My New (Hidden) Talent

On Friday something kinda cool happened here at work...for once. Well actually the not cool part was that our company voicemail system crashed (hard drive and all!) so it had to be completely redone! Of course you have to have someone be the voice and say "For Corporate Sales, please press 3" etc. Soooo...they asked me to do it! That's kind of a nice compliment! I have been told I have a nice phone voice many times and have always joked that I should be doing voiceovers for radio and tv.

So I had to record greetings for our two locations, company directory, directions to our company etc. Paul, the tech setting me up, wanted to know if I wanted him to wait outside b/c most people have stage fright...not me! I looked over the script quickly (4 pages!), and took off with the prompts. Can I tell you how awesome I did? Every prompt (there were 12-14 of them to record) I did in one take! I am the One Take Wonder! I even surprised myself!!! Even he was impressed and compared me to some local tv celebrities (Hint: one is linked with a HUGE local car company)who they have done their phone system for. He said they are normal and when it is time to be "on stage" they just turn it on. Those of you who know me will not be surprised by that! I tend to "turn it on" and then not know how to "turn it off" HAHAH!

I didn't know how well I would do until I got the chance! So, I will add "Voiceovers" to my list of talents. Maybe that would be a nice little moonlighting job on the side, huh?!!!??

Speaking of "turning it on", While I was typing this post I had a thought for some funny Greetings I could be enlisted to voiceover:

"Hello, and Welcome to the Buddhist Temple of Westchester County. We are meditating in prayer and will return your call as soon as we reach enlightenment. Thank you"

or how about:

"Thank you for calling the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center of Wacko Texas. We are currently checking our E-meters and will get back to you as soon as our Thetans are Clear. Please leave your name, phone and bank account numbers at the beep."

Or this one:

"You have reached Neverland Ranch. Michael is currently blowing Bubbles for the kids. He will return your call if you leave your name, age and sex after the beep...Heee-Heee-Heee"

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Hope it made you smile!


Some comments in this post are extemely politically incorrect and funny. If you can't laugh at them you need to lighten up!