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Oh my god; this woman is stupid.

Customer: My zip code is incorrect in my entry in the address book.
Me: Can you email me with your correct zip code?
C: xxx
M: (Don't zip codes usually have five numbers?) I can't find your zip code in the directory. Can you tell me where you see it? It must be somewhere I'm not looking.
C: (Sends a screen shot of her entry with the area code circled on her phone number.)

This is the point at which, for the benefit of both of my coworkers, I gave voice to the comment at the beginning of my entry.

M: I have updated your area code. It may take a day or so for the new area code to appear in the address list in Outlook.
C: Thanks!

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It's bad enough that she continued to use the incorrect term through several confirmations, but this is an executive admin assistant to some very prominent execs of my company. And she doesn't know, or doesn't care about, the difference between a zip code and an area code.

Weekend update is in the midst of being written. I got Friday covered on the way to work today. More will be forthcoming on the way home. I may even get it posted tonight!

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I'm so glad Andrea bought me a tube of mint lip balm a while ago. When I get even a little bit stressed, I start picking at my lips with my fingernails. Now when I catch myself doing that, I just put this minty stuff on instead. I'm getting a little bit tired of smelling mint all the time, but it keeps me from messing up my lips.

I'm going to the Lakeside Players board meeting this evening after work. I still intend to go through on running for a chair on the board. Wish me luck!

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Didn't get back from the theatre until about ten o' clock tonight. The two HVAC guys were there talking about their proposal for the theatre. Afterward, one of them was kind enough to take me around the theatre and talk about what they were doing and where. Not only had they been several places in the building that I'd never found (impressive considering how much time I spend wandering about the building), but I managed to show them something that they, in their hundred plus hours of scouring the place, had missed. I have to admit that I felt pretty cool about that.

I'm not going to write much right now; it's way past my bed time. I was going to call a couple people tonight, but I just didn't have time. I have half my vacation report done and will work on that tomorrow. Then I'll have to talk about tonight at the theatre in depth too. So much writing, so little time....

I'm excited about what's to come; things are looking really good.