The danger of being bored...
Right now I am sitting in my large cubicle space at my new job. The Beige spotted walls remind me of leopard skin. I wonder if it's supposed to make me feel like I am more adventurous or something even though I sit and answer phones for 5 hours a day. I find it easy to compare the very different clients I speak with to the many creatures you can find in a exotic Amazon. Some clients are calm and graceful like a slow moving sloth as it climbs up a large tree. Their friendly and inviting voice makes it easy for me to approach their questions in the most professional and convincing way. Yet there are many clients that can be as intimidating as a Caiman lurking through a deep swamp looking for food. What can you even say to them? Though helping them may be your best interest they are still looking at you like food. Sometimes I can picture them licking their lips and salivating profusely on the other line. "Curl up in a ball", I think. "Play dead! Just stop t...