your phone all day!" They'll be dumbfounded and speechless...


*UPDATE 12:53pm: -14 is now the score to beat