Comments | snarkophagus: Switchboard Stupidity

snarkophagus

Switchboard Stupidity

Feb 05, 2005 03:45

Just... boggle. I'm being punished for something.

Advance note: the company I'm answering for sells videos with travel tips and suggested sightseeing for countries around the world.

Me: "Thank you for calling Some Travel Video Place, how may I help you?"

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Me: "Thank you for calling Some Travel Video Place, how may I help you?"

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Me: ( Read more... )

Comments 18

naeko February 5 2005, 11:50:36 UTC

Tra-la*stab*-laaaa

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 12:03:41 UTC

<3

Tra-laaaaa.

shalala_ February 5 2005, 13:30:54 UTC

Just think i get to deal with people all day today too! The whole 8 hours... *shudders*
take care

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 20:36:27 UTC

It's my opinion, now, that Old People Are Evil (tm).

kahlannightwing February 5 2005, 16:13:16 UTC

lol Gotta love the old folk eh?

*worked as telemarketer for six months*

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 20:37:50 UTC

I could never do the outbound. I'd be tempted to snark on people who got irritated.

Old people = Spawns of the devil. That's really the only answer I can come up with.

stagemanager February 5 2005, 18:49:04 UTC

I want a job like this.

Really.

Does it pay well?

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 20:40:53 UTC

Eh. Depends on where you go. I was lucky enough to get a job in one of the more competitive call centers in the area. As far as answering-service type call centers go, I interviewed at two of them and accepted the one I have now based solely on money.

One was prepared to offer me three dollars less an hour to do the same job I'm doing now. Erm. No.

not_a_vegetable February 5 2005, 19:28:30 UTC

*cracks up* Man, you have the funnest job ever.

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 20:44:24 UTC

OM: "The one with the chee--"

I hope he doesn't feel that I was Disrespecting My Elders (tm) for cutting him off like that, but really. If he hadn't taken my advice when he did, and if he had brought up that damn cheese one more time, I was prepared to disconnect him.

Possibly with a "NO! FOR THE LAST TIME, NO! AND IF YOU CALL ME WITHOUT YOUR HEARING AID ONE MORE TIME, I WILL WAIT FOR YOU TO GET THAT HEARING AID, AND THEN BREAK IT WITH MY MOST CREATIVE, MOST OFFENSIVE CURSING!"

... Is it at all obvious that I don't like dealing with old people?

not_a_vegetable February 5 2005, 20:58:23 UTC

You have remarkably good patience skills. I'm surprised you didn't either go crazy or hang up in frustration after the comment of, "No, there were no trees, it was inside."

I didn't think you liked about 90% of the general population. ;)

snarkophagus February 5 2005, 22:30:39 UTC

Heh. I don't, generally speaking. Then again, generally speaking, the general population doesn't fill me with fantasies of gory homicidal acts, either.

... I wonder how many more times I can say "general."