Well, HELLO to you TOO!

[AngryCas]

Shortest/best phone convo I've had in a long time!

Background: I've put in my two weeks at the picture framing place. Basically, I am "checked out" if you know what I am saying. There was one particular order that a lady was a real "see you next tuesday" about. She was very... pushy. She wanted things done a VERY certain way, and so when her original order came in it was "WRONG. Awful." We ordered her another, and that one too was not to her liking. Repeat. Well, anyway, ten days after her estimated date for her completed pictures and frames, we finally managed to finish it for her. I was the one who finished it, so I had the pleasure of calling in. Apparently, they have caller ID:

SC: Sucky Lady's Suck Husband
Me: Tada!

(I dial the number....ring...ring....ring)

SC: *picks up phone* IT"S ABOUT DAMN TIME THAT PICTURE WAS FINISHED.
(I mute the phone, and literally "lol"...then, I come up with the best plan I have ever constructed in under .5 seconds)
Me: Hello? Hello? ...HELLO?! *to imaginary person* I don't think they can hear me!
SC:....hello? Hello?
Me: Hello?
SC: Hello? HELLO?
Me: HELLLLOOOOOO?!
SC: *click*

Me: Suckkkker.

You gonna swear at me, I ain't gonna help you, and that is the end of that!

[marty]

Hahaha! Brilliant. I'll have to remember to use that next time some jackass starts screaming at me over the phone.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I say, well deserved. I hate people who can't be bothered to say Hello. I usually know who's calling...I still say Hello when I answer the phone.

[AngryCas]

Hahaha! Brilliant. I'll have to remember to use that next time some jackass starts screaming at me over the phone.

Trust me, it's great -- especially if you are not allowed to hang up on your customers. And if you're not the only one there, just yell, "I answered it the last time, your turn!"

I say, well deserved. I hate people who can't be bothered to say Hello. I usually know who's calling...I still say Hello when I answer the phone.

Hello, Hola, Ahoy-hoy, even Yes? is sometimes acceptable... but his opening line was just not doing it for me. He's lucky I was in a good mood that day, because things could have gotten ugly.

[d962831]

lol, nice, I'll have to use that on the telemarketers that keep calling 15 times a day.(No, sadly that isn't an exaggeration.)

[mattm04]

I've used that before when a SC is ignoring me by talking to others, or trying to carry on a conversation on two phones. It works like a charm.

[Jadedcarguy]

lol, nice, I'll have to use that on the telemarketers that keep calling 15 times a day.(No, sadly that isn't an exaggeration.)

Do Not Call list. Seriously.

[edible_hat]

Do Not Call list. Seriously.

Dodgy fly-by-night companies that ignore DNC lists. Seriously.

[Jadedcarguy]

Dodgy fly-by-night companies that ignore DNC lists. Seriously.

Those BASTARDS!!!

I've had my phone on do not call for years, and I don't get calls. If you do, report those heathens straight away!

[bigjimaz]

lol, nice, I'll have to use that on the telemarketers that keep calling 15 times a day.(No, sadly that isn't an exaggeration.)

One link for you d962831:

http://www.donotcall.gov/

and if they keep calling:

https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

[rerant]

Hello, Hola, Ahoy-hoy, even Yes? is sometimes acceptable... but his opening line was just not doing it for me. He's lucky I was in a good mood that day, because things could have gotten ugly.

I like to give a slow, deep, Yellllooooow. You have to imagine it in Homer's voice.
That or, "Herro, Shitty Wok can I take your Shitty order?"
Only ONE person has ever got that reference when I used to answer my phone like that.

[Listerfiend]

I like to give a slow, deep, Yellllooooow. You have to imagine it in Homer's voice.
That or, "Herro, Shitty Wok can I take your Shitty order?"
Only ONE person has ever got that reference when I used to answer my phone like that.

You could always change it up and answer with "Herro, Shitty Airrines"

[edible_hat]

You could always change it up and answer with "Herro, Shitty Airrines"

I once saw a Chinese (I think) jeans commercial. The brand was City Pants, and they voiceover was "[marketing spiel in Chinese] Shitty pants!".

[Andara Bledin]

Dodgy fly-by-night companies that ignore DNC lists. Seriously.

Blocked number list.

^-.-^

[Crawley]

You could always change it up and answer with "Herro, Shitty Airrines"

Cheap Shitty flights to Canada FTW!