{"id":2912,"date":"2012-02-17T04:27:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T04:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2012-02-17T04:27:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T04:27:07","slug":"interesting-phone-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/interesting-phone-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Phone Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> I work for a police department. I like working for a police department. In general it is a rewarding experience. I wear a uniform but I am not a police officer. I wish I could be as cool as a police officer, but at 270 pounds that is not happening anytime soon. Still, I have a very good job. I get to supervise several sections in the Records department. I am good at what I do. For the most part I keep my cool, help people with the information they need, and they are soon on their way.
\nYou see, no one ever wants to really go to a police department. Think about it. Why do people go to the police department?? See what I mean? It isn’t like someone (as least a sane person) wakes up in the morning and says “gee whiz, I think I want to get some stuff stolen today so I can stand in line and make a police report!” Don’t worry when you walk into a police station the front counter people know what you are thinking. All I can say is just hold on, we promise to get you on your way as soon as possible.
\nA lot of times people don’t come in or even call us. Sometimes we call you. In fact today I had to the opportunity to call one of my fellow citizens. In this particular situation I was calling this lady to tell her that she had contacted our department, but she really needed to call a different department. So I get on the phone and the phone conversation goes something like this:
\nMe: Well you need to call X department. Can I give you the phone number.
\nHer: Oh, well I don’t have a pen can you wait?
\nMe: Sure
\n(So I proceed to wait on the line while this lady I assumes gets a pen, but I can still hear her on the phone)
\nHer: (speaking to someone in the background)Yeah, and so I guess I filled out that dang report wrong because this dumb police officer just called me and now I am on hold with the police department.
\nMe: Um, mam, your not on hold.
\nHer: I am not on hold?
\nMe: No, can I give you that number now?
\nHer: Uh, yes…
\nMe: (gives her the number)
\nHer: Thank you, sorry (very abrupt hang-up)<\/p>\n

She probably thought I was really mad at her, but the truth is as soon as I hung up with her I started laughing so hard that my fellow employees started to wonder what was wrong with me. Like I said, we know what you feel. Just go with the flow and we promise we will get you out of there as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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