At first glance they seem to be awesome, if you have to leave your desk, just take it with you.

Never had a job that did not operate 24/7 365..working Christmas was usual and New Years was just strange.

I think the devil invented hand held radios, for a few reasons…
..you can’t go for coffee without taking them with you.
Alright well when your a female wearing a skirt, just where do you put a hand held much less 3?

Ok

You ever notice they echo, and everyone looks at you?
¬so much for timidly sneaking by un noticed on your way for tea¬

You got the radio (s) but you don’t have the computers or the phones, so unless they are experiencing an emergency, your pretty much useless other than to say 10-4, standby (I am on the way back to my desk man gimme a minute).

Okay it sounds uncomfortable but the Pièce de résistance is when you have to go to the ladies room, with 3 radios.

Now I know from experience, having a hand held is an evolutionary step forward from someone screaming down the hall “There’s an emergency hurry up”
to which your mumbles of don’t get your panties in a twist goes thankfully unheard..so in one instance hand helds are beneficial…but overall…when your in an office…they suck.

In the bathroom, someone calls you, and you look at the radio and debate.

The conversation in your head is simple, do I answer it, or do I wait till I am outside the ladies room?

There is no way on gods green earth that they can not tell from the accoustics alone that your in the washroom.

So there you are looking at this sadistic device from hell thinking, why me?
What if something happened?
What if it’s urgent?
Ya ok most people get that tone of voice when calamity strikes but some guys have this calm even tone regardless so…that don’t help much.

But now they called, and you have to answer –
– and its not for anything important or earth shattering

Thankfully

Hand helds…I hate em

However on a positive note, it totally freaks out anyone else in the ladies room to hear a mans voice…lol that was funny.

Devil made me do it.

Where I worked they were so backward, they put the CCTV inside the building to watch the staff instead of outside to watch the not so safe street…
..they claimed they wanted to make sure staff were not sleeping.
Sleep??
I never managed that once, ever notice when it’s quiet it’s just plain stupid??

Now co workers…
..one night the co worker fell asleep and started snoring
I did not realize of course that he had his phone on receive
Until I answered a call between answering the radio and the guy said
You got someone there who is heaving breathing on people, you might wanna get that checked.

Is ok later that night he fell into the garbage can beside his desk so I did not have to say much.

Same fellow sneezed and his dentures flew across the room.

I was on a call when the teeth flew by, I managed a strangled “One Moment” before bursting into laughter.

Like I said, when it wasn’t crazy busy it was just stupid

You walk into work, lovely over night shift on Friday, all the fun that awaits, and as you round the corner into the office, the person who your relieving jumps up and rushes out, saying have a GREAT night.

The radio is quiet…then suddenly everyone and his uncle is calling in.

You haven’t even logged into the computers and sat down.

Then you discover what the furor is inspired by…
..the previous dispatcher sent a message out to all 250 cars
but it was meant for the co worker across the desk from her.

The content of the message gave intense description of how she wanted to open his fly, take him out and suck on him till he cried for mercy.

Welcome to the Friday overnight shift, and that was the tamest part

farm girl working in the city,

ahh the delight of working at night

You get to work when most people are going to sleep, okay average people,

Your dealing with a very irate person, who is swearing but not explaining their issue, so you say thank you and silence.

Sometimes saying thank you stops the swearing because, well it’s not the reaction that they want or expect…
…so okay now you can tell me what the issue is..?

And you have 3 people standing there wanting something, and chatting to each other as this person strolls in, dressed to the 9s, high heels, sexy slinky dress, hair and nails…
..asking for you to call them a cab.

They saunter out and you say..wow, she is pretty.

One of the guys leans down and says, your pretty, that guy isn’t.

Guy?

Really?

OOoops…sometimes you can’t tell so easy..who would have thunk it.