answering phones, not liking this hour

[depechemodefan]

first caller asked "can you freeze bellpeppers?" I didn't say anything smart alecy, and knew that he was going to ask me how to freeze them. Does this person not go to the store and look at the frozen veggies?

next caller kept on talking over my spiel.
me:
id: illiterate dude
now this guy is a native english speaker, but he just slurs the words, so it took me while to understand him

id: messed up, mess up, how you spell that? Like you messed up. Like he messed up.
me: *spells it*
id: that's messed up.

Then a person asks for the phone number for what I though was "Smith hospital" and when I repeated that she gets angry and says, "Smith HIGH SCHOOL!"

Another person wanted me to look up 3 phone numbers and addresses, because she left her address book at home. One person I thought she said was "Josh Williams" but when I told her there was no "Josh Williams" she finally bother to spell it as "joyce".

[telecom_goddess]

I've never seen frozen bell peppers in the store except for stuffed ones....and they have already been through the cooking process...so I wouldn't know how to freeze them either lol.

[pitmonkey]

Clean them, slice them, spread them out on a sheet pan, put in freezer, put in a container after frozen. I do this all the time. I don't use alot when Icook with them and tis way you don't waiste any.

[depechemodefan]

I've never seen frozen bell peppers in the store except for stuffed ones....

there are bags of stir-fry veggies (or *name of Chinese city* fry veggies) that include bell peppers, though most use red bell peppers because they are pretty.

I didn't get a chance to tell the rest of the hour's pain.

id called again, asking how to spell "just", then he wanted to know what "jest" meant. Again, it took him repeating himself in some incoherent manner to figure out what he wanted.


Seabreeze woman: sb
sb: Hi, thank you for taking my call. Seabreeze...I'm reading on the bottle...oh wait a moment, I can't see very well.... Philidelphia....are they still making Seabreeze?
me: *looks* yes, they are still making seabreeze.
sb: are you asking me a question?
me: no, I'm answering your question.
sb: Seabreeze inc, in Philidelphia, they make this item. Are they still making it?
me: what iteam?
sb: are you asking me a question? I'm on relay and I have to read what your answer is.

cw came to relieve me, thank goodness. I really don't know what she was asking me. And I was glad I didn't refer her to a trendy bar.

[Andara Bledin]

id: that's messed up.

Yes. Yes it is.

^-.-^

[MoonCat]

We freeze bell peppers whole. It works fine and you can slice them more easily with a good sharp knife.

[Android Kaeli]

You can freeze just about anything, really, so long as it's sealed up good. I've put tomato sauce in the freezer, tastes better when it's thawed afterwards.

[depechemodefan]

I keep the butter in the freezer. Sometimes I get a fresh roll, and cut a piece of butter and place it between the roll halves. I have no problem eating the hard butter, but of course I melt it or leave it out if I need to cook/bake with it.

Also, I have cws who talk about trying to freeze fruits. One said she freezes peaches in either orange juice or pineapple juice. My problem is trying to remember to cook stuff that has been in the freezer.

Also, a guy called and he said he was a dentist and he needed the medicaid codes for dental procedures. Seems he was in a practice and isn't any more. I can't imagine he didn't have a office manager or someone that has access to the codes. He did google for help, but he made the question too specific. I just googled "medicaid payment codes Texas" and found them without problem. But his whole back story just seemed so odd.

That was my hour of phones today. Hopefully tomorrow won't be so sucky or intense.