How to Gain Workplace Popularity In a Call Center

That last month has been a whirl-wind of new learning. Here is an example.......

One day I was running late for work and had forgotten to pack my lunch the night before. I scrambled around to find something to take for lunch and found a can of Spaghetti-O's in the cupboard. I quickly grabbed them up and shoved them in my lunch pail with a bowl and can opener and darted out the door to work.

Two service call appointments set, a few erotic pay-per view orders and one deescalation later I was starved. I got to the break room as fast as I could, opened the Spaghetti-o's, dumped them in the bowl and began microwaving them. I lost track of how long they were in the microwave as I ate my chips and yogurt that I had also thrown into my lunch bag.

Next thing you know I hear " I smell Spaghetti-O's!" and "I love Spaghetti-O's" from other employees passing through the break room.

One of the supervisors comes into the nook where the microwaves are. "Spaghetti-O's huh? My nephew loves those things. I like them too. Good stuff." .....and he walks off.

I thought I was beginning to loose my mind. Partially because I forgot about them liking to boil over and I now had a horrible mess. I worked on cleaning them up as I ate.

...... A few minutes pass......

I hear "I smell Spaghetti-O's!"   Seriously?!?! I began to wonder what the heck was going on.
A gal then walked into the microwave nook area.
"Spaghetti-o's are the bomb! I love Spaghetti-O's" She explained.

My mouth was shoved full and I couldn't reply. I just nodded my head in agreement. All I wanted was to eat my damn Spaghetti-O's in peace.

"You are totally awesome!" She tells me. Then just like nothing ever happened she walked off.

What did I learn??

If you work in a call center and you want to become so incredibly awesome you must bring Spaghetti-O's for lunch.

Yeah. I know! WTF????
If only I had learned this ancient call center trick years ago! I would have had it made.....

Boss: "You eat Spaghetti-O's? How would you like to manage your own employees?"

Wishful thinking? Maybe? Maybe not? I plan to continue this experiment later on to find out the truth.

Please stay tuned for the next episode....... "UT-Oh! Spaghetti-O's" or "Using your Noodles: A guide to become saucy."