Do you ever get THOSE ones?

[GiftShopGirl]

...the ones who probably shouldn't be allowed to use a phone?

#1
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Are yall open?
Me: Yes, we are. We are open until 9:00pm.
SC: Are you at the Science Center right now?
Me: ..... Well, yes. That's why I am on the phone with you right now.
SC: Oh haha just checking.


#2
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yea, is this the Science Center?
Me: Yes, it is. How may I help you?
SC: Is the Science Center actually in the Science Center building?
Me: No, the Science Center is across the street from the Science Center.
SC: WHAT??
Me: I'm apologize, I thought you were joking, so I was trying to joke with you. Yes, of course the Science Center is in the Science Center.
SC: Well there's no need to be rude about it! I was just making sure!

#3
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yes, I was wondering what size children's shirts you have?
Me: We carry Small, Medium, and Large children's shirts.
SC: So what sizes are those?
Me: Small, Medium, and Large.
SC: That means nothing to me.
Me: Do you not know what shirt sizes are?
SC: I do, but I don't understand. What are the dimensions in inches?
Me: Let me transfer you to my manger.
I don't get paid enough to measure shirts with a ruler for someone who's too stupid to know what shirt sizes are.

#4
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yea, I'd like one large with pepperoni and I have coupon here for a free one too.
Me: I'm apologize; I believe you have the wrong number.
SC: Oh, this isn't Domino's?
Me: No, you've contacted Science Center.
SC: What's the number for Domino's?
Me: I apologize; I don't know sir. Have a good evening.

[jjllbb]

ahahahahahaahaaha #2 and #4 were priceless. Unfortunately I haven't had any hilarious calls in my experience. They're always the blathering and irate tirades of the entitled.

[Nurian]

All...the freaking.....time.........
I liked the one about you supposedly being rude. Where else would the Science Center be? I know! The mall! We all know that's a font of intellectual stimulation!

[Shimatta]

#3
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yes, I was wondering what size children's shirts you have?
Me: We carry Small, Medium, and Large children's shirts.
SC: So what sizes are those?
Me: Small, Medium, and Large.
SC: That means nothing to me.
Me: Do you not know what shirt sizes are?
SC: I do, but I don't understand. What are the dimensions in inches?
Me: Let me transfer you to my manger.
I don't get paid enough to measure shirts with a ruler for someone who's too stupid to know what shirt sizes are.

You have to put it in terms some people will understand:
Lets see does you child eat fast food once a month? once a week? or once a day? Once a day you say You'll need the large

[Dave1982]

#1[/B]
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Are yall open?
Me: Yes, we are. We are open until 9:00pm.
SC: Are you at the Science Center right now?
Me: ..... Well, yes. That's why I am on the phone with you right now.
SC: Oh haha just checking.

One of the guys at my last job got so fed up with people calling up asking "Are you open?" that he now responds to this by saying "Wouldn't be answering the phone if we weren't."

BTW: 1000th post!

[sanchopanza65]

All...the freaking.....time.........
I liked the one about you supposedly being rude. Where else would the Science Center be? I know! The mall! We all know that's a font of intellectual stimulation!

'course, back in they day, we actually had a science center around here that was in a mall. It then moved to a different mall, and eventually to a community center. Honestly, who builds a science museum in a mall anyways?

[Nurian]

'course, back in they day, we actually had a science center around here that was in a mall. It then moved to a different mall, and eventually to a community center. Honestly, who builds a science museum in a mall anyways?

Paris Hilton, I would imagine.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Paris Hilton, I would imagine.

But would she know what one is, let alone how to spell it?

[Miss Fatale]

I made a call once that was similar to #2. We had decided to adopt another cat, and we wanted to make sure the shelter we were heading to was an actual shelter with actual animals, not, say, the administration offices or something.

But if I was on the end, I would have joked, too. It's a pretty silly question.

[Mnemjian]

Yeah, at least #2 could have realized that the question they were asking, regardless of if it was real or just a brain burp, was pretty silly... Good job on your attempt to instill a sense of humor into them

BTW: 1000th post!

YAY! Congrats!!

[Jay 2K Winger]

#2
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yea, is this the Science Center?
Me: Yes, it is. How may I help you?
SC: Is the Science Center actually in the Science Center building?
Me: No, the Science Center is across the street from the Science Center.

Am I the only one who read that and thought "Heeeeere's your sign?"

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Me: Hello, this is Kinko's, open 24 hours.
Them: Ya'll open?


Me: Hello, this is Kinko's, open 24 hours.
Them: What time do ya'll close?


Me: Hello, this is Kinko's, open 24 hours.
Them: What are your hours?


Me: Hello, this is Kinko's, open 24 hours.
Them: Is this Kinko's?

Aaaaand any and all variations on that theme you can imagine. I feel ya.

Sigh.

[simplyanother]

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#3
Me: Hello, Science Center. How may I help you?
SC: Yes, I was wondering what size children's shirts you have?
Me: We carry Small, Medium, and Large children's shirts.
SC: So what sizes are those?
Me: Small, Medium, and Large.
SC: That means nothing to me.
Me: Do you not know what shirt sizes are?
SC: I do, but I don't understand. What are the dimensions in inches?
Me: Let me transfer you to my manger.
I don't get paid enough to measure shirts with a ruler for someone who's too stupid to know what shirt sizes are.

Na, they probably just suck at guessing sizes, like I do. One stores Large, might be another stores extra large, one stores small, is another stores medium, and anothers extra small. I do better when they have the whole number sizing, most of the time. Granted, If I were buying a souviner tee and didn't have my kids with me, I'd err on the side of caution and get one that might be too big, but hey, they could wear it next year. Or to sleep in... I realize you're not a store store. lol

Shoot, I've called and asked stupid questions like "are you actually in the science building", because sometimes, they aren't. lol. But I'm not going to get mad at someone for thinking I'm joking, so long as they clarify and actually answer my question (and don't make me feel like a dumbass. this is very important. lol)

We get people who call the craft store, wanting to know the number for the nearest fabric store along with directions and hours of said store. Where I don't work. And frankly have no idea as to its location, hours or name. We're not allowed to direct people to google.

Whine.

A science center sounds cool though. Is that one of those things that people say before they actually work in one? Like "ooh working in a craft store must be lots of fun...."....