Spillover

People often ask me if I answer my cell phone with the same greeting that I use all day at work.
To which I always respond, "No, are you kidding? I never answer my cell phone."


But my work as a receptionist has definitely spilled over into my private life in lots of ways. Not the least of which is .....

1. I never answer my cell phone. I love my job, but by the end of the day, I'm soooooooooo done talking on the phone.
2. When I pick a new hair cut, I make sure it will look ok with a headset.
3. When I end a conversation with a person standing in front of me at my desk, I often hit the headset button, as if 'hanging up' on our conversation.
4. I use my phone voice, never to my friends, but to anyone I want to impress.
5. I get annoyed when people let their phones ring. It needs to answered, like a crying baby needs to be comforted.
6. Sometimes I answer other people's phone, because the ringing to me is like an insistent tapping and someone calling my name, all at once.
7. I never buy a pair of pants without sitting down in them and letting my gut out.
8. I never worry about whether or not my shoes are work appropriate, since nobody sees them anyway. I'm like a newscaster.
9. I've graduated past being "a good liar," to an artist who works in the medium of Lie.
10. I can talk on the phone with my mouth full and you'd never know it. PRACTICE, man. I've gotten lots of practice multitasking.