We have upped the ante of fun around this place as Joe has started working out of the office a few times a week. While it may not be fun for him, it is for Em and I who get to listen to him in the other room recording his voicemail for the next day.
While it may take the average person one or two takes, it takes Joe around ten. Of course, it's a lot of pressure as he knows Em and I are listening for him to mess up and he's forced to start all over. Again. And again.
"Hello, you have reached Joe K., I am out of the office on business out of the office...DAMN!" Click. *giggle*
"Hello, you have reached Joe K., I will be out of the office on Tuesday, February 6th...no, 5th.....CRAP!" Click. *Boo hoo! Ha ha!*
Sigh "Hello, you have reached Joe K., I am.....will.......OOP...." Click. *snicker*
"HELLO. You have reached Joe K................DAMMIT! STOP LAUGHING!" *Hee! Hee!*
This goes on and on until he finally, FINALLY gets his message recorded. But by then, Em and I are dying in other room.
Who needs TV when you've got this kinda entertainment?
26 comments:
Bottom line: We shouldn't expect to see Joe anchoring the evening news anytime soon?
That is pretty darn funny. Poor Joe. You ladies are so mean to him. You just wait, he will get you back. Take care.
Poor Joe, although I'm sure it's nice to not have to commute
lol, you sure do know how to rattle his nerves!
Poor Joe! He doesn't stand a chance with you two! :)
Having fun at the expense of hubby/dad is always extra fun!
xo Catherine
hahahah.... I'm laughing my own head off over here ..... you're lucky he doesn't mind being blog fodder Lin..... good on ya JOE!!! I want him to hear me from that other room.
You two are terrible.... leave the poor guy in peace to make his little recording...(and I want you to know my husband is exactly the same) .... hey... even better ...he could pretend he has a secretary and one of the two of you could do it...while he has a laugh.
After all of the "stuff" I went through trying to produce an audible version of The Crackerhead Chronicles, I can certainly sympathize with him. May Hobbes leave a pile of mints on you and Em's pillows.
Okay, laugh while you can. What goes around comes around. *poor Joe*
Hee hee heeee... Funny! However, I do feel for the poor man with you guys laughing at his expense. (Not!!)
Poor Joe. I guess he can't have a future in radio then. I used to change my vmail greeting daily. Got sick of it, so I stopped. But when I recorded it, I always had to type out my message in front of me so I could just read it. Otherwise, I'd be Joe.
My husband can usually do his in one take. The catch he never remembers to change it back to his regular message. I'll call him three days later, get his VM and it will tell me he's out of the office until 3 days earlier so I'll leave him a message to change his VM (cause evidently nobody else does) and the reason I'm calling after suffering through his ENDLESS VM greeting with alternate phone numbers and all.
Did you take that pic of Joe while you were laughing at him? He doesn't look amused.
Aww, poor Joe (snicker, snicker)
Chuck--Well, not if you want complete and accurate reporting. or two gals in the background laughing.
Marg--Oh, he isn't suffering. And it is pretty funny to listen to him recording over and over again.
Patty--Well, it's more of a commute, actually. Some days he drives to other cities, sometimes he flies. He likes it though. It's just the messages that get him. ;)
Liz--Oh, I think he'd do that even if we weren't listening.
Beaded Tail--Secretly, he loves it.
Catherine--Amen, sister. At least he's a good sport about it.
BumbleVee--He's a good sport, thank goodness. And he loves when everyone calls him "Poor Joe."
Jerry--Hahahaha! It is hard to do--I do that myself. But still...it's soooo funny to listen to!
Vanilla--Oh, he doesn't have it so rough. :)
Hot Rocks--he deserves it--it's so ridiculous!
Kathy--It's hard, I know, but it is hilarious to hear him doing it all the time. Even he laughs about it now.
Winnie--I'm impressed with your husband--that's pretty good! Well, except for forgetting to change it back!! I didn't have a photo of him doing this because he hides in the other room to record.
Ann--Aw, he deserves the abuse. It's HILARIOUS!
I've worked in places where I had to record a fresh message on my phone everyday. It started out: "This is Marilynne Smith. Today is Wednesday, February 6 and I'll be in my office all day. . . . "
I got pretty good at recording it without a thought. You ladies should not tease him so much about it. It's work, you know.
It is funny that it took him 10 tries, I can usually get mine right after 3 unless I write it out like Kathy does. I put a reminder on my calendar to change it back to my normal message so I don't forget.
Awww! I used to HATE redoing my voicemail message when I worked full time and was going on vacation or something.
Poor Joe!!! Love this picture!!
hehe your so funny and bad.......... poor guy!
You girls are soooo MEAN!! (snicker, snicker)
That's hilarious!! Poor Joe though;)
giggle, I have to record my message several times too. I don't know why I don't write it down first Hugs
Marilynne--Oh, that would be a pain doing that every day. Ugh. I guess you get good at it. If we don't tease him about that, marilynne, who will? ;)
Karen--He's good if we aren't around giggling. But then...it isn't half as much fun then.
Lisa--yeah, I don't like it either. I'm sure we aren't helping, but it's funny to hear him messing up!
Diana--Oh, I think he thinks it's funny too. He does not suffer.
Debbie--Well, somebody's got to laugh at it. It's pretty funny to listen to!
Candy--:P
Nancy--Oh, he's laughing too.
Katherine--I think it might sound fake if you read it, don't you think? maybe if he just did "notes"???
You girls are really mean!!! Tsk! Tsk!! :)
Poor guy. He really should get an award.
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