Can You Hear Me Now?

Well, let's just say that it wasn't quite the "welcome home" greeting that I expected this evening.

I'm sorry, but after a day of baby-sitting highly educated engineers who can find one little fault in the plans for pouring concrete but who can' t seem to find an entire box of copier paper in the construction trailer, I'm entirely convinced I'm just one big 'ol babysitter for highly educated men who can't be bothered to find things on their own.

"I need legal folders"

"Well, they're in there, on the lowest shelf."

"I can't see them."

"You're not looking...fourth shelf, on the bottom."

"These aren't them."

"No, those are the hanging folders, look to the right of them."

"Oh, you mean these?"

Next!

"Dee, we're out of pens."

"There are at least ten boxes of pens in there, assorted colors, too!"

"Oh, I see..."

"Did you find them?"

"Yeah, but these aren't the ones that I like. Can we get some more, please?"

So, it's always fun to come home to discover that between my mom and her partner neither of them were able to set up his new TracFone, so the minute I walked in, there was a true "full-press" from both of them.

I normally don't blog about my home life, but let's just say for now they really, really tried. They're in their late sixties, and they did give it their best effort.

No need to hijack a nine year old for this task, of course, especially if you have me in the house. ;)

Ahem, she says.

"Try it now...I'm calling you, and see if you get my message."

"Let's try changing the ring tone from vibrate to a ring tone."

"No, this is how you get your voice mail."

"It's not a great idea to hold the phone away from your ear while you're checking your voice mail."

"Did you put in your password for voicemail?"

"You need to hold the phone closer to your ear."

"Let's try this again."

Sigh.

Yes, I did get the phone all set up for Bob, taught him how to answer his email and all of that good stuff.

"I mean, really...is this the payback for all of the bicycles and "Barbie Doll Houses" the two of you put together 0n Christmas Eve when we were kids? Payback is a bitch, you know."

Well, it only took an hour, but he's all set up, and good to go!

It's no wonder why I smoke.