Someone called this afternoon and wanted me to verify...um...something.
I still don't know what it was because she was talking very fast and mumbling.
It was like:
I jut neea no, fo wat do otta shippa, no cha, ya do dat, ya?
The best I could come up with was:
I just need to know, for what [gibberish], [gibberish], you do that, yes?
When I tried to get her to clarify, she got louder and faster, but not more understandable. She seemed very insistent that I agree with her, though, and wouldn't give up.
Problem is, I'm not going to agree to something I can't understand. She wasn't going to get a "yes" until I knew what I was saying "yes" to. I'm also a rock of stubborn when I suspect someone of deliberately trying to wear me down.
Even so, I can't stay on the phone all day. So I took another tack.
I just started rattling off some random information for her. The name of our company. What we sell. Our prices. Our shipping policies (on the chance that "shippa" could have been "shipping"). She listened, quite politely, and said, as clear as day, "Thanks. That's all I needed. Good-bye."
And hung up.
Ooooo-kay.
I still don't know what it was because she was talking very fast and mumbling.
It was like:
I jut neea no, fo wat do otta shippa, no cha, ya do dat, ya?
The best I could come up with was:
I just need to know, for what [gibberish], [gibberish], you do that, yes?
When I tried to get her to clarify, she got louder and faster, but not more understandable. She seemed very insistent that I agree with her, though, and wouldn't give up.
Problem is, I'm not going to agree to something I can't understand. She wasn't going to get a "yes" until I knew what I was saying "yes" to. I'm also a rock of stubborn when I suspect someone of deliberately trying to wear me down.
Even so, I can't stay on the phone all day. So I took another tack.
I just started rattling off some random information for her. The name of our company. What we sell. Our prices. Our shipping policies (on the chance that "shippa" could have been "shipping"). She listened, quite politely, and said, as clear as day, "Thanks. That's all I needed. Good-bye."
And hung up.
Ooooo-kay.
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