Gatchamania.net - Print: Most Brilliant Telemarketing call EVER!

Gatchamania.net (http://www.gatchamania.net/index.php)
- [Fun Forums] (http://www.gatchamania.net/board.php?boardid=600)
-- You Gotta See This! (http://www.gatchamania.net/board.php?boardid=33)
--- Most Brilliant Telemarketing call EVER! (http://www.gatchamania.net/threadid.php?threadid=1952)

Posted by Metaliant on 20-06-2008 at 23:56:

Yep, sounds like a typical Homebase customer alright. Lol2

__________________
Eagle in Residence
Tempory Frisker

Posted by Askura on 21-06-2008 at 00:18:

Back when I worked in my school library, I had an answer for those guys:

'Sorry. We're out of books.Can I interest you in a cassette instead?'

__________________
Oh, that box. You'll dream about that box: it'll never leave you. Big and little at the same time; brand-new and ancient - and the bluest blue, ever.

Posted by clouddancer on 21-06-2008 at 00:47:

quote:

Originally posted by Hinotori

"May I help you?" I would ask.
"Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book."
I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

ROFL 2

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center

"Ummm, I am looking for a plant."
I look around, "Okay."
"It's green."
Smash

__________________
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Posted by lborgia88 on 21-06-2008 at 01:47:

quote:

Originally posted by Hinotori

quote:

Originally posted by Metaliant
One of the few questions that are asked is "Do you work here?" With our old bright green and orange uniforms with name badges on them that say Homebase, I am just amazed about that question. Same thing with our uniforms now, which are black and do have Homebase printed on them as well as our name badges.

LOL! That's right up with when I used to work in the library... People would walk in all the time and stop at the circ desk with that confused look on their face...

"May I help you?" I would ask.
"Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book."
I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

ROFL 2

I used to work at a country club, and every time there was a big golf outing or some other kind of big event, I would get tons of phone calls from people trying to find the place who were lost. I would ask them, "where are you now?" and be told variations of "I don't know what road I'm on or which direction I'm headed, but I see a [generic thing that could be anywhere]" and I always wanted to say "How the **** am I supposed to give you directions then? (but I didn't).

Posted by Metaliant on 21-06-2008 at 09:22:

Maybe they should look at a map before they started out. I normally do that myself if I need to find a place that I need to get to but don't know exactly where it is.

Often customer will ask me where the stuff is for example:-

Customer, "Do you work here?"

Looks down at name badge with HOMEBASE on it.

Customer, "Eo you work here?"

Replies, "Of course."

Customer, "Where can I find paint."

Replies, "In the paint section."

I don't say the last line all the time but sometimes, they can be standing right in the front of the sextion that they need to get to and sometimes they can't even bother to walk around the store and find the stuff they need.

I was even asked where stuff is when they got through the bloody entrance.

In fact I have seen customers getting out through the automatic entrance doors, because they think it's the exit, despite the doors not opening and we have ANOTHER F#*king set of doors that open we you leave the store.

Also, where do you normally find the Information/Customer help desk.........erm.......at the front of the store perhaps? We have 3 huge signs, which even I, a partially sighted person, can see halfway down the store which says INFORMATION.

__________________
Eagle in Residence
Tempory Frisker

Posted by Metaliant on 21-06-2008 at 09:23:

quote:

Originally posted by clouddancer

quote:

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center

"Ummm, I am looking for a plant."
I look around, "Okay."
"It's green."
Smash

Do your customers have a high IQ by any chance CD Laugh

__________________
Eagle in Residence
Tempory Frisker

Posted by damieon on 21-06-2008 at 19:02:

Best in the world! lol that was GREAT!!!

__________________
I'm that little voice in the back of your head telling you to do what you don't want to be doing.

Posted by Hinotori on 21-06-2008 at 23:22:

quote:

Originally posted by Askura
Back when I worked in my school library, I had an answer for those guys:

'Sorry. We're out of books.Can I interest you in a cassette instead?'

That's great!! Wish I had given that as a response!

__________________
Hinotori
Eagle in Charge

Eagle Condor Swan Swallow Hootie

Posted by Hinotori on 21-06-2008 at 23:24:

quote:

Originally posted by clouddancer

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center

"Ummm, I am looking for a plant."
I look around, "Okay."
"It's green."
Smash

LOL! Well, I guess you should be thankful that they knew it was green! Flower

__________________
Hinotori
Eagle in Charge

Eagle Condor Swan Swallow Hootie

Posted by clouddancer on 21-06-2008 at 23:37:

quote:

Originally posted by Metaliant

quote:

Originally posted by clouddancer

quote:

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center

"Ummm, I am looking for a plant."
I look around, "Okay."
"It's green."
Smash

Do your customers have a high IQ by any chance CD Laugh

Ummm, I don't know how to answer that Met. I wouldn't want to get myself or them in trouble. laugh3

__________________
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Posted by clouddancer on 21-06-2008 at 23:39:

quote:

Originally posted by Hinotori

quote:

Originally posted by clouddancer

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center

"Ummm, I am looking for a plant."
I look around, "Okay."
"It's green."
Smash

LOL! Well, I guess you should be thankful that they knew it was green! Flower

I guess I should be, but it would have been much more helpful if they said it was purple or white that narrows the field down by 90%

Angel3

__________________
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Posted by Metaliant on 22-06-2008 at 12:19:

And whether it was for outdoor or indoor and whether it was tall, short, tree, shrub, needs to be put in a pot, or in the ground or on the fence.

Without given much information about what they want, then you don't know and they expect us to be telepaths.

Also, couple of customers have asked me what kind of paint they want for their walls.

Yeh, right, like I would know as I never been to their homes I don't know much ab out DIY but at least I would find out what I want on the walls BEFORE going to a DIY store and asking about paint.

__________________
Eagle in Residence
Tempory Frisker

Posted by kimiko on 25-06-2008 at 13:02:

Awesome! That just made my day! It's inventory time at work...so yes I needed the laugh! I gotta post this on facebook...LOL

__________________
Putting the "Con" in Condor....Ooooo... shiny red button!