4:55 client phone call- beast of the employment kingdom

[JL21]

You know the call. You're just a few short minutes from leaving work. You're winding down, taking a last peek at e-mails, cleaning your desk, whatever it is that you do right before you leave work. And then it happens.... the phone rings. And invariably, whoever it is that calls will want something that's going to take up like 30 minutes of your time. All the while, you sit on the phone, trying to be polite and still do your job. But internally you're seething, champing at the bit to get out the door, and thinking of which ways you can most effectively stab this particular client's eyes out the next time you see them in person.

[Dillagii]

Are you ranting that you could get out of the office only at 5.30pm instead of 5pm? Are you serious? My life would be heaven if I can get out of work before 6pm.

[cardinalkarp]

I stop making/taking calls 15 minutes before I leave.

[Popeye_Card]

I stop making/taking calls 15 minutes before I leave.

I'm the same way, but it's more like 7 hours and 45 minutes before I leave.

[omaha_red]

in that case you need to tell the person that you'll get right on
their project and it will take you 30 minutes and that you will
send them what they need and you need a reply immediately..
then they have to stay late too.. i bet they stop calling at 4:55pm

[JL21]

in that case you need to tell the person that you'll get right on
their project and it will take you 30 minutes and that you will
send them what they need and you need a reply immediately..
then they have to stay late too.. i bet they stop calling at 4:55pm

That's a great idea.