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I thought I'd heard every possible story from our non-pay disconnects... shocking tales of woe... "I didn't get a bill"... "you need to cut me a deal and get your prices down to what I can afford." Blah, blah, blah. But, even with all the stories I've heard, there are still callers who can amaze and delight me.
Caller: I know I owe a lot of money. [Yeah... $800] But let me explain why you have to turn my services back on and install a second phone line for me.
Me: I don't want to hear this. [I didn't exactly say that, but...]
Caller: I run an outreach ministry. My people need to call me because most of them don't have anybody else.
Me: Yes, but...
Caller: Now, wait... hear me out. My thinking is that if I get a second phone line, I can work from home, and earn enough money to pay the bill and continue my ministry.
Me: Yes, but...
Caller: Hold on... in this way, I can do my life's work and you keep a very good customer.
Me: Call sales in the morning. Anything else I can you help you with?
Caller: You're not going to help out someone who's trying to do some good in this world?
I had to move the caller along... Her $800 bill was made up of $300 in services and $500 in... come on, you know what's coming next... you know you do... yep, you guessed it... pay per view smut.
Just to keep things civil, I'm not writing this as a comment on what she watches... for all I know, she's the head minister of the Church of the Big O and these movies are what keep the parishioners coming.
I'm writing this because she seriously thought we were going to fund the communion wafers, as it were.
Caller: I know I owe a lot of money. [Yeah... $800] But let me explain why you have to turn my services back on and install a second phone line for me.
Me: I don't want to hear this. [I didn't exactly say that, but...]
Caller: I run an outreach ministry. My people need to call me because most of them don't have anybody else.
Me: Yes, but...
Caller: Now, wait... hear me out. My thinking is that if I get a second phone line, I can work from home, and earn enough money to pay the bill and continue my ministry.
Me: Yes, but...
Caller: Hold on... in this way, I can do my life's work and you keep a very good customer.
Me: Call sales in the morning. Anything else I can you help you with?
Caller: You're not going to help out someone who's trying to do some good in this world?
I had to move the caller along... Her $800 bill was made up of $300 in services and $500 in... come on, you know what's coming next... you know you do... yep, you guessed it... pay per view smut.
Just to keep things civil, I'm not writing this as a comment on what she watches... for all I know, she's the head minister of the Church of the Big O and these movies are what keep the parishioners coming.
I'm writing this because she seriously thought we were going to fund the communion wafers, as it were.
I am SO not going there
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