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I can't be nice to anyone stupid (and I see a lot of stupid people in my job)
I just had this phone conversation:
Lawyer: Hi, I have a client coming to your Edmonton office. What are some nice hotels in the area?
Me: I'm not sure. We don't stay in hotels. We commute to our Edmonton office for clients, we never stay there.
Lawyer: Well, I need a hotel!
Me: Try Google.
Lawyer: It might be a dive.
Me: Good point. I'm out of ideas.
Lawyer: *silence*
Me: I'm not sure what you want me to do for you.
Lawyer: *silence*
Me: *makes a farting sound*
Lawyer: *sigh* Thanks for nothing
Me: ANYTIME! I'm not a hotel reservation specialist. Just so you know.
Lawyer: Clearly
Me: Is there anything else? Because I have to use the bathroom.
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I have to watch my tone on the phone some times as well.
We have tractor trailers delivering material to my warehouse from all over and once a month my office will get a call from a trucker who says "I'm coming up from Montgomery(Alabama), whats the best way to get to your place?".Like I'm commuting from Alabama to Pennsylvania every morning.I just tell them to buy a map.
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Nanner ....
Rack!!!!
Edit .. I need to allow all caps ....
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I swear and shout at people at work all the time. I think I get away with it because of the accent.
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Since you're working customer service for a vacuum cleaner company those people on the phone probably think you're in India anyway.
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Paddy Wrote:I swear and shout at people at work all the time. I think I get away with it because of the accent.
You sound like a leprechaun on Cloves ???
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The worst is these cold call stock brokers that call me at my office once or twice a week.Its always a different guy but the pitch is always the same."Mr. BIRD33 its Joe Desalvi we spoke about two months ago do you remember?"I guess thats supposed to get you on the defensive for not remembering speaking to them but after a while I figured out its a sales pitch.The last few times they called I've gotten really graphic and sexual with them because its freaking annoying and their trying to basically rip me off.A few weeks ago when a guy said do you remember speaking with me a few months ago I said "you're the guy who told me he wanted to suck me off in the back of his van, right?" The guy almost shit himself over the phone and he actually hung up on me.
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:lool: they call you at work?
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Yup.My name is on some list brokers have as one of the partners so me and two other guys get the calls.
After one guy gave me the usual sales pitch I acted all excited that he was calling and told him I was looking to make a huge buy today but I needed to finish doing something before I could talk to him and would he mind holding.He was ecstatic and said sure no problem.I put him on hold and went about my business and every 5 minutes or so I would pick up and tell him I'd be right with him.After almost 20 minutes of holding I picked up and told him I was just fucking with him and would never buy from some loser who cold calls people.He threatened to come to my work and kick my ass.
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My boss once lost his shit over a door to door saleswoman that came in here. I don't know what set him off, but he started screaming at her to get the fuck out of our office. I actually thought he was having an affair with her because his reaction was that extreme. She started yelling back at him "don't use that language with me!" And he grabbed her by the elbow (big mistake) to escort her out. She started yelling "don't touch me! I'm calling the cops."
So, my boss says "great idea" and calls 911. :roll: Then, the woman leaves, so my boss hangs up. 911 dispatch calls back and says "uh, you can't hang up on 911, what is happening?" So, he explains it and I guarantee they are all rolling their eyes at the psycho who lost his shit over a door to door salesperson. The cops had to come take a statement.
My boss also once called the cops because he saw a homeless man stealing a bag of cans from a balcony across the street.
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Arent you guys the ones who are supposed to deal with people with emotional instabilities?He sounds fucking crazy.
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BIRD33 Wrote:Arent you guys the ones who are supposed to deal with people with emotional instabilities?He sounds fucking crazy.
You're telling me. Him and his wife (also a psychologist) are fucking CRAZY. They are so bored with their own lives, they do crap like that.
Another one of my fave stories:
They build a new house every 2 years. A few years back, they were upset that a contractor was working too slow. They hounded him and hounded him and he eventually told them that he had a job to do that week, but he would do theirs next. Well, that wasn't good enough. So my boss and his wife FOLLOWED the contractor, where they saw him VISITING HIS MOM! They actually jumped out and confronted him.
They've also been sued about as many times as they have sued others.
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Sometimes I am tempted to fuck with your boss on the phone when I call because he's such a douche. But he would probably sue me.
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Pickle Wrote:Sometimes I am tempted to fuck with your boss on the phone when I call because he's such a douche. But he would probably sue me.
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Pickle Wrote:Sometimes I am tempted to fuck with your boss on the phone when I call because he's such a douche. But he would probably sue me.
I fucked with him once a while back when we had that flooding here. He was so thrilled that his house had flooded (and so stupid, that despite the warnings, they didn't move anything and lost a lot of shit) that he was telling anyone who called about it. Lawyers, clients, whomever. He wouldn't even say hi, he'd just start blathering about how his house "on the river" flooded.
So, I created a fake email addy and named myself some fictional doctor. I emailed him and said:
"Mr. X
I was wondering if your house had flooded? I know you are in the area that got a lot of flooding"
He emailed back of course, this big long story, and then said "I'm sorry, I don't recall who you are"
Moron.
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Thanks Captain Obvious!
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