The War Of The Roses

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It would totally make sense if I didn't answer the line "Star Property Management Emergency Line". But seeing as I do. >.>

But that's assuming that they are actually listening to what you say...which we all know they don't.

Seriously. Anyone who's answered phones for any length of time knows you could use "Glargle Flargle Flaggle Blah!" as your greeting and 99% of callers wouldn't be phased one bit.

[Mytical]

But that's assuming that they are actually listening to what you say...which we all know they don't.

Seriously. Anyone who's answered phones for any length of time knows you could use "Glargle Flargle Flaggle Blah!" as your greeting and 99% of callers wouldn't be phased one bit.

Almost violated rule #1..problem is it rings so true. Got so tired of telemarketers one time I started answering "Myticals love shack"..only had one person even catch it. Took them several minutes too. They were talking normally, stopped, said "Wait..what?" it was my cousin..we had a long laugh.

[Kara]

This is true. When I started at T-Mo, before they went with a new phone system, you could record a greeting that would automatically play at the start of your call. It was kind of nice because it gave you about three seconds to listen to background noise on the other end and maybe get an idea what you were dealing with (ie, screaming jackasses, traffic, banjos). The problem was that on your days off, there might be a training class that sat in your team's area since you weren't using it. So on many occasions, I'd sit down, log in, take my first call, and get some happy, super-sugary, "HI! It's a wonderful day today! My name is Tina, how can I help you?"

At first this was entertaining because I would just go into my usual routine like nothing happened (protip: My name is not Tina and I don't have a bubbly personality). But they never noticed, so there was no fun to be had.

[Jester]

Theory #1: Booze
Theory #2: Alcohol
Theory #3: Fermented Intoxicants

I'm quite certain Jester will support these theories.

And you are quite certainly wrong.

Yes, alcohol can make people do and say stupid things, including the taxi seekers GK gets so frequently.

But I don't believe it is just alcohol doing this, and frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of these callers weren't even drunk.

See, they're just stupid. And as the man said, you can't fix stupid.

So please, Andara, stop blaming the drunks, my amigos in alcohol, my brothers in booze, my comrades in consumption. It's the idiots at fault here, no matter what their sobriety level.

[Megg]

Me and MC Shake & Bake both, frankly.

If I thought you could do it safely, I'd ask you to record him ... just for a second or two. So we can suffer (okay, laugh till I pee my pants is more likely) with you!