Hey, stop wasting my time!

[Phone Jockey]

Here's an old one from my "daze" on the phones:

Customer: hey, i need to set up cable in my new house. It’s 445 aurone street.
Me: i have 445 aurone lane.
Customer: it’s street, not lane, but i don’t know for sure.
Me: what city is this house in?
Customer: um, i don’t… i don’t know…um…
Me: ok, i show it’s in winston-salem.
Customer: winston-salem? Um, yes, okay.
Me: ok, are you sure this is the right location, sir?
Customer: oh yes, of course i am.
Me: um, okay. Whose name is going to be on the account, sir?
Customer: um, well, i don’t…um…mines?
Me: ok, your name?
Customer: it’s uh, bryan. bryan jones.
Me: ok. What is your date of birth, sir?
Customer: 1991.
Me: what?
Customer: 1991 is my date of birth.
Me: you’re 15?
Customer: 14.
Me: sir, someone 18 or older has to set up this account.
Customer: then put my sister on it. She’s 19.
Me: is she there with you, sir?
Customer: no, she lives in another house.
Me: she what?
Customer: no, she’s moving to our house, but she’s not moving to our house now.
Me: okay, she has to be on the line to set up this account.
Customer: (click)

[Imogene]

Gah! Bu- gwar!
What the hell? When I was 15, I knew where the hell I lived, address, city, you know? The basics?
Although, I did, on occasion separate the street name into two words, when it was supposed to be one word.
And I never called the phone company myself until I wanted to add long-distance to my phone line, but I was... 17 at the time, and got DSL at the same time. Hey, at that point, I had the money to pay for it.

[Dave0523]

15 and they don't know where they live? WTF?? My kids had to know their complete address, phone number, and date of birth TO GET INTO 1ST GRADE.

--Dave

[Phone Jockey]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. You should know in which city you live! That's key as a young person, especially if you get lost & have to tell the police how to contact your parents. Jeez.

[Soulstealer]

That's key as a young person, especially if you get lost & have to tell the police how to contact your parents. Jeez.

Maybe his parents don't want him back.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Gah! Bu- gwar!
What the hell? When I was 15, I knew where the hell I lived, address, city, you know? The basics?

I knew that stuff when I was 5!

[Gabrielle Proctor]

I knew that stuff when I was 5!

Hell, my parents drilled that info into me when I was that age! Just in case I had to give the info to the cops in event of an emergency.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Jeez, when I was 5-6, I would introduce myself by full name, full address, home phone and grandma's adress/phone to every classmate I met.

[Imogene]

I knew that stuff when I was 5!

Same here, but, still, when I was 15, I knew that stuff.

[Flood]

Well, to be fair, it sounds like he just moved there. And as a teenager, he's duty bound to be resentful of the move and not really pay attention to any of the details of the new home for at least a month or so.

My family didn't stay in the same house for more than 3 years in a row ever, and after a certain point, all the addresses just started blurring together.

But I at least had the decency to grab some inbound junk mail and keep the label so I could tell people where I lived if necessary.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

im a teenager and i know what town the house im moving to next month is in

don't know the road it's on though, but i'll find that out within the next 2 days

[Primer]

My family didn't stay in the same house for more than 3 years in a row ever, and after a certain point, all the addresses just started blurring together.

That sounds like my family, until about 7th grade. I still remember each of my addresses from when I was 3, on, and the phone numbers from 6, on. (I'm 47, now.)