Back at the fax machine...

At present with the work I do, I have 31 people that I have to correspond with on a daily or more often basis. Some of them I have email addresses for so it's as simple as *copy *paste *click *send! Some I only have fax numbers for. And as most of them reside across the border... The little man running around the fax machine with my messages in his hand has a very long way to run (Thanks Dad for that little childhood metaphor) and hence each fax takes a while to deliver. So I spend a fair amount of time standing in the printer and fax room at work.

Next to the fax machine is a paper shredder. A little box shaped device with sharp blades and warning labels showing pictures of ties and necklaces and hair with crosses over them that makes a glorious whirling chomping noise.(I guess the tie shredder is a separate device?) Oh how I long to feed it and watch paper be so neatly and completely destroyed. I sneak around the office stealling unwanted postage and then skip downstairs to slip the junk mail through the little slot and BBZZZZZ! The desire for destruction is satisfied...

Did I mention it is boring waiting for faxes to send?

The contact emails are also source for much speculation. Firstly all the replies are addressed to "Sir" or "Mr Barker". Such Sexism! (they going to get a big surprise at the site meeting! I can't wait!)

Secondly some of these people have very obscure email addresses. I find hard to believe da_remarkable_moses@yahoo.com is a big player in business circles....

This of course coming from the girl who addresses emails from Suzy Sunshine - but at least not on a professional level... Well mostly not...