Okay last one!!

I know this is C-R-A-Z-Y!!! I went from no posts to 3 in a single day.........

Don't get used to it "K"?

I just feel the need to blow off some steam!!! Let me tell you about the kind of day I'm having. Ever have one of those wonderfully awesome days where things just go from intolerable to "are you f*cking kidding me??".

TODAY is that day my friends.....TODAY!!!

It didn't start out so bad....I wasn't late for the first time in a week and a half!!! YEAH ME!!! That's quite an accomplishment considering I went to the baseball game last night (Thanks Sheila =)). I did my normally simple little routine:

Walk in the door
De-activate the alarm
Check the cameras
Put up "all clear" sign
Start to balance ATM......

That's where the normally good day started it's nasty decent. The words that started it seem rather minute - "Hey Chris, the copier is out of toner." Let me first explain that some how over my course of being here, I got elected the supply goddess. That means that for whatever reason, no one here - but me, knows a lick about how to order ANYTHING - except lunch!!! I think to myself -"hey no problem, I ordered 2 the last time. Just in case this happened." Well that would have been fine and dandy had whomever loaded the last cartridge in had bothered to TELL ME!!! So you know what that meant, right??? WE HAD ZERO TONER. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. This is bad for me. As it happens, our copier is ALSO our printer. That means all the required documentation I need when opening an account can not be printed. It ALSO means that I can't even copy blank forms to fill out by hand!!! I AM SCREWED!!

We decided to call another branch and BEG for them to loan us a toner cartridge. We called several and finally found one that could help us out. Che'lia put a few miles on her monster truck to get it for us (THANK YOU)!! I breathed a major sigh of relief.........

If only it could have lasted................

Not to be. Before I go on, let me tell you what my attire consists of today - WHITE National City Polo - OFF WHITE khaki type pants.......remember this.

Our wonderful little powder filled miracle arrives in Che'lia's capable hands. 2 of them try and install said cartridge. No luck. I have customers at my desk in the mean time that are none to thrilled with the fact that I cannot print signature cards for their new account. I get out of my chair and proceed to help the the other 2 load the toner - (how many bank people does it take to replace a toner cartridge???) Apparently more than 3. They get it in, and the door won't close.....I DECIDE it's in backwards. I grab it and pull it out. Black toner is now all over my hands and I am trying DESPERATELY to keep my white clothes pristine. I now have positioned the cartridge in what I deemed the appropriate position. Mean while the customers at my desk are now starting to get annoyed, OK annoyed is an understatement. I calmly explain to them that I am trying to correct the issue and apologized and asked for their patience. I was promptly awarded with them telling me that they did not want to do business with us. So out the door went $20,000.00. Not my fault....SWEAR!!

back to the cartridge..........

I shove it in, shoving it in is NOT an exaggeration folks. In fact, I shoved it so hard, that I broke the damn thing......MY BAD!! Now toner or not, this damn copy machine IS NOT going to work. Oops. My hands look like I've been playing in the coal mines, and my pants have seen better days. We called the repair dude for the copy/printer at 10:00 am or so. THEY STILL AREN'T HERE!!! I have since had 2 or 3 more customers at my desk expressing their discontentment with our little toner/copier/printer issue. I have been yelled at, eyes rolled at, and told that they just can't do business with me.....FINE - get the hell out!!! I won't even BEGIN to tell you about the other man that degraded me at my own desk because I wouldn't do something his way........

Day hasn't gotten better yet - I have 11 checking accounts to open and a $120,000.00 Money Market......I STILL HAVE NO PRINTER!!! So that means I get to sit here and twiddle my thumbs until Mr. Fix it comes.......BLAH!!