What You Might Hear

Kristen's recent post got me to thinking about what I hear all day at work.  I have the opposite problem that she does.  My hearing senses are constantly bombarded and I will at times just come home and sit in the quiet to try to decompress.  With the muzak, walkie talkie chatter, questions, babies/kids crying, and overhead announcements I can get quite overwhelmed.  Here are some examples from just the past week:

1. "oh, oh, oh"  Before your dirty minds start to "go there", think of a small puppy cry when hurt.  This is what I heard the other morning, what I think was before 5 a.m.  The other asst mgr, Dara, and I were putting out Christmas decor.  Because it was early and the store isn't open yet, we were in comfy attire, which for her are flip flops, because she is constantly overheated (I also think in menopause denial) and thinks it is cooler for her.  Literally, I thought a puppy was in the next aisle and had it's paw stepped on, it was that kind of whining.  She had dropped a ceramic Christmas tree on her toe, and you are right, it was the top point that went into her toe.  Suprised it was the whining and not the usual swearing she does, she said it hurt that bad.
2. The constant walkie chatter is normal, but what gets me is the "KEEELLLLYYYY" everytime Michael has to tell me something very important (or yell at me).  My response is always "MIIIICCCHHHAAAELLL????". 
3. "43 to Guest Services"  Our code for manager on duty is 43.  See, we don't want every guest in the store to automatically think something bad is happening when they hear "manager to Guest Services".  Sometimes it is good information, but 99.99% of the time it's not.  No one wants to get these calls, it's like a crap shoot, you never know how bad it is unless you answer it, and do you really want to know?  Sometimes, you can hear crickets chirping after that page, it becomes so quiet because noone wants to answer.  Worse call???? "43 to the Restrooms".  That is NEVER a good one.
4. "43 line one".  See reason behind not answering number 3.  It's always a complaint, employee calling in sick, or corporate calling to tell us to fix something.
5. "Did you hear???"  Our store personnel are normal when it comes to complaining about what is going on around the store.  We complain alot and all day.