Stupid questions and how you *wish* you could respond...

[kittnldy]

Ok...its not really a phone call....but...

I ran a home daycare for 4 years before I moved out to the country. I had a parent who was late picking up their kids, by 4 hours. I closed at 5 pm.....at 9 pm I finally located the parent. I called home, it's disconnected,emergency numbers weren't there, her work was closed.......everything!! The kids are terrified...........and........

at 9pm, a car pulls up, and a frantic mom runs to the door... she proceeds to tell me that she "forgot" she dropped her children off this morning. When she went to put them in bed, she realized where they were.

True story. Shortly after that, I released them from their daycare contract, and last I heard, she had lost her kids to the state. Is it any wonder?

 

[babyharley]

Originally Posted by kittnldy

Ok...its not really a phone call....but...

I ran a home daycare for 4 years before I moved out to the country. I had a parent who was late picking up their kids, by 4 hours. I closed at 5 pm.....at 9 pm I finally located the parent. I called home, it's disconnected,emergency numbers weren't there, her work was closed.......everything!! The kids are terrified...........and........

at 9pm, a car pulls up, and a frantic mom runs to the door... she proceeds to tell me that she "forgot" she dropped her children off this morning. When she went to put them in bed, she realized where they were.

True story. Shortly after that, I released them from their daycare contract, and last I heard, she had lost her kids to the state. Is it any wonder?

Oh my goodness! That is horrible, those poor children!

 

[katiemae1277]

Originally Posted by kittnldy

Ok...its not really a phone call....but...

I ran a home daycare for 4 years before I moved out to the country. I had a parent who was late picking up their kids, by 4 hours. I closed at 5 pm.....at 9 pm I finally located the parent. I called home, it's disconnected,emergency numbers weren't there, her work was closed.......everything!! The kids are terrified...........and........

at 9pm, a car pulls up, and a frantic mom runs to the door... she proceeds to tell me that she "forgot" she dropped her children off this morning. When she went to put them in bed, she realized where they were.

True story. Shortly after that, I released them from their daycare contract, and last I heard, she had lost her kids to the state. Is it any wonder?

I guess she must have "forgotten" to feed them dinner that day too, huh? some people are amazing

 

[kittnldy]

I'll admit...the 2nd day after my daughter was born....her dad forgot we had a child....he rushed out the door...and I was still gather everything but the kitchen sink to take with us...he walks back in, and asked what was taking so long....slaps himself on the forhead...and realized we had a new child. (FAVORITE story to tell about my ex...

)

But these kids had been around for a few years. Theres no forgetting after a few years...lol

 

[wellingtoncats]

Oh those poor kiddies. Did anyone ever ring back because they didn't get their pizza?

 

[eupnea]

This isn't how I wanted to respond.. but how I did!

I was a receptionist for my father's business, and a particularly rude man used to call allll the time. He was actually a vendor for printing products, but the production department kept denying him. He found out I was the daughter of the president of the company, so he would try to "make friends" with me! As you might have guessed, I wasn't wanting to make friends with a man 30 years my senior. I felt like he was harassing me.

One day he called and instead of asking to be transferred to whoever he wanted to bother that day, he said "So Laura, tell me something about yourself. Something titillating!" Titillating might not be a dirty word, but it sounded close enough to one for me.

I transferred him straight to my father, just like he had been wanting me to do for weeks. He didn't call again.

 

[sweetiecat3]

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

Also, for a guy who does this on purpose:
http://www.zug.com/classics.html (look for prank phone calls in the list)
They're hilarious, and you guys have probably all gotten serious calls like these!

OMG you guys have to read this one!!
It gets funnier toward the end I promise

 

[ciera23]

Working at a physician's office in the hospital and one day I answered the phone and here is how the conversation went with a patient:

me: Dr. A's office
them: hi, I am fran smith, I am calling to get my results of that test he did
me: I'm sorry he is not in right now but I will leave a message for him to get back with you
them: no, i need to know the results right now
me: maam i am sorry but there is no one here that can read the results
them: how hard is it to pick up a paper and read it?
me: i wouldn't know what i am looking at though is what i am trying to tell you but i will have the doctor call you
them: you work there but can't figure out how to read the results?
me: i just do the billing here maam
them: well i want the results now and i don't care who reads it to me
me: so you don't mind if i get one of the ladies from the cafeteria to come and read it to you?
them: this is bull****

she hung up on me.
I couldn't help myself at the end there though.....I was trying to stay polite but come on!!

 

[lunasmom]

I once left a jokingly outgoing message saying Thank you for calling **** Pizza we just experienced a fire and completely burned down. If you leave a message after the tone, with your order we'll be able to deliver it tomorrow."

Some caught on to the joke, and others didn't...

 

[katl8e]

The other night, I got a call, asking for the male of the household. I advised the caller that the males of the household do not speak English but, if the caller spoke Catese or Doglish, I'd be happy to put Opie, Buddy or Ike on the phone

 

[willowsmom]

Originally Posted by kittnldy

I'll admit...the 2nd day after my daughter was born....her dad forgot we had a child....he rushed out the door...and I was still gather everything but the kitchen sink to take with us...he walks back in, and asked what was taking so long....slaps himself on the forhead...and realized we had a new child. (FAVORITE story to tell about my ex...

)

But these kids had been around for a few years. Theres no forgetting after a few years...lol

My dad did that to me!!! sad thing is that I was the youngest out of 6 kids for him and out of 3 for my mom!! still to this day I kid with him about that.

