Boss T is on vacation this week, so I'm expecting a handful of calls, containing bewildered voices exclaiming, "What do you mean he's not there?!" Fun, fun!
My favorite call today was somebody called Prof.B's line, then called mine. "I'm [FirstName LastName I don't recognize]. When is [Prof.B.] going to be back." "Uh, he's out of the office today and I'm not sure if he'll be in the rest of the week." "Well I don't need to talk to him today. What I really want to know is when he'll be back in the fall for teaching." "He's not teaching this fall. He's teaching in the spring.... He'll be around this fall, just not teaching." "Okay. Well I guess I'll just send him an e-mail then." "Yeah, that would probably be the best way to get in touch with him."
This is slightly paraphrased since I'm going off memory but yeah... way to be useless, Mr. Caller Person.
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My favorite call today was somebody called Prof.B's line, then called mine.
"I'm [FirstName LastName I don't recognize]. When is [Prof.B.] going to be back."
"Uh, he's out of the office today and I'm not sure if he'll be in the rest of the week."
"Well I don't need to talk to him today. What I really want to know is when he'll be back in the fall for teaching."
"He's not teaching this fall. He's teaching in the spring.... He'll be around this fall, just not teaching."
"Okay. Well I guess I'll just send him an e-mail then."
"Yeah, that would probably be the best way to get in touch with him."
This is slightly paraphrased since I'm going off memory but yeah... way to be useless, Mr. Caller Person.