Sister Claire is quite demanding about these blog posts. Good thing I had one stashed away:
I am a terrible judge of "wouldn't hurt to ask" versus "might as well not say anything" moments. A couple of weeks ago, I opted to not ask too many questions and something I kept silent about turned into an awkward situation for many. Yesterday, I took the proactive, "I'm here to learn so there's no shame in asking" approach:
Moi: Are we using that starfish thing for the call?
Whitecastle: Starfish? (I could have sworn that was what it's called!)
Moi: The conference call thing. Do I need to set anything up?
Whitecastle: You press "ON".
Moi: Oh.
(later, as the call ends…)
Moi: So now I press "OFF".
Whitecastle: And the light goes off. See, if you press ON, the green light comes back.
Ah, the indignities. At least the Chief thinks I'm a computer whiz...
I am a terrible judge of "wouldn't hurt to ask" versus "might as well not say anything" moments. A couple of weeks ago, I opted to not ask too many questions and something I kept silent about turned into an awkward situation for many. Yesterday, I took the proactive, "I'm here to learn so there's no shame in asking" approach:
Moi: Are we using that starfish thing for the call?
Whitecastle: Starfish? (I could have sworn that was what it's called!)
Moi: The conference call thing. Do I need to set anything up?
Whitecastle: You press "ON".
Moi: Oh.
(later, as the call ends…)
Moi: So now I press "OFF".
Whitecastle: And the light goes off. See, if you press ON, the green light comes back.
Ah, the indignities. At least the Chief thinks I'm a computer whiz...
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