Uncomfortable...

Part of my mornings involves making outbound calls to people early in the day (7am EST). While this in and of itself is a nuisance that I'd just as soon not be a part of, there are some things that I just refuse to do.

We have a client that is located in a particular city in New York. We're required to state that we're calling from that client if we get to speak to anyone or leave a message.

I refuse to work any of the cases from a credit union in Coxsackie. Who's bright idea was it to name a town this? Is this a Native American word for jock itch? Did someone have this unfortunate thing as a surname? Was their first idea for the town "Dickballs"?

What makes this even worse is the other item that I discovered. I have access to the internet, and a lot of free time, so I actually searched this place out. In the process, I found out that there's actually a coxsackie virus. It's transmitted by feces, and can develop into meningitis and encephalitis.

The next time someone asks me where I'm from (Delaware native), and I have to explain to them that it's not somewhere in Pennsylvania, I'll be thankful that I don't have all the colorful backstory that a Coxsackian can lay claim to.

Yeesh...