Oh for...

They haven't gritted the pavements in town yet. I pretty much slid from my house to the bus stop, then from the bus to my office. It's pretty ridiculous.

But, the following is a true conversation I just had with one of the gentlemen we work with. He asked me to send him a list of contacts with their addresses and phone numbers. So, I sent him an Excel spreadsheet.

Then the following conversation occurred:

Gent: Um, I'm looking at the document you sent?
Me: Okay.
Gent: I think you left out some digits from the phone numbers.
Me: Oh, are you sure? I'm looking at it right now and they're all there.
Gent: Well, on mine they stop after the first four digits.
Me: Ah, did you try widening the column?
Gent: ...
Gent: Ohhh, I didn't know you could do that.
Me: *hits head with the keyboard*

And on a completely different subject, what are your favorite phrases you like to say when you're surprised? I'm trying to come up with some for a fic I'm writing. I've pretty much exhausted all the ones I remember from my Southern childhood: Sweet Jesus, Holy crap, etc.

My current fave is 'Holy crap on a cracker' as Penny from the Big Bang Theory says, but I'd love some new ones.

So, favorite expletives! GO!

Oh for...

They haven't gritted the pavements in town yet. I pretty much slid from my house to the bus stop, then from the bus to my office. It's pretty ridiculous.

But, the following is a true conversation I just had with one of the gentlemen we work with. He asked me to send him a list of contacts with their addresses and phone numbers. So, I sent him an Excel spreadsheet.

Then the following conversation occurred:

Gent: Um, I'm looking at the document you sent?
Me: Okay.
Gent: I think you left out some digits from the phone numbers.
Me: Oh, are you sure? I'm looking at it right now and they're all there.
Gent: Well, on mine they stop after the first four digits.
Me: Ah, did you try widening the column?
Gent: ...
Gent: Ohhh, I didn't know you could do that.
Me: *hits head with the keyboard*

And on a completely different subject, what are your favorite phrases you like to say when you're surprised? I'm trying to come up with some for a fic I'm writing. I've pretty much exhausted all the ones I remember from my Southern childhood: Sweet Jesus, Holy crap, etc.

My current fave is 'Holy crap on a cracker' as Penny from the Big Bang Theory says, but I'd love some new ones.

So, favorite expletives! GO!