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~ J
Woot.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Ghost in the Machine: 2/22 post follow up
The saga continues.
Today I answered the phone!
I wish I had not.
Again it was a day I arrived before even the early birds. Again I was greeted by that persisting chime of an inner office call to the receptionist's desk.
This time without thinking about it, instead of lifting and hanging up, I answered the phone.
I wish I had not; how does the saying go? Ignorance is bliss.
But I did.
I held the receiver to my ear and reluctantly asked, "Hello?"
What I heard happened quickly, but I will explain what I think I made out of it.
It sounded like someone 'exhaling' (not heavy breathing, just a quick audible exhale).
I was followed by what I can only describe as a 'shhhhht' kind of like someone trying to quiet you in a library.
Then click (disconnect).
I took that with a grain of salt; having to work in this place before people arrive, I cannot allow trivialities to prevent me from doing my job.
I can say I was a bit apprehensive walking to my office (the Technology Department), which is the first door in a hall that ends with the locked door of the HR department, where three cubicles deep the call originated from.
~ J
(I got goose pimples recalling the events, gotta stop blogging these things this late at night)
(What was that!?!?!)
Today I answered the phone!
I wish I had not.
Again it was a day I arrived before even the early birds. Again I was greeted by that persisting chime of an inner office call to the receptionist's desk.
This time without thinking about it, instead of lifting and hanging up, I answered the phone.
I wish I had not; how does the saying go? Ignorance is bliss.
But I did.
I held the receiver to my ear and reluctantly asked, "Hello?"
What I heard happened quickly, but I will explain what I think I made out of it.
It sounded like someone 'exhaling' (not heavy breathing, just a quick audible exhale).
I was followed by what I can only describe as a 'shhhhht' kind of like someone trying to quiet you in a library.
Then click (disconnect).
I took that with a grain of salt; having to work in this place before people arrive, I cannot allow trivialities to prevent me from doing my job.
I can say I was a bit apprehensive walking to my office (the Technology Department), which is the first door in a hall that ends with the locked door of the HR department, where three cubicles deep the call originated from.
~ J
(I got goose pimples recalling the events, gotta stop blogging these things this late at night)
(What was that!?!?!)
Friday, February 10, 2012
Super heroes
I have concluded that our world is filled with super-powered humans.
People who can sing, with voices that rival angels, delve the mind of mere mortals into deeper levels of consciousness.
Artists can create pieces of work so powerful they can stop time, invoke emotion, and open portals to alternate realities
Wordsmiths can spin a tale that will transport you to other worlds, invoke infinite possibilities, and shape the mind of the youngest soul to the wisest of minds.
Most of all, they inspire the hopeless to become the heroes of tomorrow.
~ J
People who can sing, with voices that rival angels, delve the mind of mere mortals into deeper levels of consciousness.
Artists can create pieces of work so powerful they can stop time, invoke emotion, and open portals to alternate realities
Wordsmiths can spin a tale that will transport you to other worlds, invoke infinite possibilities, and shape the mind of the youngest soul to the wisest of minds.
Most of all, they inspire the hopeless to become the heroes of tomorrow.
~ J
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The call is coming from inside your house...errr....Office
I work in an office environment with approximately 40 employees in a medium size office suite.
For some time now, there have been some unusual happenings at my workplace that cannot be explained.
It all started with internal phone calls dialing the reception.
For the past month, two other coworkers and I have been the first to arrive for the day. Therefore we are the ones to deactivate the office's alarm system.
Every day we are greeted with a persistent ringing on the front desk phone where the receptionist sits.
The first time it was one of the head executives of the company.
That day I checked their office (after turning off the alarm) to make sure she was alright, just in case something happened at the end of the previous day and she attempted to reach out futilely.
Her office door was locked, and she was not there. So a mystery was born.
A couple of days passed before our day was greeted by another mysterious call. This time from one of the HR ladies; since their office is always locked at the end of the day before I leave for the day, I know there was no one there and that the call was not placed before I left for that day.
Then finally, a couple of days later, a call from an office that was not unlocked and the door remained open was plaguing the receptionist's desk phone.
This time I was alone; since arriving super early, it was still dark outside, and the building was eerily empty. I tried psyching myself to check out this office before disconnecting the line from the receptionist's machine.
I could not do it; I picked it up and closed it, then went straight to my office.
Since then, it continued somewhat daily, sometimes randomly, but mainly fluctuated between the HR lady and that one office with her door open (I never had the nerve to check that out .. yet).
~ J
For some time now, there have been some unusual happenings at my workplace that cannot be explained.
It all started with internal phone calls dialing the reception.
For the past month, two other coworkers and I have been the first to arrive for the day. Therefore we are the ones to deactivate the office's alarm system.
Every day we are greeted with a persistent ringing on the front desk phone where the receptionist sits.
The first time it was one of the head executives of the company.
That day I checked their office (after turning off the alarm) to make sure she was alright, just in case something happened at the end of the previous day and she attempted to reach out futilely.
Her office door was locked, and she was not there. So a mystery was born.
A couple of days passed before our day was greeted by another mysterious call. This time from one of the HR ladies; since their office is always locked at the end of the day before I leave for the day, I know there was no one there and that the call was not placed before I left for that day.
Then finally, a couple of days later, a call from an office that was not unlocked and the door remained open was plaguing the receptionist's desk phone.
This time I was alone; since arriving super early, it was still dark outside, and the building was eerily empty. I tried psyching myself to check out this office before disconnecting the line from the receptionist's machine.
I could not do it; I picked it up and closed it, then went straight to my office.
Since then, it continued somewhat daily, sometimes randomly, but mainly fluctuated between the HR lady and that one office with her door open (I never had the nerve to check that out .. yet).
~ J
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