Most Annoying CSR ... EVER Recently we hired a new CSR to fill the position of the one who just up and flew the coop to Florida (I think that's where she went). I try to be fair with people and not judge them, you know, give 'em a fair chance. Well, suffice it to say that this woman has been given a chance and she has shown that she has to be one of the most annoying people in my office, followed closely by her manager (the two may be tied, we'll know as time goes on).

To start with she's form New York and has a hideous nasal accent which just begins to grate on my nerves after awhile. The accent I could live with if I didn't have to hear it all the time. Which I do. Because she speaks at level 11 volume all the time. I can be in my office with the radio on and I can hear her nasal whine start up about something she doesn't understand. It just drifts into my office and sits in my ear drums. Damned annoying, it is.

To top it off, her manager is an effeminate man who also speaks at level 11 volumes way more than is necessary when you are indoors and not performing a KISS tribute. I used to think that her manager was a homosexual with one of the other CSRs (who was from Jersey/Philly and previously held the title of Most Annoying in my office) but then he said something about his dead wife and I scolded myself for jumping to a conclusion based solely on the tone of his voice. Not that it really matters, I would find the guy annoying if I knew that he was straight as an arrow. Come to think of it, I cut him some sort of slack because I think he might be gay. I don't know what kind of slack I cut him ... I guess I just figure that he's not the type of guy you could settle things over a drink or fist fight with. He's so goddamn catty. Catty = Effeminate in my book.

But yeah, new CSR please avoid my office at all costs. And please stop talking so loudly. I realize that you are in Customer Service and thus are forced to speak throughout the day, but you don't need to shout. Especially to someone who is two feet from you. Also, if you could just try and absorb some of the stuff you are being trained to do that would be great. I bring this up now because I can just see you coming into my office two weeks from now with some botched abomination of an order having no clue as to what to do. Then I will be forced to hear your voice for as long as it takes you to understand the relatively simple directions I will give to rectify the situation. I will also hate your manager more since this will be a shining display of his inadequacy at management/training. No me gusta incompetence.

I need a dutch door to my office.
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