September 11, 2001 - I was working for People Support - a contract customer service company for Expedia.com... I was scheduled to go on that afternoon for some training on hotels, so I was laying in bed, being lazy and listening to the radio. The station just like had a ton of music and occasional commercials cued up and thus, nothing was said about what was happening.
I get a phone call from work and they're like, "Well, training's canceled for today. In fact, we're sending everybody home and shutting down for the day..."
Me: "Bwah?"
Work: "Yeah, didn't you hear about the attacks on WTC and such and such?"
Me: "Uhm, no.... radio has said nothing."
Work: "Turn on the TV - it's all over CNN and everywhere..."
I get off the phone with them, turn on the idiot box and there it is - all over the TV. Immediately, I pick up my phone and call The Evil One who is out in HI on vacation and relay the news to him. He ended up relaying it to the friends he was staying w/ - one of whom was a deputy at the federal building, setting off another series of calls on if/when to report to work, how to get there and such...
It was a very surreal day. I ended up doing a lot of driving around - going up to St. Charles/O'Fallon, MO region (to pick up a check for the Evil One) and then, driving all the way to downtown STL to go work, because there were literally tons of stranded people we now had to try and rework their flight schedules....
The first couple of days, it was quiet at work.... then, the insane calls started coming in. The 6 minute or less call handling time was blown to hell in that time.
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:33 pm (UTC)I get a phone call from work and they're like, "Well, training's canceled for today. In fact, we're sending everybody home and shutting down for the day..."
Me: "Bwah?"
Work: "Yeah, didn't you hear about the attacks on WTC and such and such?"
Me: "Uhm, no.... radio has said nothing."
Work: "Turn on the TV - it's all over CNN and everywhere..."
I get off the phone with them, turn on the idiot box and there it is - all over the TV. Immediately, I pick up my phone and call The Evil One who is out in HI on vacation and relay the news to him. He ended up relaying it to the friends he was staying w/ - one of whom was a deputy at the federal building, setting off another series of calls on if/when to report to work, how to get there and such...
It was a very surreal day. I ended up doing a lot of driving around - going up to St. Charles/O'Fallon, MO region (to pick up a check for the Evil One) and then, driving all the way to downtown STL to go work, because there were literally tons of stranded people we now had to try and rework their flight schedules....
The first couple of days, it was quiet at work.... then, the insane calls started coming in. The 6 minute or less call handling time was blown to hell in that time.