BG: I have two jobs, one at a grocery store, the other at my apartment building as a caretaker. This one is from the second.
I was on-call and the after hours phone rang so I answered. I already had a headache when I answered the phone and this conversation made it so much worse.
Me: *Apartment Complex* emergency line, how can I help you?
Him: Where's the dumpster?
Me: Beneath the trash chutes, they're not accessible to tenants. Did you need to throw away something big?
Him: No, just a trash bag. Where's the dumpster? I can't find it.
Me: Just put it down the trash chute at the end of the hallway.
Him: But... where's the dumpster?
Me: *resisting urge to bang head on desk* Ok, I'll walk you through this. Are you in the hallway with your trash bag?
Him: Yes.
Me: Go to the end of the hallway by the side stairs. Tell me when you're there.
Him: *a few seconds later* Okay, I'm there.
Me: Next to the door for the stairs, there's another door labeled trash chute. Open that door and go in.
Him: Okay.
Me: Now see the little metal door on the wall? Open it and drop your trash down.
Him: *drops bag down (I can hear it go)* Okay. But where's the dumpster?
Me: *hangs up* I really hope that was some kind of joke.
I know many apartment buildings have dumpsters outside for tenants to throw their trash in instead of having trash chutes inside the building, but I really thought the whole thing was fairly easy to understand. Guess not...
I was on-call and the after hours phone rang so I answered. I already had a headache when I answered the phone and this conversation made it so much worse.
Me: *Apartment Complex* emergency line, how can I help you?
Him: Where's the dumpster?
Me: Beneath the trash chutes, they're not accessible to tenants. Did you need to throw away something big?
Him: No, just a trash bag. Where's the dumpster? I can't find it.
Me: Just put it down the trash chute at the end of the hallway.
Him: But... where's the dumpster?
Me: *resisting urge to bang head on desk* Ok, I'll walk you through this. Are you in the hallway with your trash bag?
Him: Yes.
Me: Go to the end of the hallway by the side stairs. Tell me when you're there.
Him: *a few seconds later* Okay, I'm there.
Me: Next to the door for the stairs, there's another door labeled trash chute. Open that door and go in.
Him: Okay.
Me: Now see the little metal door on the wall? Open it and drop your trash down.
Him: *drops bag down (I can hear it go)* Okay. But where's the dumpster?
Me: *hangs up* I really hope that was some kind of joke.
I know many apartment buildings have dumpsters outside for tenants to throw their trash in instead of having trash chutes inside the building, but I really thought the whole thing was fairly easy to understand. Guess not...
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