I'm Only Paid To Like You Until 5:00
8:30 a.m.
May I help you?
I want to talk to your boss.
He's not here right now. May I take a message?
NO. (Click)
Fifteen minutes later:
May I help you?
Let me talk to your boss.
He's still not here, but I'd be happy to take a message.
Fine, tell him to call me right away.
Well, he won't be back in the office until afternoon likely after 1:30, but I'll let him know you called.
Fine, whatever.
An hour later:
May I help you?
Why hasn't he called me back?
Well, sir, he isn't back yet. He is still in court, and as I mentioned, he won't be back until this afternoon after 1:30.
It would sure be nice if people would call you back when they say they will! (CLICK)
1:00 p.m.
May I help you?
Is he even planning to call me back or not? Did you even give him the message?
I assure you, that just as soon as he gets back, I will give him your message. He will call you back as soon as he can.
Well, I'm still waiting. This is no laughing matter. (CLICK)
Boss arrives at 3:30, and begins returning phone calls.
3:45 p.m.
May I help you?
I've been waiting by the phone all day long, and he just ignores me. I want to talk to him right now.
Sir, he is back now, but he is on the other line. He's trying to get through all his messages, but I promise you're on the list.
Is he even going to bother calling me back?
I'm sure he will, sir.
WELL, WHY NOT?!!!!
Umm, I said he will call you back.
Oh. (CLICK)
Somedays, I really hate people.
Some other days, I really hate people in Nebraska. And Kansas.
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I'm taking my mom to the neurosurgeon in Omaha tomorrow. My uncle is now going with us, so he can go to the transplant center. He hasn't been back for a year, and the doctor refused to renew his prescriptions until he came in. He had a kidney transplant about 2 years ago, and he does not cooperate with his doctors. Heh heh. Serves him right.
My sister is going along to help keep me sane. Or make me more insane, I'm not really sure. I'll let you know on Friday, if I'm not in a rubber room by then.
May I help you?
I want to talk to your boss.
He's not here right now. May I take a message?
NO. (Click)
Fifteen minutes later:
May I help you?
Let me talk to your boss.
He's still not here, but I'd be happy to take a message.
Fine, tell him to call me right away.
Well, he won't be back in the office until afternoon likely after 1:30, but I'll let him know you called.
Fine, whatever.
An hour later:
May I help you?
Why hasn't he called me back?
Well, sir, he isn't back yet. He is still in court, and as I mentioned, he won't be back until this afternoon after 1:30.
It would sure be nice if people would call you back when they say they will! (CLICK)
1:00 p.m.
May I help you?
Is he even planning to call me back or not? Did you even give him the message?
I assure you, that just as soon as he gets back, I will give him your message. He will call you back as soon as he can.
Well, I'm still waiting. This is no laughing matter. (CLICK)
Boss arrives at 3:30, and begins returning phone calls.
3:45 p.m.
May I help you?
I've been waiting by the phone all day long, and he just ignores me. I want to talk to him right now.
Sir, he is back now, but he is on the other line. He's trying to get through all his messages, but I promise you're on the list.
Is he even going to bother calling me back?
I'm sure he will, sir.
WELL, WHY NOT?!!!!
Umm, I said he will call you back.
Oh. (CLICK)
Somedays, I really hate people.
Some other days, I really hate people in Nebraska. And Kansas.
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I'm taking my mom to the neurosurgeon in Omaha tomorrow. My uncle is now going with us, so he can go to the transplant center. He hasn't been back for a year, and the doctor refused to renew his prescriptions until he came in. He had a kidney transplant about 2 years ago, and he does not cooperate with his doctors. Heh heh. Serves him right.
My sister is going along to help keep me sane. Or make me more insane, I'm not really sure. I'll let you know on Friday, if I'm not in a rubber room by then.
posted by trinamick at 10:47 AM
12 Comments:
Sometimes you really have to hate stupid people. Yesterday someone called 12 times in a span of 4 hours for my hubby. Each time I asked if I could take a message and each time I was told they would call back later. So each time I told them he would not be home till after 6pm. They never figured that out, finally after the 12th phone call from the SAME person I got mad and yelled. lol. They finally told me they were just calling to ask how he liked our Boston Globe delivery. ARE U KIDDING ME???? 12 times for that...good grief, and they couldnt have just told me that in the first place and I would have told them we like it FINE, now stop freaking calling me!
Ok....Im ok now! lol
I feel your pain. At my job, the phone number here is one digit away from the Four Seasons Hotel's number. At least once a week we get a misdirected call. One time I called the office from my home and got the crabbiest coworker I ever had the pleasure to work with. After she answered, I said "Room services please," in my execrable Indian accent. She said in a sarcastic voice, "I'm sorry, sir, this isn't the Four Seasons." Then I repeated, "Room services please," like I was reading it directly from a Hindi-English dictionary. She yells, "This isn't the Four Seasons!" so I said, "Please to have my Diet Seven-Up and chips, please!" Then she hung up on me.
Sheesh.
Our office number is similar to the numbers of two local motels and the Pizza Hut. My boss will sometimes take reservations and pizza orders anyway. "If they can't figure out they've got the wrong number after you tell them where they've called, they deserve it."
People are idiots, what more can you say???
I can feel your pain. My...LOVELY...ex-wife ran up about $50,000 in credit card debt after we split and then moved to China to get a teaching job. I have since found out that she used my address and phone number on all her credit applications so not only is that stuff on my credit report, but I get calls for her from collectors about 30 to 50 times a day and this has been going on through 3 phone numbers and about 2 years. I try over and over to clear this up and tell them that she never even stepped foot in Texas where I live but they usually just hang up. But then again, when you try to nicely explain that they can't get ahold of her "because she moved to china" I think it's probably natural to assume I am the one that's full of shit. I hate those calls.
What do you mean, SOME days? Every day's a good day to hate your fellow man... There are at least 5 daily occasions of fist-shaking on my part due to ignorance, laziness, or greed!
"My boss will sometimes take reservations and pizza orders anyway."
Oh ho ho! Don't think I haven't been tempted! Maybe next time I'll give some lucky soul a free upgrade to the bridal suite!
Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Schprock-you should tell someone, "Hey If you pay me cash under the table, I can cut your rate for you..."
See if they bite!
I get some real winners calling me also. I get the message questions also-"Is Salesman X ever going to call me back."
As if I could FORCE them to call you back buddy.
We have a receptionist here that has had to deal with stupid people that just don't understand the concept of voicemail, or that it is impossible to talk to a particular salesan if he isn't physically here to take their call.
But then, she passes the stupidity on by giving me calls for things that aren't even remotely related to what it is I do.
Well KTM, after reading that article, it's now official. You are an old maid at the ripe ol' age of 24...
It's even worse. I'm 25. How will I ever find my very own sex offender at this age?
Damn shame your co-worker already snatched that one up...
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