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I work overnights at a convenience store, this chain is a little more than a simple gas station however, we're basically a mini grocery, selling things like our own brands of milk, bread, take-and-bake pizzas, donuts and lots of other goodies. There's a common misconception about the donuts among the customer base, most people think we make them in store, however, most of them we receive frozen and thawed out the day before they are sold with the exception of the glazed donuts which are sent to us from the company's bakery nightly.
About a month ago I receive a call from some kid trying to disguise his voice with a poor attempt at a middle-eastern accent. He said that he wanted to order 50 donuts for his daughters birthday party that day. It was stupifyingly obvious that this was a crank call but I was bored and hadn't had any customers in a while so I decided to play along for a bit. I told him that that wouldn't be a problem and that we already had more than enough on hand and he could come in and pick them up right now if he wanted. This wasn't a lie, in fact, I was putting away that nights shipment of well over 40 dozen glazed donuts at that very moment. We had a few more exchanges, me acting all ignorant to this ruse while he tries to, in some way, inconvenience me with his order. Finally I get bored with him and decide to end the conversation.
Me: Can I give you a little advice?
Donut Boy: uh... OK.
Me: If you're going to make a habit out of crank calling people, try to at least make your calls funny in some way. you might also want to lose cheesy accent, it's not the least bit believable.
DB: Th.. thiis isn't a crank call
Me: Yes. Yes it is. I used to do it all the time but mine were, idunno... good.
DB: uuhm... *click*
I have a little chuckle and get back to work and about 15 minutes later receive another call.
Donut boy again, this time no fake accent.
DB: Tibris?
Me: yeah
DB: could you give me some advice on how to make my crank calls funny?
Me:
It just caught me so off guard that I just couldn't stop laughing. I had a customer coming up so I put him on hold but when I picked the phone up again he had hung up.
I gotta admit, though, the kid's a fast learner.
About a month ago I receive a call from some kid trying to disguise his voice with a poor attempt at a middle-eastern accent. He said that he wanted to order 50 donuts for his daughters birthday party that day. It was stupifyingly obvious that this was a crank call but I was bored and hadn't had any customers in a while so I decided to play along for a bit. I told him that that wouldn't be a problem and that we already had more than enough on hand and he could come in and pick them up right now if he wanted. This wasn't a lie, in fact, I was putting away that nights shipment of well over 40 dozen glazed donuts at that very moment. We had a few more exchanges, me acting all ignorant to this ruse while he tries to, in some way, inconvenience me with his order. Finally I get bored with him and decide to end the conversation.
Me: Can I give you a little advice?
Donut Boy: uh... OK.
Me: If you're going to make a habit out of crank calling people, try to at least make your calls funny in some way. you might also want to lose cheesy accent, it's not the least bit believable.
DB: Th.. thiis isn't a crank call
Me: Yes. Yes it is. I used to do it all the time but mine were, idunno... good.
DB: uuhm... *click*
I have a little chuckle and get back to work and about 15 minutes later receive another call.
Donut boy again, this time no fake accent.
DB: Tibris?
Me: yeah
DB: could you give me some advice on how to make my crank calls funny?
Me:
It just caught me so off guard that I just couldn't stop laughing. I had a customer coming up so I put him on hold but when I picked the phone up again he had hung up.
I gotta admit, though, the kid's a fast learner.
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