Tuesday, November 14, 2006

True.

I got the following in an email this morning. The highlighted points are all too sadly, my reality.

YOU MIGHT BE IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IF.....
1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 3 different managers.
2. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
3. When someone asks you what you do for a living, you lie.
4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase.
5. Your biggest loss from a systems crash is that you lose your best jokes.
6. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.
7. It's dark on your drive to and from work.
8. Fun is when "claims" are assigned to someone else.
9. Communication is something your "group" is having problems with.
10. You see a good-looking person and know it is a visitor.
11. Free food left over from meetings is your main staple.
12. Art involves a white board.
13. All real work is done prior to 9:00 am and after 5:00 PM
14. You're already late on the assignment you just received.
15. Dilbert is your favorite cartoon.
16. Your boss's favorite lines are...."When you get a few minutes""In your spare time""I have an opportunity for you"
17. Less than 10% of the people in your company know what you do.
18. Vacation is something you roll-over to next year or a check you get every January.
19. Change is the norm.
20. You read this entire list and understand it.

And I'd like to add:
20. Approximately 90% of your phone conversations involve the words "vomit, diarrhea, pay me, and/or lawyer."
21. Everywhere you go, all you see is potential safety hazards.
22. People send you partially chewed or digested items found in their 99cent sandwiches on a daily basis.

2 comments:

nick said...

How's that chewed food come in the mail? Like in a ziplock bag in a package or what? Does it ever get moldy?

JGanschow said...

It arrives in a variety of packages. Claimants sometimes put it in a regular envelope (yes, that's the level of intelligence we're dealing with). Our insureds usually ziplock it. It's always disgusting and usually moldy beyond recognition if they include the rest of the product. If it's a bone, rat face, or monkey finger, it's usually not deteriorated too badly. I hate my job.