NO. NO. NO!

[Versalia]

Okay I get this way, way, wayyyyyyy too often when discussing scheduling.

Me: This is on Monday, from 2 to 4 PM. Can you do that time?
SC: Oh, no, I can't! Is there any other time?
Me: I'm afriad not. This IS on Monday, from 2 to 4 PM.

Me: This is for Wednesday night.
SC: What about Thursday?
Me: This is for Wednesday night.

Me: The interview slot I still have available is at 9am.
SC: Oh, don't you have anything later?
Me: The interview slot I still have available is, in fact, at 9am.

STOP ASKING ME THIS. Seriously. When I say it's for Day and Time, it's for Day and Time. Otherwise I'd just ask you "When are you free?"

EDIT:
ANOTHER ONE. JUST NOW.

Me: It's for Monday. From 2 to 4.
SC: Oh, it's 2 to 4? Are there any other times?
Me: It's from 2 to 4.
SC: So that's the only time?

[RootedPhoenix]

It's fish slap time! Set up for the SCs!

People just...don't have ears, do they? *offers chocolate*

[EvilEmpryss]

These are for job interviews? Can you say "Shape of things to come"?

Yeah, you're scheduled to work Monday, 8-4.
Monday, 8-4? Can't it be 10-2? Or maybe I could work Tuesday, 5-9?

Happy Time!

[MoonCat]

Yeah, worked with someone like that. Example: She might be scheduled to work Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. She'd call in on Tues and say something like "[xxx] came up, I'll just take today as my day off and come in Wed. instead." And it was almost always something non-emergency. "I'm driving my daughter to the airport." Let her take a cab!!

[mharbourgirl]

It's fish slap time! Set up for the SCs!

People just...don't have ears, do they? *offers chocolate*

I have just the fish for the job:




Oh, people have ears, by the way, but what we're witnessing here is the early qualification rounds for this year's World Champion Non-Listener. The competition is usually pretty fierce and the braincells of innocent bystanders are the main casualties.

[Versalia]

I have just the fish for the job:

I'm both terrified and somewhat aroused at the thought of slapping a caller with this fish. Also, no, it was not for job interviews! THANK GOD. We actually do get a fair share of similar calls for interviews. Something like:

Me: <Company>, a First Choice Facility..
SC: Yes, hi, can I please speak to Joy?

Now, nobody named Joy -really- works here. We use this as a fake name so that people who want to get hired can't actually harass the hell out of a live person; and, (IMPORTANT) the hiring ad very specifically says "Call X number and punch in Y extension, and leave a message for Joy," but instead they google the farking company, call Z number and ask to talk to Joy. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO! I was actually allowed to fob these people off to the wrong voicemail and delete them for not following instructions, but a boss higher than mine decided this was "too mean."

[jedikuonji]

Bah, that's not mean, that's testing potential applicants to see if they are capable of following simple instructions. And it's hilarious, can't forget that.

[MadMike]

It's not always the customers that are stupid like that. Sometimes it's the company. Our local gas company is full of idiots. This is just one of many examples my dealings with them.

The last place I rented had the gas meter in the basement, which was only accessible from inside the house. Since I was never home when they came by, they had to estimate the bill. But they could only do that for so many times. After a few months, they sent a notice that they had to read the meter, and to call to arrange for a time.

First, they asked if I could be there at a certain hour during a weekday. I told them no, I work during the day.

"OK then, would you be available at 9 a.m. on Wednesday?"

What part of "I work during the day" do they not understand? I didn't say it like that, but I did repeat "No, I work during the day" a little more slowly so they'd hopefully get it.

Eventually we were able to arrange for them to come on a Saturday.

The company in question is called U.G.I. I don't know what that stands for, but my best friend calls them "Under Ground Idiots."

[bainsidhe]

Me: The interview slot I still have available is at 9am.
SC: Oh, don't you have anything later?
Me: The interview slot I still have available is, in fact, at 9am.

I've been this SC, but hear me out. I'll be interviewing for a p/t evening job, yet the first interview time is always during the day, which interferes with my main job. I explain I can't interview before 5:50pm during the week, and I'm inevitably asked if I can come in at 3pm. There's a reason my availability is clearly listed on the application.