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  • #1

    Sorta...kinda...maybe? Questions.

    Okay, this is a category I've not seen...the Sorta Kinda Maybe Sucky Customer. This is someone that asks a question that you suppose isn't COMPLETELY insane given the circumstances, but still has no reason to be brought to you.

    I get a call today from a lady who's husband is terminal. I'm sympathetic, I can pretend to be human in a situation like this. And then she comes at me with this.

    Sorta Kinda Maybe: "So you write the obits for the paper?"
    Me: "Yes ma'am."
    SKM: "What funeral home should I use?"

    ...

    Okay. My gut reaction was "Why the hell are you asking me?" Then, after giving it a nanosecond of thought, I figured that SHE would figure I deal with the funeral homes on a daily basis, so I would kinda have an idea of which ones would be good or not. Still, it's not my job to freaking promote the funeral homes! I do have my preferences, but I only deal with the funeral homes in one small aspect. I don't know anything about their prices or casket deals or visitations or whatever.

    So I hem and haw until she happened to say the name of one funeral home and I just agreed that she could go to them, they seemed nice. Really, I don't know...they might only be nice to me because I get them publicity!

    Any other kinda-sorta-maybes?
    "Maybe the problem just went away...maybe it was the magical sniper fairy that comes and gives silenced hollow point rounds to people who don't eat their vegetables."
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    I don't know if this counts or not but here goes...

    After taking a call for emergency roadside assistance, right before I closed the lady asked me...

    "So, what is the driver going to look like? I've never had to call for a tow truck before. Will he have bathed? And will he have all his teeth?"

    "I'm still walking, so I'm sure that I can dance!" from Saint of Circumstance - Grateful Dead

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    • #3
      Quoth friendofjimmyk View Post
      "So, what is the driver going to look like? I've never had to call for a tow truck before. Will he have bathed? And will he have all his teeth?"

      "No, the driver will not have bathed. It is against policy for our repair technicians to bathe just in case they need to put oil in your car and don't have any in their vehicle. In such a case, the driver can wring the oil out of his hair and/or scrape it off his skin. It will be a sufficient amount to get the car to a point that proper oil can be used"

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      • #4
        Quoth friendofjimmyk View Post
        "So, what is the driver going to look like? I've never had to call for a tow truck before. Will he have bathed? And will he have all his teeth?"
        You are stuck and you are worried about the appearance and hygiene of the tow truck driver?

        When I managed to get the Jestermobile stuck in a ditch in Ohio this last vacation (stop your snickering!), I couldn't care less what the tow truck driver looked like. He got there when my insurance company said he would, he was efficient, he got the Jestermobile out of the ditch, and we both went on our way. I couldn't have been happier. And if he had horns growing out of his head, had been wearing a tweed loincloth, and was missing an ear, I would have still been happier than hell. Why? Because....he got the Jestermobile out of the ditch!

        "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is         Still A Customer."

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        • #5
          I know, she should have just been grateful that she had the service that got her the driver out there for little cost to her. (Memberships start @ roughly $80/year and you get 4 service calls during that time)
          "I'm still walking, so I'm sure that I can dance!" from Saint of Circumstance - Grateful Dead

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          • #6
            Quoth trunks2k View Post
            "No, the driver will not have bathed. It is against policy for our repair technicians to bathe just in case they need to put oil in your car and don't have any in their vehicle. In such a case, the driver can wring the oil out of his hair and/or scrape it off his skin. It will be a sufficient amount to get the car to a point that proper oil can be used"
            You know, drivers do get dirty during the course of their shift, so even if they came in bathed, they end up greasy and oily sometimes. One driver told me that if someone is being particularly difficult, he doesn't bother taking any precautions not to get their car dirty...making sure he leaves oil and grease on the steering wheel and seat.
            "I'm still walking, so I'm sure that I can dance!" from Saint of Circumstance - Grateful Dead

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            • #7
              Quoth friendofjimmyk View Post
              "So, what is the driver going to look like? I've never had to call for a tow truck before. Will he have bathed? And will he have all his teeth?"
              "Let me refer you to our gold, silver and bronze pricing scheme...."
              "don't go to the neighbors,that's just what the fire expects you to do"-phillippbo
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              • #8
                What kind of TV should I buy?

                Should I get wireless Internet or not?

                What kind of car should I buy?

                Do you think I should invest in X stock or Y stock?
                The universe is mostly empty space, and so is your job. ~Dilbert

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                • #9
                  Quoth friendofjimmyk View Post

                  "So, what is the driver going to look like? I've never had to call for a tow truck before. Will he have bathed? And will he have all his teeth?"

                  This might not be such an insane question. My wife & I were headed out to go hiking, her car died, AAA was called. Tow truck arrives, it has TWO PEOPLE in it. This means the 4 of us have to share a seat for 3, someone gets no seat belt, on the freeway, in a major city. The two people are husband and wife. He has a very high tattoo-to-teeth ratio. She is only missing one tooth, only has a couple visible tattoos. Their accent, syntax, content of speech scream "Redneck". They proceed to talk our ears off about their happy life as a tow-truck driving couple, how it's the best job they've had since getting out of drug rehab, how long they've been clean and sober. When they learn the neighborhood where we live & where the car is being towed, they start going on about the Rosicrucian Church in our neighborhood, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucianism) and how Rosicrucianism is helping them stay clean and sober, etc etc.

                  We were never so happy to get out of a vehicle in our lives.
                  Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints...
                  TASTE THE LIME JELLO OF DEFEAT! -Gravekeeper

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                  • #10
                    Hmm....the last tow truck driver we had when we had issues on the trip to Texas last summer was smokin' hot

                    We have one old lady who I think suffers a bit from dementia. She's very nice, but highly annoying, in that when she comes to pick up a prescription, she'll then proceed to call every 20 minutes or so asking what time she should take her new med, and if it will react with any of the other host of meds she's taking. We've offered to give her a worksheet that will help her plan when to take everything, but she keeps refusing...hell, I'd even fill it out for her.

                    The last one was a med that didn't make her feel well, and she was absolutely convinced that it was because it was carcinogenic and that it was going to give her cancer. She called about 3 times to ask that question....

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