***Sometimes people will tell me on Monday they’ll do their timesheet in “a few minutes” and put me on hold.  An hour later it’s still not done.  Today’s Friday Email is about all of us who have been put on hold before in “Please Hold.” Have a great weekend!***

When you call up someone and they say “Please Hold” and put you on hold with some bad background music it can be a bit frustrating.  Similar to how when you wake up an hour before the alarm ready to get up and don’t feel tired.  But you notice you have another hour to go back to sleep.  You say Please Hold to your alarm clock and get that extra hour.  The hour goes by, the alarm goes off, and you wake up completely exhausted.  How did I feel less tired with 1 hour less of sleep?  Did I reverse sleep or something?  Moise was having a conversation on the phone with me.  I put the conversation on hold because I’m getting Damian.  5 minutes later he still is on hold waiting.  If that was Junior he would have hung up.  Junior was pouring his coffee in his cup and as he was doing so said you know I made this coffee yesterday and it tasted good but since you made it today, I have little hope.  So you’re saying I’m hopeless Junior or just the coffee I made?  He kind of told me to please hold while he thought about it and then said no comment.  I guess I get the point.  I was holding my phone and saw a study show up saying spending money on a best friend may boost health and longevity.  I had to please hold while Moise looked at it and said well start spending it on me.  Moise asked me is Junior still mad at him?  Please hold while I go ask Junior?  I said you know Junior is mad at you briefly and then he’s your friend again.  Moise told me some analysis he has of Junior.  I held my phone to show Junior and he dismissed Moise.  Moise says he is used to that.  Junior says you can write this.  You’re a writer.  No Junior I’m a stupid writer.  I only write stupid stuff (like what you’re reading now).  I’m not writing about the American Revolution.  Please don’t hold waiting for that coming from me.  Junior wanted a slice of pizza and since I was going to pick up lunch he asked me to pick it up for him.  He holds a $20 bill out to me.  That’s one expensive slice of pizza Junior.  I hope you’re not expecting any change from this.  I bet Junior will never hold a $20 bill that close to my face again.  I come in on Monday after being off Friday.  My blue pen is missing.  Where did it go?  I go over to the person I assume is the culprit (Moise) and find a blue pen on his desk with the cap off (wasting the ink as it’s drying up like the Sahara desert).  And then I notice he has lots of pens without caps on.  Moise walks in.  Where were you on the morning of Friday the 11th?  He looks at me confused.  I guess I wasn’t a good lawyer because I didn’t get Moise to admit guilt.  Abby says she wants to be like her daddy.  Moise says no trust me Abby you don’t.  I agree you don’t want to be like Moise, Abby. I asked Abby if she wants to be like me. She said no right away.  No hold up there.  She knows better. Do you want be like the doggie, Abby? She says Yes!  Damian wins again.  Now when it comes to doing your timesheet just remember you don’t have to put your timesheet on hold and do it later.  Please do your timesheet on time today and remember as Abby said you don’t want to be like me.

Have a great weekend!

Anthony