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katiesue · 08-11-2011, 11:19 AM

I need to look into that BTD. It looks as if we'll have to double insure her. Frack.

Alex · 08-11-2011, 12:40 PM

Poor Phone Interaction for the Day

Get a call on my cell. Not a number I recognize but it is within the area code so I answer.

Me: Hello?

Him: <mumble mumble mumble>

Me: I'm sorry?

Him: Something Audi of Oakland

Me: Audi of Oakland? Ok...how can I help you?

Him: <noting the confusion in my voice> Have I reached the right person?

Me: How would I know, you dialed the phone. Who are you hoping to reach?

Him: Do you own an Audi Hydramonster Jimmidybobber?

Me: No, what number were you trying?

Him: <a string of numbers that has nothing in common with my phone other than the area code>

Really, I remain amazed by the number of people who, then the phone is answered by an unexpected person, simply demand to know who has answered.

Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a friend who whenever he called and someone other than me answered the phone would start by saying "Who's this?" My mom, after the first time she told him that's not how it worked, just hung up on him after that.

katiesue · 08-11-2011, 01:11 PM

One of my co-workers will occasionally mis-dial, realize it immediately and hang up. I had one guy call back, the caller ID sends you to the main line, and demand to know who had phoned him and why. I apologized and explained that it was a mis-dial but he was having none of that. He wanted names and reasons.

Capt Jack · 08-11-2011, 01:44 PM

I had one a-hole call me not long ago. I answer and he starts off yelling with "who the hell is this? wheres Victoria?"

my answer was "um...Canada?"

oddly enough, he didnt call back

katiesue · 08-11-2011, 01:49 PM

When I was a kid our number was close to Arctic Circles. My Dad got tired of explaining so he'd just take their order.

Snowflake · 08-11-2011, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

When I was a kid our number was close to Arctic Circles. My Dad got tired of explaining so he'd just take their order.

Brilliant!

Alex · 08-11-2011, 02:25 PM

You could place take out orders at Arctic Circle? (And I haven't been to an Arctic Circle since I was about 10, I wonder if the one on Fourth Plain and Andresen in Vancouver is still there).

katiesue · 08-11-2011, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

You could place take out orders at Arctic Circle? (And I haven't been to an Arctic Circle since I was about 10, I wonder if the one on Fourth Plain and Andresen in Vancouver is still there).

Apparently you could cause people would call. Not every day but fairly often. Ours is gone now it's a Papa Johns Pizza - I think it's been gone since the late 80's.

Not Afraid · 08-11-2011, 02:26 PM

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

Capt Jack · 08-11-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

WHAT?

HF is THE Mecca of all things tool oriented!

I love it and cant go in there and not wander every single square foot of it in detail...

08-11-2011, 11:19 AM	#1
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I need to look into that BTD. It looks as if we'll have to double insure her. Frack. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-11-2011, 12:40 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Poor Phone Interaction for the Day Get a call on my cell. Not a number I recognize but it is within the area code so I answer. Me: Hello? Him: <mumble mumble mumble> Me: I'm sorry? Him: Something Audi of Oakland Me: Audi of Oakland? Ok...how can I help you? Him: <noting the confusion in my voice> Have I reached the right person? Me: How would I know, you dialed the phone. Who are you hoping to reach? Him: Do you own an Audi Hydramonster Jimmidybobber? Me: No, what number were you trying? Him: <a string of numbers that has nothing in common with my phone other than the area code> Really, I remain amazed by the number of people who, then the phone is answered by an unexpected person, simply demand to know who has answered. Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a friend who whenever he called and someone other than me answered the phone would start by saying "Who's this?" My mom, after the first time she told him that's not how it worked, just hung up on him after that.
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08-11-2011, 01:11 PM	#3
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	One of my co-workers will occasionally mis-dial, realize it immediately and hang up. I had one guy call back, the caller ID sends you to the main line, and demand to know who had phoned him and why. I apologized and explained that it was a mis-dial but he was having none of that. He wanted names and reasons. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-11-2011, 01:44 PM	#4
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	I had one a-hole call me not long ago. I answer and he starts off yelling with "who the hell is this? wheres Victoria?" my answer was "um...Canada?" oddly enough, he didnt call back __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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08-11-2011, 01:49 PM	#5
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	When I was a kid our number was close to Arctic Circles. My Dad got tired of explaining so he'd just take their order. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-11-2011, 02:25 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You could place take out orders at Arctic Circle? (And I haven't been to an Arctic Circle since I was about 10, I wonder if the one on Fourth Plain and Andresen in Vancouver is still there).
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.
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