super :) dar "Toxis@ze_yvil_place" <tox@work.ble> wrote in message news:haco26$vi2$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... > You’ve Got The Wrong(est) Number > Call Center | Chatsworth, CA, USA > (Note: our customer support number is close to a local driving school’s > number.) > > Me: “Thank you for calling. How may I help you?” > > Customer: “How much for my daughter?” > > Me: “Um…” > > Customer: “She’s 16. It’s her first time. She needs training.” > > Me: “Sir, I think you want the driving school.” > > Customer: “Oh, what do you guys do?” > > Me: “Adult websites.” > > Customer: “Oh…OH! Oh my God!” > > ------------------------------ > > Tech Support | Canada > (Note: I help callers with connection problems to our wireless zones along > train lines.) > > Me: “Hello, tech support. How may I help you?” > > Caller: “I can’t access your network!” > > Me: “I’m sorry about that, let me help you. Where are you currently, sir?” > > Caller: “I’m traveling in between [city] and [another city].” > > Me: “Oh, I’m sorry sir, but there is maintenance being done in that zone. > You will have to wait 20 minutes until you are back in a working zone.” > > Caller: “What can I do?” > > Me: “Just wait till the train is a bit farther on, and you will have a > connection again.” > > Caller: “This is terrible! Where’s your manager?” > > Me: “Sir, it’s 4 am so I’m the only one working.” > > (The customer hangs up, but then calls back again.) > > Me: “Hello, tech support. How may I help you?” > > Caller: “F***!” > > (Once again, he hangs up, and once again, he calls back.) > > Me: “Hello, tech support. How may I help you?” > > Caller: “F***!” > > (Again, he hangs up, and again, he calls back.) > > Me: “Hello, tech support. How may I help you?” > > Caller: “Look, I have some important stuff to watch here. Can you fix the > internet?” > > Me: “If you just wait 10 minutes sir, your internet will work again.” > > Caller: “So, in my zone, there’s no internet?” > > Me: “That’s right, sir.” > > Caller: “Can’t you move the satellite so I do have internet?” > > Me: “You want me to go into space and move the satellite?” > > Caller: *cheerily* “Yeah, that’s right!” > > Me: “Umm…well, that might take me a little bit of time, sir. I’ll have to > call NASA and they’re very busy these days.” > > Caller: “Oh. How long do you think it’ll take?” > > Me: “About 10 minutes.” > > Caller: “That’s great! Thank you.” *hangs up* > > ----------------------------- > > Me: “That will be 17.50, please.” > > Customer: “Are you a Christian, dear?” > > Me: “Why do you ask?” > > Customer: “Are you?” > > Me: “Well, no. Why do you want to know?” > > Customer: “Oh. I would like to be helped by someone else, please.” > > Manager: “Good morning ma’am, I hear you’ve been having a problem with the > clerk?” > > Customer: “Oh, she didn’t make any trouble, it’s just that I don’t want my > money to be handled by someone not of the faith. You should be careful, > she’ll probably nick from the till when you’re not looking.” > > Manager: “You’re right, ma’am, I shall definitely have to reprimand her.” > > Me: *surprised* “What for?” > > Manager: “For failing to notice that the lady was not planning on paying > for the three Mars bars and the map of Europe she must have put in her bag > while you were fetching me.” > > (The customer freezes for a second, then looks at her bag.) > > Customer: “Good heavens! I must’ve been so distracted I didn’t even notice > the devil putting them there!” > > ------------------------------ > > (Note: I’m a female customer sitting in a pub. I’m approached by another > male customer while I read a book.) > > Male customer: “Hello, my name is ***.” > > Me: “That’s nice.” > > Male customer: “So can I have your number?” > > Me: “Oh. Actually, I’m gay.” > > Male customer: “You want to have sex with women?” > > Me: “Well, not right now. Right now, I just want to read my book.” > > Male customer: “That’s bulls***! If you’re a lesbian then you want to have > sex with women!” > > Me: “Honestly, I just want to read my book.” > > Male customer: “You’re lying to me, that’s very rude! I’m going to > complain!” > > Male customer, to a waitress: “That girl over there is being really rude. > I want you to do something, it’s disturbing my day. She just lied to me > and told me that she was a lesbian, and now she’s mocking me.” > > Waitress: “What am I supposed to do about that? Make her straight?” > > Male customer: “Just do something about it!” > > Waitress, to me: “Hello, there.” > > Me: “Hello. I’m sorry about him.” > > Waitress: “Oh, it’s no problem! So, can I have your number?” > > Male customer: *looks horrified* > > Me: “Er, yeah, sure. Here.” > > (I write my number on a napkin and she takes it, still smiling.) > > Waitress, to male customer: “See? She’s a lesbian.” > > Male customer: “That’s not what I wanted you to do! I didn’t want you to > ask her out, I wanted you to make her leave! I demand to speak to your > manager!” > > Waitress: “Oh, he’s just popped out. I can get his boyfriend for you > though if you want?” > > Male customer: *storms out cursing* > > (It turned out that the waitress was kidding about her manager, but she > wasn’t kidding about asking me out!) > > -------------------------------------- > > Me: “Can I help you, sir?” > > Customer: “A packet of 20 Marlboro Lights, please.” > > (I hand him the cigarettes.) > > Customer: “Wait, I don’t want these ones. > > Me: “Why? They’re Marlboro Lights. Did you change your mind?” > > Customer: “No, I don’t want ones with this health warning about cigarettes > causing impotency.” > > Me: “Ok. Do you want ’smoking harms those around you,’ or ’smoking causes > testicular cancer?’” > > Customer: “Give me the ‘harms others’ ones.” > > ---------------------------- > > (A customer comes to the gas station register and hands me their credit > card immediately.) > > Customer: “I was looking at the liters display instead of the price.” > > Me: “Yeah, I hate when that happens. Let’s see what your total is.” > > Customer: “Well, I shouldn’t have to pay anymore than the $20 I wanted to > put in.” > > Me: “Sorry, but it doesn’t work like that.” > > Customer: “That’s bulls***! I’m just going to drive off! Good luck getting > your money!” *drives off without paying* > > (I call the police who arrive ten minutes later, which is coincidentally > when the customer returns–in his haste to drive off, he had forgotten to > take back his credit card.) > > Customer: “You stole my credit card, you a**hole!” > > Me: “Just give me a second sir. I’m in the middle of reporting a drive-off > to these police officers.” > > Customer: “Haha! So I’m not the only one to do a drive-off from here?” > > Police: “Today you are. Please come with us, sir.” > > --------------------- > > > -- > ___________ > ©Toxis