Loafers Nook - Muppets
POSTED BY: seryn
UPDATED: Sunday, February 5, 2006 20:36
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[pet peeve rant}
*phone rings*
*I answer*
Me: Good afternoon, name of my church here
Person on other end: Who's this?
Can you think of a ruder way to answer the phone? "Who's this?" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
So, whenever someone answers the phone like that (and it happens often), I always pause for a moment. Count to five. And then I respond extremely pleasantly:
This is the church administrator. May I help you?
When what I want to say is "I'm not telling you anything until you learn proper phone etiquette, you babbling imbecile!!"
*sigh*
[/pet peeve rant]
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Yes people are rude. Rude people cause stress. Stop answering the phone. 
If we could space all the rude people and all the people with low IQ because they choose to not learn. (I've nothing against folk who can't help it, just the ones who can and don't) We'd be much better off.
If wishes were horses..........
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if only, if only....
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Rude people???? Phones??? Welcome to my job. I'm on the phone ALL day with hunters & fisherman & pilots who can't make their sonar/gps aviation & mapping software electronics work!!!!
I understand your pain. That's why we are her to help it all pass less painfully.
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Man, I totally feel for you! On the phone all day? That's SO not my favorite thing to do--talk on the phone. And people can be so awesome sometimes, too. I'm a waitress, so I understand the whole "rude people" thing. Darn!
I promise to never, ever answer the phone asking "who is this"--especially if I'm the one who's calling.
Wacky fun!
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"Who's this?! WHO'S THIS?!"
"IT'S THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO REACH THROUGH THE RUTTIN' PHONE AND RIP YOUR RUTTIN' THROAT INTO BLOODY RAGS IF YOU DON'T FIND SOME GORRAM PHONE ETIQUETTE--AND PRONTO!"
Which is one reason I don't work in any sort of customer relations capacity.
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Our phone at work is a nightmare mainly cause of the stoopid ones, the rude ones are ok, they just put the phone down on with out saying anything.
The stoopid ones however...
Me -Good morning (work shpeal)
Them - ey luv, wen zat planaquariam thing on?
the first Planetarium show is on a 2:30 today, the aquarium is one of the permanent galleries and open all the time.
y got no planaquarium show before then?
No sorry, they are at the same time, every day, starting from 2:30 onwards...
why not?
sorry?
why arn't there any in the morning?
I assume it due to morning visitor numbers, we do do show throughout the day on school holidays..
what time are they on tomorrow?
they are one at the same times everyday, 2:30, 3:15...
weekends as well?
yes, at the weekens theres also a childrens show at...
what time's that?
1:15
so theres no childrens show on week days?
no
why not?
because the children are all in school.
so what time are they on?
the childresn show is 1:15 on weekends, then 2:30, 3:15 and the last show is 4:0...
when they finish?
the last show is five minute pats four
when?
five minute past four, 4:05
when do you close?
we are open 10 till five every day.
are you open at the weekends?
yes.
when?
ten till five everyday.
whered I get tickets?
they're first come first serve, so you'll have to be quick, and you get them from the information desk in the Atrium.
Wha?
The atrium, ground floor entrance hall.
Can I book tickets?
No, unfortunetly not.
Why not?
Because they are distributed on a first come first serve basis.
so you can't get them in advance?
You can get them any time on the day, but only in person.
Could I get some for tomorrow?
Only if you turn up tommorrow to pick them up.
so how am I meant to get tickets?
You have to come to the desk and pick them up.
can't yeh just stick us some aside?
No, sorry.
Why not?
Because that isn't the way it works.
Well that stupid! how am I meant to get tickets! I got to come all the way from the wirral! I should be able to book em, what happens if there arn't any left? what are yeh gonna do then!
I'm afraid that just the way it works, you have to turn up as early as you can, its the only fair way.
Fair! how it f****n fair if I can't get them?
I'm afraid thats the only system we've found that works. Is there anything else I can help you with?
yeah, whats the planaquarium?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bear in mind her, that the tickets are all free, the museum is free, jesus even the buses are free to a lot of them. Things have been done the same way since the planetarium opened, with only breif periods spent discovering how well other systems don't work.
This phone call usually takes place at about 12;30, so by the time they drag their arses out of bed and slope in its 2pm anyway, and this journey from the wirral that they make sound like a huge epic journey, I do every morning for 9 oclock.
Oh yes, the reason I can repeat this conversation so well is because I have it five times a day, with even the same people sometimes.
I need a new job. One where I never have to meet the public. They smell.
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ooh, i'm feeling your pain on that one, seryn...ouch!
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Quote:
I need a new job. One where I never have to meet the public. They smell.
Oh please tell me there's more than one opening there, that sounds good.
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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion
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*blink*
I'm sorry, I think I read that wrong, please don't mean what I think you mean... opening where and what sounds good?
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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*
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