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story one today
at this temp job the owner's name is kevin, he has not been here while i have worke, and will not be in until i have finished the week (course some of that can be figured out).
"thank you for calling alfa tec, how may i direct your call?"
"kevin"
"kevin is not in (gets cut off before i can say 'do you want to go to his voicemail?')"
"kevin"
"kevin is not in this week"
"i want to talk to kevin"
"kevin is not the office" (starting to get annoyed)
"give me kevin"
"kevin has not been at all this week, and will not be in the office until next week" (trying really hard not to actually let my annoyance shine through)
"listen girl, i need to speak to kevin"
"sir, kevin is not in the office, and i therefore cannot tranfer you to him, you can call him back next week or go to his voicemail"
"you are useless" *click*
he seemed to be speaking english just fine (slight hispanic sound to his voice).
course yesterday i had an even funnier
the company is called alfa tec, this does not mean we work on or sell actual computers.
guy brings in a laptop, and wants us to service it. i do not remember the exact convo, but it basically went 'yes tec is in the name put that does not mean we work on computers' 'but your name is tec' over, and over, and over for about 5ish minutes. until i said that he was intruding on my lunch break (which i was on when he came in), but that if he wanted to continue the conversation he could have it with a wall, as then he would be having it something of equal intelligence. he got pissed and asked to talk to my manager, they were not here, so i called out random person from the back and they told them we really do not fix laptops, and when the guy complained about what i said, he just laughed and told me it was funny. the guy left very huffy.
and now for a funny co-worker comment
the mail machine was still set for the .41 stamp, and they could not get it to stay changed (ie as soon as you finished the project it would go back). so the woman in charge of me said "mary, you are a geek, right? can you fix this." Normally I would get a little annoyed, and in fact for a second i did, then i made us both laugh with "i really need the 'no, i will not fix your computer shirt." i went on to explain that as i do not actually know the product i could only look it up online,and she asked how i would do that, and then went and did it herself.
and now done.