 

[laureen227]

Originally Posted by WellingtonCats

These are priceless. I do have to admit when calling for assistance I normally state my problem before my name.

i don't - but then, i used to be a travel agent, & answer calls from people who didn't give all required information. sometimes you had to ask for it numerous times!
me: braniff international, this is Lauri.
them: what time does the flight get in?
me: do you have the flight number?
them: no
me: which flight? from where to where?
them: well, from california to here.
me: where are you, sir/ma'am [800 number, calls came from all over - no one would ever tell you where they were!]
them: i'm here. what do you mean where am i?
me :sir/ma'am - i'm in dallas, texas. where are you?
them: OMG - is this costing me money?
me: no, it's a toll-free call. now, where are you?
...sometimes it went on longer than that!

 

[h~chan]

I'm in band at school, and I share a stand with one of the cheesiest people ever.. we got music, and ours was in a stack on the stand.

Me: *talking to people behind me*
Her: Did you get two copies of the music?
Me: *still talking*
Her: ..... you got more than one copy of each, right?
Me: .......... yeah.

What I wanted to say: Can't you just look? It's right in front of your face, so stop interrupting me with your stupid questions.

 

[menagerie mama]

This is just something dumb people do at my work. A client will come in with an extremely loud barking dog that won't be quiet. Once they've checked in, the dog keeps barking and carrying on. Wouldn't you think with all the other animals, and people trying to talk on the phones, that maybe they'd take the dog outside? Nope, they just sit there, either totally silently letting the dog aggravate everyone, or they start yelling really loud too, making it worse. Geez! Use your heads people! That, and people who let their babies or small children cry during weddings and don't take them out of the room! It's someone's special day, they're probably getting it taped, take your kid OUT of the room, you're ruining the wedding!!!

 

[maverick_kitten]

Originally Posted by WillowsMom

This one I can kinda understand....all of Willows vet records has her last name as Rivera where as my last name is not that. She was always taken to the vet by my ex and they have her listed under Willow Rivera.

Willow Rivera sounds like a porn star!

 

[maverick_kitten]

My friend used to work for a certain fast food chain and used to get really annoyed and order a 'small Mcdonalds'. He used to say to them:

'Ok, tha will be £200,000 but it's just a franchise and you have to hire the staff yourself'.

 

[katiemae1277]

Originally Posted by maverick_kitten

My friend used to work for a certain fast food chain and used to get really annoyed and order a 'small Mcdonalds'. He used to say to them:

'Ok, tha will be £200,000 but it's just a franchise and you have to hire the staff yourself'.

I worked at McD's and you would not believe the amount of people that came through and ordered a whopper

 

[sibohan2005]

here is one I got at work. I dispatch transportation for cancer patients Unfortunately cancer treatment can effect people's minds a bit but somtimes it's just commical.

me: Hello Ms R. I'm calling from Transporation to let you know that you have a driver to take you to your apointment tomorow at the hospital at 10:00.
patient: how did you know I have an apointment
me: because you called us last week and asked us to find you a drive.
patient: oh, okay. How will I recgonize the driver?
me: well his name is M.... F.... and he will be calling you tonight to confirm.
patient: well what will he be wearing?
me: I'm sorry, you'll have to ask him that.
patient: oh, okay. So your sure I have a drive for tomorow?
me: yes you have a driver named M.... F.... and he will be driving you tomorow.
patient: what is my apointment for again?....

What I want to say is "I'm a psycic and have sceduled a driver for you for your radiation apointment how did I know... i'm a psycic remember. your driver will be wearing plaid pants and a pink carnation and he will be calling you at precicely 7:32 this evening. He will also be picking you up at 9:28 tomorow morning. Don't worry about calling me back about your other apointments I already know when they are and what there are for and I have a feeling we can find a driver for the 1st one but there will be no one available for the second one so you will have to take the bus...."

 

[rockcat]

caller: "I need a quote for carpet cleaning."
me: "Ok, how many rooms of carpet do you have?"
caller: "Um... well, theres 3 bedrooms and a family room, kitchen, and 2 bathrooms, um... and theres a playroom."
me: "and they are all carpeted?"
caller: "No, of course the kitchen and the bathrooms aren't. We have tile in one bathroom and the kitchen has lenolium..."
me: So, the rooms that need carpet cleaned are the 3 bedrooms, family room, and the playroom?"
caller: "Well, the playroom carpet is being replaced, so you don't need to clean that."
me: "Ok, so you need 4 rooms cleaned?"
caller: "Um... 3...bedrooms, and the family room... um,... yeah 4."
me: "Ok that comes to $112.00."
caller: "Can you do that today?"

I can't print what I really want to say.

 

[sibohan2005]

I also get the one that call about a lost recipt.


caller: yes, my name is (name) I made a donation for $100.00 and have not recieved a recipt
me: hold on one moment and I will check our system, I'm sorry sir but I don't seem to have you in my system, when did you make the donation?
caller: durring the telathon last month.
me: i'm sorry sir that was not our event you will have to contact the regional hospital foundation, what is who ran the telethon.
caller: can't you just issue me a recipt?
me: no sir I can't, we are not the same organization and it is against tax laws for me to issue you a false recipt.
caller: but I donated $100.00.
Me: yes I understand that sir but you didn't donate to us, you have to call 123-4567.
caller: alright but just so you know I'm not donateing to you ever again.

what I wanted to say.... "YOU NEVER DONATED TO US IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU IDIOT!!"