I promised I would share from my grab bag of idiotic things I have done, so here is the first installment.
In my former life as an advertising account executive (again, sales monkey), I was sitting at my desk one afternoon returning calls. I dialed up a client and was directed to their voicemail. (This was before the internet "caught on." Heck! We didn't even have computers at our desks--gasp!) So apparently, I was attempting to multi-task while leaving the message, and it went a little something like this:
"Hi! Mr. So-and-So. This is Tara Threlkeld with The Daily Planet. I was just calling to check on you and to get the information for your next ad. Just give me a call at 000-0000. (This is where I must have mentally blacked out and the Spirit took over.) For it's in Jesus name we pray, Amen."
It's true. I ended it just like that.
I have no business interacting with others on a professional level.
In my new 'occupation' I often end conversations in prayer too, but it is more like, "Lord help me not burn the playroom down!"
How funny! What was his reaction to that?
ReplyDeleteI completely understand!!! Sometimes in meetings here at work when the speaker says something I agree with, I hear myself say "Amen"! And I have to reign myself back in and remember where I am....SO FUNNY! :-)
ReplyDeleteIn college, I worked two jobs. On the weekends, I worked drive-thru at Burger King. During the week, I worked for a contractor at Mercedes. You had to radio a driver there to pick you up once you got to the gate. One day I picked up the radio and said "Welcome to Burger King, how may I help you?"
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