I hate Tuesdays. I’m on the international desk. Which means that I get to take calls from crabby prima donna apparel buyers in Greece (frickin’ Greece, man) need to book an earlier flight to Milan. Right. Now. In business class. Or there would be hell to pay. Fortunately, it was available. In America, sometimes the class wars take place between business and coach.

Yep, it was just barely 50 degrees today, so my wacky co-worker wore shorts. Nobody took much notice, as we were getting killed (office slang for long, time-consuming calls at a time when we have a lot of calls on hold). As she was heading out the door, someone else noticed and started to say “Are you….NUTS?” but she cut them off with a cheery “It’s 50 degrees!!” and bopped on out the door (not unlike the way PuppetAngel bopped across the office to watch “Smile Time.”) She is really quite goofy, that one. Heart in the right place, but…

Ugh, I hate Tuesdays. On Tuesdays, I wear my International Hat in addition to my Help Desk Hat and my Group Hotels Hat and all the other little hats stacked on top of my noggin. So I take calls from travelers who will be flying outside of the US, and they’re a fussy, demanding lot. The regular international agent is always off on Tuesdays – she works a 4 x 10 week (4 hours a week, 10 hours a day). Some of the work is interesting – fares, routes, and so on. Much of the work is tedious – there’s…

I ran across this news item in the Chicago Trib today: Pilot urges passengers to discuss faith(subscription) The Advocate had an interview they called “exclusive” with him, notable for the fact that after his “God told me to witness” announcement, some passengers were so creeped out by it that they tried to call relatives on cell phones. Thanks to Accordion Guy for links to more discussions at The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: And now, what do I think? I think this pilot is a nut. I think anybody that feels the need to “share” that…

From Chicago NBC Channel 5’s Weather page… Thursday: Winter Weather Advisory through tomorrow morning…Cloudy, breezy and cold this morning, light snow developing this afternoon, increasing to a steady snow this evening. Highs in the upper 20s. Winds E 15-25mph. Thursday night: Heavy snow tapers to light snow mixed with some freezing drizzle, windy and cold. Lows in the mid 20s. Friday: Storm totals between 4 to 8 inches by 8:00AM. More light snow expected through the day, windy and cold. Highs in the upper 20s. Saturday: Cloudy with light snow or flurries mainly in the morning, partial clearing in the…

Yep, as Officer Brogan used to say, “I love my job.” Yet another blinky has been unstuck, the universe is safe for one more day.

Because my workmates know that I have a computer at home, I’m the unofficial computer support person for my team. Why is this? Maybe I need to get one of those “No, I will not fix your computer” shirts after all. doG knows, I could use it. I frequently have to help people re-set their screens because they dragged the mouse over a window, and they can’t figure out what happened to their “working area.” I also help people very, very often with “my blinky is stuck!” type questions. An all-time favorite request I get: “My little one did something…