My new wanna be stalker

[Misanthropical]

I get a call tonight from a lady who seemed to think I was out to steal her soul or something.

Anyway, she asks for my last name. I tell her I'm not allowed to give that out, but I'll give her my employee ID number. No, she wants my family name. I, once again tell her that I can not and will not give that out. I have already told her my first name (I'm the only one in the call center with my name) and my ID number. She says she will call back.

I figure that is the last I will hear from her, but NO! She calls back and gets my co-worker. She insists she must speak with me and only me. Oh joy! NOT!

I go over to his desk and introduce myself again, and once again she wants to know my last name. I told her again that I'm NOT ALLOWED to give it out. My supervisor puts his reps safety above all else and told us to never ever give out our last names. Did I mention I have the coolest supervisor?

Anyway, this goes on for awhile, till I'm convinced that if I did give out my last name this woman would be my new stalker and show up on my doorstep.

I told her that I would let her talk to my supervisor, since our conversation was going no where. He gets on the phone and I hear him tell her that there is no way, no how he is telling her my last name.

He does give her his full name and talks to her awhile about what ever the heck she was calling in about. You know how the conversation ended, right? She once again asks for my last name. He once again tells her she is not getting it and to have a nice night.

I asked my supervisor if she had a complaint about the way I handled her call. No, she was just nuts.

[CancelMyService]

Seriously, someone that obsessed with getting my last name would be getting an inquisiton on just why that information was so vital to her existence.

[cinema guy]

Now she's going to show up on your supervisor's doorstep, force her way into his house, threaten him with a deadly weapon and demand YOUR NAME!

[bainsidhe]

When I used to do telemarketing, we introduced ourselves by our full name. Now, I'm pretty sure most places don't do that anymore, for safety reasons. Also doesn't help that I have an unusual last name and no one else stateside has my particular name. Anyhoo, we were given permission to make up a name. For example, I could be Karen Jones, Veronica Smith, etc. No one ever really tried for something unusual.

I did once have someone threaten to bomb my building and asked for the address where we were located. Fun stuff.

[crazylegs]

I get a call tonight from a lady who seemed to think I was out to steal her soul or something.

And you weren't why?

[Jester]

I did once have someone threaten to bomb my building and asked for the address where we were located. Fun stuff.

No no no.....they had it backwards. See, you ask for the address first, THEN make the bomb threat. You are so much more likely to get the address that way......

[crazylegs]

*snicker* Why would anyone want to steal a soul full of fruitcake with extra nuts?

Just for jollies really, hey everyone needs a hobby.

[Tito]

Glad you did not cave. That lady was totally nuts & she no doubt would have looked you up if she had your last name. That is exactly why I did not give my last name out when customers asked for it back in my retail hell days. Sure I ticked a few people off, but oh well!

[allniter]

Give them a fake name that's very generic.

Like Johnson or Brown or Smith. If they don't want to believe you, that's their business.

[MrSunshineState]

Glad you did not cave. That lady was totally nuts & she no doubt would have looked you up if she had your last name. That is exactly why I did not give my last name out when customers asked for it back in my retail hell days. Sure I ticked a few people off, but oh well!

Amen to that. I never give my last name to customers. Especially since the ones that always demanded (notice I didn't say asked) it were all psychos.

[Sliceanddice]

I hate giving people my full name. Thats why on the phones i use a fake.
To me a name holds power.
You name things and you have some kind of control even its just prespetion. Its my right not to give it out. And its my right to use my fake if need be.

[MadMike]

And you weren't why?

Because she didn't have one to steal.

[Misanthropical]

Well, I try to steal the souls of everyone I talk to, but some have all ready had their soul stolen. It's not as easy as it sounds to steal a soul, you know.

I do not give out my last name to anyone on the phone. It's just not happening. This woman is a good example of why.