You can't have mine

[CaptainThrifty]

This is from my wife. At the time she was working a call center (which is where I met her BTW. We've since moved on to better jobs). It was a multi account call center, much like GK's, I believe. Among the accounts that she had were ones like Playboy and Fredrick's and Victoria's. Needless to say, the ladies got a lot of obscene calls. Heck I had one of those accounts and got calls like that.

The actual call came in to the lady in the cubicle next to my wife. Reconstructed for your pleasure:

Obscene Caller (OC)
Operator(O)(These are the parts my wife heard directly, so imagine how it sounded to her hearing only the one side!)

O:Thank you for calling <adult store>, may I take your order please?
OC: I want your titties!
O: I'm sorry, sir, but mine are attached and not available for shipping. However, we have some nice ones on page 20 of our current catalog. Would you like to order some?
OC:BITCH!<click>

At this point my wife heard loud laughter from the pod indicating that the call had been monitored. The operator later got called up and received a great review for handling the call so well. She was even praised for the upsell!


I'll post some of my own stuff when I get a worthy SC. I'm doing more driving than in store at the moment so the odd are drastically less of meeting one.

[Salted Grump]

Close, but not quite a Rule #1 violation. (I was lifting the mug of tea when I read the post)

[XCashier]

That was some good fast thinking, and great comic timing! I'm glad the operator got a great review for that.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Now that's some great thinking on your feet there.

[South Texan]

Yep. The fastest way to deflate an obscene phone caller is to respond in a manner that lets him know he did not get to you and that YOU now are toying with him and are in control of the conversation.

[nuthing12]

Beautiful handling of a caller. Can you get that lady to visit this site and write in some of her stories?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Wow. That's just a PERFECT response.

The closest thing I've ever gotten to something like that (given I haven't ever had someone say something obscene in such a way that I have the chance to give a response) was this...

(Parent comes up to me [doing FDLP duty], clearly tired from their hyper-wired kids, who even then were trying to climb all over the fully-loaded cart, and hands me receipt.)
Parent: (sarcastic) Can I return these? (indicates kids)
J2K: Sorry, we need the receipt and the original packaging.
(Everyone in earshot bursts out laughing. Parent thanks me for the dose of humor and leaves.)

[Meganjo23]

Ha, someone prank called us the other day and got possibly the worst person to prank call, Front Girl S.

They asked for an order of <female body part referred to in an obscene way>.

S- Would you like that hot or cold?
Caller- Um... h-hot? *click*

I think they've been calling from a local competitor, but I didn't hear her saying who called, only what was said. =(

[bean]

I just laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe and started seeing stars.... from reading the OP.

I needed that.