"You know you've been doing support too long when you......."
  • yell at customers
  • lose your patience
  • become emotional...take it personally
  • overreact to the situation
  • refer calls constantly
  • shift blame
  • personalize
  • don't want to learn new S/W
  • don't want to come to work
  • don't come to work
  • cry on your way to work
  • find your job is no longer fun or challenging (;-)
  • find your job is causing physical or health problems
  • begin excessive drinking or drug abuse
  • find your job impacts your personal life
  • can't even fake a smile in your voice
  • dread the phone at home
  • answer home as work
  • dial 9 at home
  • reach for your beeper and it's not there
  • feel your beeper buzzing - when it's not...
  • want to be an accountant
  • are depressed because it's leap year (7x24)
  • dream you're being chased by a modem
  • roll your eyes so hard you lose your contact
  • make the system crash...intentionally
  • buy stock in a competitor
  • pray for hang-ups on your voicemail
  • find that every call is an interruption
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