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[iamgrumpy]

Well,

I was at work tonight and I had this angry patron on the phone he was very upset over not getting more then 2 complimentary tickets to a Meatloaf Concert. I was in the middle of checking his account and we started getting very heavy Thunderstorms and in the middle of trying to check our power goes out! Well lets just say he wasn't any happier when i told him that but at least when he calls tomorrow i won't have to talk to him!

We lost power for almost 1.5 hours!!!! that was scary! We were using flashlights to see each other, and we had to go to the restrooms in pairs as they didn't want us alone in the halls. There were a lot of "i see dead people" imitators in our office, we ended up getting very silly, and that calmed some of the younger crowd. I just worried i was going to get home and have no power and not be able to check the boards!!! Does that mean I am addicted???

It was easy phone calls but tomorrow our First Shift will be busy as we are having people call back in the morning! about time First shift was busy!

Have you ever lost power at your job? what did they do?

Amy

[disneylandfan28]

Working in a Dental office, and having the power go off, suddenly, isn't very good! All of our Dr.'s and Hygienist all have "head lamps" and we have a back up generator that goes on automaticalyy. (thank goodness!! )

We too, like you, Amy, do the same thing about the "I see dead people" around the office, and scare the "dickens" out of EVERYONE we can!!!! Once the power goes out, unfortunetley the compter goes out too, so we can't check ANYTHING on line BUMMER!!!

Sorry about your angry customer, Amy! Maybe he needs to sit in a dark place for a while, with no electricity, and think about how he acted towards kind, sweet little Amy!!!

[Colexis Mom]

We've lost power a couple of times at work. We just sit around, act goofy, and wait for it to come back on!

[DawnDenise]

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We've lost power a couple of times at work. We just sit around, act goofy, and wait for it to come back on!

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[krisk11]

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We've lost power a couple of times at work. We just sit around, act goofy, and wait for it to come back on!

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That's about what we do. Our phones don't work without electricity so we can't use the phones, computers, faxes or anything which pretty much shuts an office down.

[debsta922]

We've lost power a lot, and usually we all just end up in the reception area chatting until it comes back on... I love the fact that the phones go out too because it means you actually get a break for a while.

[disneymom9092]

We are on generators (Wouldn't do for a hospital to lose power

[RobDVC]

Our computers are plugged into UPS Battery backup units, so we usually just keep working in the dark.

[DrDolphin]

I don't think I have ever lost power at work....

[barries5199]

We lost power once at my last job. Someone cut a power line by accident, and we found out the power company was going to need several hours to fix it. The boss put the phones on forward to the company's 800#, sent half the crew home and the other few of us sat in the dark and hung out--on the clock with nothing to do. It was actually almost fun.

[chezp]

I don't ever remember losing power at work - the computer system, the e-mails, the network yes, but the power no. When I worked in radio though, the power would often go off at the oddest hours - the engineers loved getting called out to go and sort out the back up power!

[clio]

We've lost power at work a few times. The cash registers are supposed to have battery back up but it doesn't alway work and the generator doesn't always worl, either. We walk around with flashlights trying to get people to leave the store.If the power's out and the registers aren't working they can't shop but they don't seem to understand that they have to leave the building.
Liz