typical call to the library

[depechemodefan]

ic=idiot caller
me=

ic: can you give me SouthWest airlines?
me: you mean the phone number?
ic: yes. I don't want to bother you.
me: sure, one moment.
So I go to facebook and dawdle for a min., then get the phone book and flip to the page.
me: Ok, it's 1-800...
ic: oh, wait, I need to get a pencil...*to someone else* do you have a pencil? I'm looking for a pencil....
*long wait* me: *look at facebook*
ic: ok, what's the nubmer again?
......


sigh, why can't people 1) make a complete sentence? Tell me exactly what you want, like the ph # or the add. or the CEO. Because telling me "give me *thing* and it's something that isn't physical" doesn't make sense. I think the woman got the the idea that we are directory assistance. 2) HAVE A PEN READY!!!!!!! and paper! idoiots!!!!

[jjllbb]

hah! i just love the fact that he called ASKING for a number, so he KNEW he'd need to write one down eventually, and he didn't bother to get any paper or writing implement ready before hand.

[taurinejunkie]

You're lucky. I *am* directory assistance, which means I get this crap every day. Every hour. Every minute, when the moon is full.

[depechemodefan]

i just love the fact that he called ASKING for a number, so he KNEW he'd need to write one down eventually, and he didn't bother to get any paper or writing implement ready before hand.

Egad, why do people call without a way to take down the number? Freaks.

You're lucky. I *am* directory assistance, which means I get this crap every day. Every hour. Every minute, when the moon is full.

1/2 the questions I get an hour is "can you give me the ph/add of..." Mostly from some collection agency (I think) that calls and ask for the owner, add, ph. no., how many employees, annual sales, credit rating and how long in business. The info. we get is from a database that anyone with a library card can access. I think several cws told them that, but they still call. I get 2-3 calls an hour from that place, but one day I got six calls from them in one hour.

I don't mind giving out the numbers of our libraries, but one person can call and ask:


patron: Can I get the nubmer to Wells Fargo on Beechnut? And the number to Capital One on Quitman?
Me: ok, the one on Beechnut is....
patron: is that the one also on the corner of Hilcroft?
me: That is the only one on Beechnut, I don't know if they are on the corner of Hilcroft. The phone book doesn't tell me. Also, I can't find a Capital One on Quitman, is there another street you know that it's on?

[Food Lady]

Why in the world would someone call the library for phone numbers?

[depechemodefan]

Why in the world would someone call the library for phone numbers?

You don't have to pay the library $.99 for the phone number. How people know in the first place that they can call the library for free baffles me too.

[Megg]

Seriously? The number for SWA? Maybe I am a freak, but is 1-800-I-Fly-SWA that hard to remember?

People are hopeless. I gave up on the human race years ago, now I am just waiting to see if we will blow ourselves up, create a new superbug that kills us all, or get hit by a big old rock from space first. Cynical? Me? Nah, I am a food worker!

[Sparky]

Not to threadjack, but I once had a caller:

SC: Can I make an appointment with the advisor?
Me: Sure, when would you like to come in?
SC: Hold on while I go upstairs and get my datebook.

What I wanted to say was "Okay you do that, and call me back when you're ready. Idiot."