Why You Should Think Before You Speak
As most people who aren’t extremely lonely, I hate calling call centers for large companies. Today, I initiated what would end up being a 1.25 hour call with Rogers technical support to get my co-worker (Darren O)’s blackberry up and running.
There were too many password questions going on, so I passed my phone over to Darren to straighten it out. Once I passed him the phone, I skyped him to say that the support person had the voice of some woman who spent her entire life working in a smokey diner. We went back and forth about it for a while, him trying not to laugh….The person on the other end had no sense of humour. At one point, Darren said “Maybe I should just drop it on the floor and jump on it…..No, no, no- I was just joking.”
Towards the end of the conversation, he’s getting the direct line of the support person and we overhear “Kevin? Like K-E-V-I-N? I thought you were female!”.
Oddly, he didn’t understand why this would be insulting.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:49 am
Oh, OK, let’s continue with this theme …
Darcie on flight AC3 from Las Vegas: “hey, do you mind moving to the aisle seat.”
Innocent airplane passenger: “Actual I am quite comfy here.”
Darcie: “But, fcuk, I’m really hung over, and I really need to be closer to the toilet”
Innocent airplane passenger: “Sorry, gonna stay where I am.”
Darcie: “Fcuk fine, but just so you know, I am gonna throw up all over you.”
Innocent airplane passenger: “You better not”
Darcie: “Well see about that”
October 31st, 2008 at 11:51 am
And because of him, I didn’t throw up. And I felt like crap for 3 days.