OK ill tell you! *quicky*

[Sliceanddice]

Its a quicky,

Guy calls in
Ask the price of thing.
I start to tell him
"No, whats the price."
"I know, then after-"
"No, whats the PRICE"
"I understand, then it will be just-"
"I just want to know the price!"
The nice part of me snaps, enter uber sweet slicey.
"49.95! So-"
"I JUST-"
"After you finish-"
"I WANT-"
"Making payments-"
"PRICE!!!-"
"You'll just pay-"
"I- wait"
"549.45. Of course if you deside to pay in full we waive the trail fee and you save 49.95"
"....."
"And of course shipping will always be free!!! and you have a full one year warentee and a free online membership!"
"....sorry..."
<CLICKY/FIZZY SOUND>

Moral of this story?
Ask a question- wait for the answer!

[Marxfan]

You should have given the impatient dickhead the wrong price. Jerk (not you, the SC).

[Sliceanddice]

lol i could get fired for that because quality listens to every call

[JustaCashier]

I have a similar peeve at my store, when they walk in and ask for a restroom/dept/product, and keep walking away as I'm telling them. I guess they just expect me to point,and say "Ugh. Ergh." It often requires I give them a little more detail, so I'm continuing with the info, speaking more quickly and loudly to convey the info to them as they get further away.

As far as prices go, I make it a point to say, if applicable,l "......regularly $xx.xx, on sale at this time for $yx.xx", just to cover my ass, so they can't come back a week or so later when the sale's over and say "....that S.O.B. said it was $xx.xx!"

Of course, if it went as far as management getting involved, and I explained to them my side of the story, they'd probably still give the SC the expired sale price, but hopefully would back me up and tell the SC "....that S.O.B. told me he told you both the sale price at the time, and the regular price it's now back to. He's very thorough, so I believe he likely did as he said, and there has just been an honest misunderstanding, so we will give you the sale price from last week/month/year/decade/millenium."

Mike

[KnitShoni]

My husband does that crap. Makes me so mad! I make a point of staying behind to listen, then I catch up to him and chew his buttd out about it. That is so rude!

[Imogene]

I guess they just expect me to point,and say "Ugh. Ergh."

... you know? A lot can be said about a person in the way they grunt. For instance, your grunts say/scream, "Customer service is my b*tch!"

[Mr. Rude]

Grunt or just blurt out a phrase. Just like the blithering braincramp that came into my shop, looked at me & said " Pentium 4".

Me: Pardon? What did you need to find?

BB: Pentium 4.

Me: *silence*

BB: Pentium 4.

Me: Would you be able to be a wee bit more specific?

BB: Pentium 4.

Fortunately, one of the other chaps in the shop got to play dopey f**k with this idiot for the rest of his visit. If you can't even form a polite sentence when you speak to me, you can go hump a cactus.

[Imogene]

If you can't even form a polite sentence when you speak to me, you can go hump a cactus.

Oh, yeah, baby, just like that! Ow! Just like that! Ow!