A quick, funny story.

Sam was helping out a client today, and he needed some help from me. I went over and sat next to him in his cube. So we put the client on speaker, and we were talking her through a problem she had. In the program that she was using, there was an icon that I wanted her to click on. So I'm trying to describe the icon on her toolbar, which was a hand holding a red circle, with two blue circles underneath. And I say, 'Ok, click on the button on the toolbar, next to the A-Z button. You see it? It's the one with the hand. The hand and the two blue balls. Blue balls, do you see them? Click on the one with the blue balls.' Then I realized that I said. And I stifled a laugh. And I would have made it and kept that air of professionalism. But I looked at Sam, and his eyes were HUGE. And then he started laughing. And then I started laughing - REALLY hard. So I covered my mouth. And I tried talking to the client, and luckily, she didn't understand what the joke was, and didn't ask. But I had to take a moment, we were laughing so hard. And I tried talking again, and I would start laughing again, after hearing Sam snicker next to me - we were almost crying. Then Orlando stands up from his cube and says 'How am I supposed to work when you're making comments like that, Christine?' and I laugh even more. Lucky for me, this client likes me and has a good sense of humor. And lucky for me, my new manager who was sitting behind us has a sense of humor, too.

Whoo. Good times. Good times.

And if you have no idea what 'blue balls' are, look it up. This is a family show here!

Posted by Yano at April 22, 2003 11:27 PM

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