Homewrecker!

[OhHerro]

This didn't happen to me, but to a coworker:

A = coworker
CW= crazy wife

A: Hello, is Mr. Man there?
CW: [Yelling] I told you never to call here!!! You homewrecker!!! I can't believe . . .
A: Hi, I'm calling from [store]. I just wanted to let him know the DVD he ordered was here.
CW: oh . . .


I really hope I'm there when he/they pick up the DVD.

[NightAngel]

And this is why you always introduce yourself first thing with a store greeting when calling someone's home.

"Hello, this is NightAngel with *company* may I speak with Mr. Man?"

[Jacen]

And this is why you always introduce yourself first thing with a store greeting when calling someone's home.

"Hello, this is NightAngel with *company* may I speak with Mr. Man?"

Thing is... she hears a strangers voice and goes... bonkers?

OhHerro: If you are there when they pick it up, I wanna know if anything out of the ordinary happens :P

[Marxfan]

Customer drama, ugh. Sounds fun in theory, no fun in practice.

[iradney]

I dunno, I'm kind of torn on this. I mean, proper phone etiquette dictates that when calling someone, the caller must identify themselves to the callee before proceeding with the conversation.

Like so:

"Hi, this is Coworker calling from Company. May I please speak with Person?"

The Suck could've been avoided that way, but that's just my opinion, I guess.

[Misanthropical]

When I worked in collections, I wasn't suppose to tell anyone but the person I needed to talk to where I was calling from.

This lead to a lot of women being suspicious of why I was calling their boyfriend/husband.

[OhHerro]

yeah, she's somewhat new to this. doesn't mean the woman had to go crazy, though.

[Imogene]

Hell, I was calling movie reservations once, and I got a lady on the phone who refused to believe I wasn't a telemarketer.
"Lady, listen, Your husband ordered/reserved a movie, I'm calling because it came in. Just pass that message along, please. Otherwise, I'll call you again next week," was basically what I had to say to get her to understand.

[ThePhoneGoddess]

When we call people who've put in an order with us, if we announce first off that we are calling from Bugaboo cell phones about eight times out of ten they will think we are a telemarketer and 1) hang up immediately or 2) have a fit because they are on the do not call list and how dare we call them.

So we have to do exactly what the girl in the OP did, ask for the customer, and then say who we are. I've never been accused of being a homewrecker, but I'm sure it will happen eventually.

[auntiem]

When I first started working this job I had a guy who was planning an anniversary trip (a big fancy one) and was taking the money out of an account they held jointly, but she didn't know you could get money out of it by check. Combine that with me leaving phone messages "This is auntiem calling for Mr. Man" (which is how he told me to leave messages if I needed to contact him).
Once she figured out about the account she called me in a tear until I finally had to confess that it was a suprise trip for her. Then I had to call him and tell him I had to spill the beans and why.
I use this as an example now when I am booking "suprise" trips for men.

[Pezzle]

reminds me of when I was doing a tape transfer back at circuit city...

Call: Hello, this is Pezzle from Firedog, just calling to l--
Person: WHAT YOU WANT!?!?!
Call: I was just calling to let you know that--
Person: DO NOT WANT IT!! DONT WANT!!
Call: But yo--
Person: GO AWAY!! -hang up-

So of course, I'm supposed to try again, according to my manager.

Call: Hi again, this is Pezzle from Firedog at Circuit City, and I just wanted to let you know that your..
Person: DIDNT I FUCKING TELL YOU NO WANT YOUR SHIT!!! AHH!! -hang up-

I can't just have their property stay here...

Person: HELLO!?
ME: YOUR DVD IS READY! YOU KNOW THE ONE YOU DROPPED OFF!! AT CIRCUIT CITY!!!
Person: .....-click-

They didn't come in to pick it up for like 2 weeks, and made sure I wasn't there.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I've gotten the occasional suspicious-sounding "who's calling?"...I always had to giggle to myself. But I've never been called a homewrecker. I'm kinda sad about that...

[myswtghst]

I work in technical dispatch, and I work second shift, so I deal with a lot of after hours stuff. Much like Gravekeeper, I sometimes have to call the techs at home, and while, thankfully, none have ever let me know they were nekkid, I do occasionally get the wife who isn't real pleased to hear my voice on the phone. (Let's put it this way, I have a good phone voice. I've had [male] customers tell me they though they called a 900 line when I pick up).

[Rahmota]

I'm of the opinion that if its a business calling they should be legall required to identify themselves, the organization they are calling from and the reason they are calling otherwise the perosn should hang up. Its unprofessional and rude to call a person's house and then not properly identify yourself. And I dont care who a person is if I answer the phone in my home and the person on the other end refuses to answer my questions the phone gets hung up. OBviously they dont want to be polite to me so I wont be polite to them.

When I call someone if its not someone I know or who is expecting me I'm always saying: Hello this is Rahmota, I am calling because.....and I need to speak with Person's name. The few times I had to call customers in the past would always be. Hello This is Rahmota from business calling for Person's name for Reason.

At least thats my feelings on this.

[JustADude]

(Let's put it this way, I have a good phone voice. I've had [male] customers tell me they though they called a 900 line when I pick up).

So, lessee, violent, athletic, and has a sexy voice... Myswtghst, I think I'm falling in love.