Furlough

Yesterday night, I reported for work as usual. It was a little different anyhow from previous nights, I have no voice. I remember the voice of Ariel being stolen by Ursula at the Disney flick Little Mermaid. I hope no one attempted to steal my voice. It is one of my greatest assets. Likewise, talking as most gentlemen knew is the best pastime for most ladies. I am not exempted.

Yes, I do sing, inside the bath room. Working in a call center, my voice has a price of gold. The gold is just converted to Philippines Pesos. I was allowed not to accept calls. Otherwise I might get dissatisfied customer. They might think they are talking to Minnie Mouse. While I sat on my desk, I read all work related emails, saved the important ones and deleted those that are not needed. I created folders for each updates and tools I used at work for easy reference.

All of a sudden, I learned the art of sign language. It is good enough we have office communicator. The communicator is similar to that of yahoo messenger. The only difference is we cannot post our photos in there. I guess it is safer that way. At least no one could post our photos in an unfavorable websites by any chance we get entangled with some technician missing an appointment for repair.

The communicator is our fastest way of communicating in all departments either here in Manila Philippines or sites overseas. My temporary disability enabled me to read the website we are using as guide in trouble shooting phone features of our customers. Trouble shooting may include activation code for voice mail, call display not showing the phone number and name of caller, call forwarding not working, etc.

I do not smoke as opposed to the lifestyle of most call center agents. I had colds for two days now. We still have warm weather in Manila and to drink cold water is very tempting.  Now, you know, not who, but what to blame for the loss of my voice. At this time, I had to take in more liquid just tap water and hot tea with lemon.

After sitting on my work station for several hours, our Office Manager approached me. I can go home. I was allowed furlough in lieu of and administrative work. Thanks goodness! The team captains in our account are very efficient. No filing work to be done! I just had a second thought. Possibly some agents had same case as mine. I heard cacophony of coughs. I was home via a taxi cab after around twenty minutes. I do hope by the time I write a new blog post. I will have my voice back to its original state. Wish me luck, folks! :)