Wherein the Dude uses the wrong name.

[JustADude]

Simple goof here:

Fact #1: I used to work for a company whose initials are PJ, who I have always referred to on here as Pizza Joint.
Fact #2: I now work for a different company in the same business whose initials are PH, who I shall refer to as Pie House.
Fact #3: The opening greeting for the two companies is perfectly identical right up through their first initial, i.e. "Thank you for choosing P-"
Fact #4: Pizza Joint was the last place I had to answer phones on the job regularly before Pie House.
Fact #5: Under stress, Dude reverts to auto-pilot.
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Conclusion: When on the phones his first night at Pie House, during the huge rush, Dude accidentally said "Pizza Joint" instead of "Pie House" during the opening schpeel.


I think I broke the customer's brain with it, but the supervisor that heard me just laughed and told me that if that's the worst mistake I made during my first day then I'd be the best they'd had in a while.

[Slayergrrl]

When I first started working for the city I worked for Traffic and Parking.. Things got a bit stressful one day and I answered the phone "Good afternoon, Traffic and Dancing!" I don't know where it came from but they never let me live it down. The person on the other line got a kick out of it too. lol

[Shangri-laschild]

I answer phones for a living and I still accidently sometimes answer my personal phone with my work "****** College" line

[Bella_Vixen]

I did that just last week. I've been working at my new store for just over 5 months now. Whenever I answer the phone, I hesitate before saying anything, so I can remind myself where I am.

Not only did I say the wrong company name, it was a district manager for my company on the phone. Luckily for me, he thought it was funny. My boss, when I told her, thought it was hilarious.

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Oi, you think that's bad, I work for a payment processor company that contracts with many major and minor cell phone companies. We do their over-the-phone transactions for them. I have to answer calls with the company name that comes up with the call. It is different every call. Sometimes it isn't real clear, and I have to guess. Other times I am just stressed or not paying attention and I flub it. Man people freak!

If the call is for Bugaboo cell phones and I accidentally answer saying Thank you for calling Ma Bell cell phones people have major coronaries. "I thought I was calling Ma Bell! What is this! What the hell!" I then have to calm them down somehow while they are demanding information about why I would answer with another well-known company's name, and then of course half of them will go "I knew it! You're all in it together! You're trying to rip off the American public!" or whatever.

[bainsidhe]

I used to work for a pizza place myself, one that starts with a "D". For whatever reason, I answered the phone one day "Thanks for calling Godfathers", which is another midwestern pizza place. I've never worked for Godfathers, but they do have good pie. Anway, got a chuckle out of that one.

[IHateStupidCustomers]

When working for Sears, I would have to answer the department phone. We would answer, "Sears Dayton Mall Shoe Department."

One day, the phone rang, I picked it up and just said "Hello?" and paitently waited for a response. It was one of the other girl's mom, who thought it was pretty funny. You might have just had to be there, but it was funny.

Or, when I worked for a catalogue call center...answering phones all day. I actually started to answer my cell phone one time, "thank you for calling so-and-so...." Whoops.

[xetawindsong]

I worked for two summers at the White County Superior Clerk's Office, where I would answer the phone "White Superior Clerk's Office" A year or so later when I was a dispatcher for a Safe Ride service, I would still sometimes answer the phone with "White Superior Clerk's Office." There would always be a pause where the other person would try to figure out how in the h*** they could have called that number (completely different county than I was currently in) before I'd stutter, "Uh, I mean Safety Escort."

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

I am so glad that I am not the only person who's been known to answer their personal line with the company phone spiel. Misery loves company.

What's worse though is to answer the phone while handling something else and get a total brain hiccup. "Ummm, hello?"

[Eric the Grey]

I am so glad that I am not the only person who's been known to answer their personal line with the company phone spiel. Misery loves company.

Oh, gawd, I've done that more times than I can remember. I usually get the firs syllable out before I pause and say "Hello".


Eric the Grey

[mattm04]

It is even funnier when someone goes to make a page, forgets what they were going to say and instead of hanging up and trying again you get....

"Ch- uhhhh, J- uhhh, Bill in Gro--- Del i mena frozen please dial ............. um. 1.......3..........uh 6. That is B---Bill in uh deli, I mean Frzen pleas dia(l)..call 1....uh 3..6"

[Evil Queen]

I've had so many times where I would answer the phone at work with "Hello EconoLodge" (the place I worked at this time last year) and just this morning merely answered the phone with "Hello?". Thankfully it was an in-house call, but still. -_-'

[Slytovhand]

I went from one TAFE to another - which was basically one of its competition (same job - more pay). I was at the first place for 3 years...

A few times, I got eyebrows raised as I answered the occasional call with the former employers name....

As it is now, we take after-hours calls for a different company. Need to look at the hardphone to determine which road it's for. Too many times I've gone on a long conversation (giving false information) before realising which one it's for... ooops.

But - best one wasn't by me....

Co-worker was reading out a phonetic alphabet - "A for Alpha, D for Delta, 6 for Zulu...". Not lived down ..

[fish3k1]

Heh, I remember when I worked for a Pizza place, and the opening spiel went along the lines of "Thanks for choosing D******* Pizza, my name is <Name>, how can I help?"

On a couple of very stressful and tiring nights, I did actually manage to forget my name....

[ladyklack]

We had the longest and most obnoxious greeting ever at my old job.

"Thank you for calling Ritz Camera, your digital and imaging headquarters. This is ladyklack, how can I help you?"

We used to get secret called all the time so there was no getting around it. I have never once, in six years, been able to say the entire greeting without stumbling over the 'digital and imaging' part.

edit:
lol, just remembered the time I accidently said 'hellquarters' instead of 'headquarters'.