true idiot

[vacation_rentals_suck]

Guest: yea Dave, we are coming down for a wedding and we need a place to stay that is close to where the wedding is being held

Me: where is the wedding being held?

Guest: I dont know, I thought you knew

Me: no ma'am

Guest: well it's the Smith-Jones wedding

Me: I need to know where it is
to find something near there

Guest: you're not very helpful

Me: ma'am I'd like to help you but I dont know where the wedding is

Guest: so I mean what exactly are you there for? It doesnt seem like you serve a very useful purpose.

Me: I'm a reservations agent

Guest: not a very good one.......if you were, you'd know where this wedding was but I guess I will have to call the moter of the bride but you have no idea how inconvenient that is for me and you probably dont care. Have a nice day loser.

CLICK

[KnitShoni]

Wait...so, you're supposed to know about events that have nothing to do with the properties you rent, or you're useless? Ok, then...

[MannersMakethMan]

I guess I will have to call the moter of the bride but you have no idea how inconvenient that is for me and you probably dont care.

Well, at least she got one thing right.

I think you need a new greeting - <usual spiel> This is Dave - Psychic powers are not included at this service level, so if you're wanting me to read your mind today, either send me several million dollars, or wait for a transfer to a supervisor.

[Bloodsoul]

"Oh, you mean the wedding being held in Tomsk, Siberia? Sure, let me give you directions!"

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

So your customers think you should be some kind of all knowing God?

I think they'd have to pay you a LITTLE more for that.

[Blade_Raver]

I'd tell the customer "It's not my job to know where every single wedding is in the entire country. If I was, I wouldn't be answering this phone and would certainly be making a lot more money than I make now. Go call someone who knows and call back whenever you're ready to be a paying customer."

[TheRedHawk]

Completely off topic, but this has been driving me nuts:

Every time I read your posts I always picture the caller speaking in a calm, collected, even monotone voice, no matter what they were saying. They could be swearing you up and down, but in my mind they would be speaking in a slow, calm manner. For the longest time I couldn't figure out why I did this. Yesterday it finally hit me:


"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Because you post it so basically the first thing all your callers say is Dave, I have been imagining them all speaking as HAL 9000.

[Cookiesaur]

"OH MY GOD. The Smith-Jones WEDDING? You didn't hear? It's the Smith-Jones FUNERAL now. I'm so sorry. It was last week. Would you like to book a vacation to take your mind off that? I hear Bratislava is wonderful this time of year!"

[Mr Hero]

Completely off topic, but this has been driving me nuts:

Every time I read your posts I always picture the caller speaking in a calm, collected, even monotone voice, no matter what they were saying. They could be swearing you up and down, but in my mind they would be speaking in a slow, calm manner. For the longest time I couldn't figure out why I did this. Yesterday it finally hit me:


"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Because you post it so basically the first thing all your callers say is Dave, I have been imagining them all speaking as HAL 9000.

One of the first VRS threads I read had a poster making that same observation. Ever since then, I've been reading all of VRS's SC lines with that voice.

[Chazzie]

Yeah, I always imagine HAL as well. It kind of messes with me, and I have to remember that customers are NEVER that calm.

[PepperElf]

Not for me. VSR's SCs make HAL look like an

[BookstoreEscapee]

One of the first VRS threads I read had a poster making that same observation. Ever since then, I've been reading all of VRS's SC lines with that voice.

I just posted this observation in another of his threads that I just read (this one). Then I came to this thread and ...

And I've never even seen the movie!