GK, stop sending me your Customers!

[Nurian]

Had this gem today:

ME: Yo
LL: Lost Lady

Me: (Opening spiel, got name) May I have your phone number, please?
LL: Uh.....it's xxx-xxxx
Me: Okay, and the Area Code?
LL: Uh......uh....it's x...well-hell, I don't think anyone's asked me that before....
Me .....
LL: ......
Me: ....okay, well, could I have your Zip Code and State, please?
LL: Hell, my ZIP CODE is xxxxx.
Me: ......um, thank you. And your state please?
LL: .....sir?
Me: Your state, please?
LL: ............my what?
Me: State, Ma'am. What is your staTE?
LL: Oh, it's (City)
Me: And the state your city is in, Ma'am?
LL: Oh! Why didn't you say so? It's (state)

I weep. For if I do not weep, I'll lose what little sanity I have.

[taurinejunkie]

Ah, the Lost Customers. I get a lot of them too. Some are even so stupid that they give me their entire information, and only when I ask if they want the number, tell me "NO THAT'S MY NUMBER!!!!!!!111" and then I have to do the search all over again, but with a pissed-off customer. And there's also a lot of people who seem to do everything they can to avoid spelling a name. Or are simply too stupid to know what "spell" means, and repeat the number - this leads to both me and SC getting progressively more frustrated at each other, though I know just how frustrated my voice can get before being unacceptable.

[Drakstern]

<Me> And what's your zip code?
<SC> Huh?
<Me> What is your zip code?
<SC> It's ###.
<Me> No, your zip code.
<SC> What?
<Me> Your postal code?
<SC> Huh?
<Me> Please hand the phone to someone who knows how to mail a letter.

Okay, I don't actually say that last one, but that particular scenario plays out far too often...

[NightWatch]

<Me> Please hand the phone to someone who knows how to mail a letter.

Okay, I don't actually say that last one, but that particular scenario plays out far too often...

I have actually said to someone, "Can I just talk to the guy who knows what's going on?"