Ring My Bell
straight to voicemail
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They’re probably just trying to reach her about her car’s extended warranty.
Um, I misread that at first as "...about her cat's extended warrenty".
Cut to firefighters investigating this alley tomorrow. "Cause of the damages appears to be spontaneous human combustion due to anxiety."
Ya know,, there's usually a 'return call' button somewhere on the phone...
Any organisation that would judge you because you're not instantly available to answer their phone calls isn't one you'd want to work for anyway. I'd expand that to include the instance where a friend of mine was 5 mins late for an interview (due to being stuck for an hour on a broken train) and they wouldn't even let them in the door.
Agreed. A one-strike rule is a sure sign you wouldn't enjoy working there anyway. Stuff happens. Respectable employers understand that, and they at least give you a chance. My brother used to work for a company that had a two-day rule. If you missed two days of scheduled work - for ANY reason - you were gone. It didn't matter if you were in the hospital having emergency surgery. Two days - ANY two days - and you're done. It could even be two separate days, three years apart. Two days. Period. They had an obscene rate of employee turnover, and yet they couldn't seem to figure out why.
Amused
What if this whole thing is a "Yay" construct?
Who picks up a phone in 2022
Unless you're in my contacts (and even then...) nope
Claire is a very important, capable, and in-demand person, so of course she'd let it go to voice mail because she's very busy doing something very important in a very classy place. That's your story, Claire; stick to it.
Plot twist: It was just your friendly neighborhood crypto currency trader with poor English skills.
This, kids, is called "decision paralysis".
analysis paralysis if you will lol
Probably she should have said she wasn't free during her shifts at CoD...
Claire, sweetie, it's just a phone! I promise they can't hurt you through it!
This is going to be a long burn I feel
an alley is probably better than at home anyway. Pintsize is at home
This is totally me. By the time I conquer my trauma response/anxiety/general fear, the call has gone to voice mail or the caller has given up.
Or by the time I've gotten to my laptop and Googled the phone number to try figure out who it is.
I interviewed for my first engineering job on the phone in the men's shoe section of a Sears, you'll be fine hon.
Sears has a shoes section. Those were the days.
Clutch advice from Marten "Uh, pick up?" You're the rock she needs buddy!! Never stop being you!
And Claire never slept again
Tbf, letting the first contact go to voice mail isn't the worst strategy, let's you compose yourself as in our example here
oh yes, she's composing
My phone anxiety is through the roof with you Claire 😃
Yeah, you were busy. Shows you're a wanted commodity.
Why is it, that when you have an audience, even the most trivial task becomes challenging?
Ouch hitting too close to home rn lol
Worst pick-up line ever.
Bwhahahahahahaha!!!
Claire in panel four has big Glimmer energy to her.
Somehow I feel that the AIs now know exactly where Claire is and will send a representative to interview her at Coffee of Doom, allowing for the rest of the cast to make commentary.
I once had a job interview at an airport coffee shop, back in the 80s. She flew in for the interview and then flew out to whatever her next thing was.
Probably just the Red Cross asking for more blood. That's what mine always are. Pretty sure someone there is a vampire or something.
I also refer to them as the vampires
They actually called for the interview? Just send a Zoom link like a normal person!
Why would the machines care what the energy source looked like?
Tune in next week when we visit Marigold’s new home and Momo ask “how did you find a mansion with an indoor pool shaped as Tails?”
A Genderbent Tails no less
Brain: Just say you were at work with custome- wait don't come over Anxiety we got it- Anxiety: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
This is legitimately how I respond EVERY TIME my phone rings. The accuracy hurts so good.
I made my ringtones all boss battle music just bc at least then it sets the tone
Her ringtone is a voice saying "BZZT BZZT."
Pintsize's voice
Oh Claire. Dora will come out with a tall cup of pumpkin spice lemonade. Apparently that’s the new pumpkin spice trend this fall.
Oh, that sounds weird. Who knows, though?
Claire shouting “fuck” is the highlight of my week.
I'm gonna guess....job offer?
Better than picking up and dropping an f-bomb first thing. . o O (But maybe they don't care in Cubetown.)
Pick-up every Zig, for great employment
***FUCK***
This fuckup could've been an email.
Had technical difficulties with my last remote job interview, it's super stressful
Same here.