Yesterday OHSU announced several more reductions in Central Services in this weeks Directline:responding to financial realities. Many central services units will be affected by the cuts.
A new employee learning the basics of humming on the phone.
The Communications department announced that it would no longer pay royalities on telephone music that has provided hours of listening pleasure for OHSU employees and civilians alike. “We can no longer afford to pay for the hold music” announced Bill Johnson chief of telecommunications. He added, ” we are encouraging all operators and employees to hum into the phone instead”. Some employees were enthusiastic about the new development and looking forward to putting their humming chops to the test. Operator Trish Bongle reported that she had hoped to go to Hollywood after her audition on American Idol this year. “I didn’t make the cut, but I can now hum my audition song (Beyoncé- Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) with gusto over and over again.” While some early reports of rap tunes rendered in humming were not favorable ( T.I. – Whatever You Like), other employees waxed nostalgic for the old hold music and found themselves humming all the old tunes. ” After 10 years of listening to the same dam music over and over, day in and day out I can’t get it out of my head,” stated Dean Richardson. “I would like to be able to hum a different tune, but once something is stuck in my head it just won’t budge.”
The University has announced a manditory on-line training module entitiled “Humming respectfully in the work place”. The training course has been modeled on the wildly popular “Respect in the workplace” module that previously featured Unisex guy in pajamas to guide you through a painfully obvious review of what you learned in kindergarden. The new training coveres topics such as: Song selection, Vibrato, Making sure your humming is not sexual harassment, and more..
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