The Visitor

Sitting in the office working and some guy comes through the front door yelling "Hello!" at the top of his lungs.  He goes into Russell's office and asked if Russell was Greg. Russell told him that Greg is in the office next door.  Russell offered to escort him through our office to Greg's office.  On the way, the guy asked Russell if he heard about Willie Nelson getting ran over?  Russell said no.  The guy said that Willie was playing "On the Road Again."  sheesh.  To top it off, the guy is not using his inside voice at all.  He has one volume and it is LOUD!!!

I dial into a conference call with an architect and while on that call, MR. LOUD comes back through the office and goes into Russell's office.  I don't know what all is being said, because I had to put my finger in my ear and press the phone receiver tight against the other ear so I could listen to the conference call conversation.  I did hear more jokes similar to the Willie Nelson gag, discussions about listening to KOMA radio, and barber shops.  About 30 minutes of this guy talking Russell's ear off.  Check that.  Yelling Russell's ear off.  Might have been somewhat interesting if I wasn't on a conference call.  Turns out that MR. LOUD was Russell's barber when Russ was younger.  Small world.  Too small for that much VOLUME, I'm thinking.  This guy was kinda like Eleanor's friend from a few years ago.  MR. LOUD talked so fast I'm certain he was breathing through his ears.  hee hee  Gotta wonder what it was like to get a haircut from that fella.  How long did it take while he told all those jokes.  Plus, did your ears ring after sitting in a chair while he YELLED the jokes at ya?

I think we need to install a bullshit detector at the front door what locks automatically when guys like that approach the office.