Tales of Ages Past

[Gravekeeper]

I thought we had some weirdos show up at our building, but hell, you win, man. You win.

I'm still impressed to this day, seeing as we were on the third floor. So its not like he could have just hopped up on a trash can or something. He had to shimmy up a storm drain or some such.

[Mr Hero]

Say it Slower

One of the biggest problems we had was that our boss would basically take any client and attempt to make us operators field it. Which led to at least one employee revolt I can recall. One particularly....icky....revolt.

For some reason she took on a client that sold.....lets say "enhancement" cream that was to be generously rubbed upon ones neither regions to enhance performance. I have absolutely no idea why she thought this was a good idea and she certainly didn't consult any of us about it. But the client wanted us not just to sell it, but the also provide callers with directions on how to use it.

Yes, the client wanted us to tell people how to rub lotion on their wang. Then our boss was actually surprised that this led to, well, 90% of our calls being obscene heavy breathers that were already rubbing lotion on their wang before they dialed. This was particularly horrifying for me, because our staff was mostly female and I was the supervisor. Which meant I fielded problem callers......of which there were many on this line. But basically I would spent all morning being the place that boners went to die so to speak. I slew libidos left and right as excited males of all ages, balls in hand, called up, got a female operator and requested instructions ( slowly, of course ) only to suddenly find themselves talking to me.

Some would get particularly desperate as well. Imploring me to transfer them back to a female operator ( "C'mon man! Help a brother out!" ). As if, by virtue of being the same gender, I should give a rat's ass about their blue balls.

We got rid of that client rather quickly ( after the entire staff refused to answer the calls ). Much to the bafflement of Boss Lady.

Something tells me this is the reason GK insists he's "not that kind of operator." I guess this is an origin story of sorts.

[Gravekeeper]

Something tells me this is the reason GK insists he's "not that kind of operator." I guess this is an origin story of sorts.

I use to get hit on a lot at that job. By men and women. I recall being asked out ( by guys ) on two seperate occasions off the top of my head. Nevermind the one infamous incident that my coworkers never let me live down after one male client started calling me "Big Boy" in a very Marilyn Manroe like fashion. That became my nickname around the office for a few weeks.

[unholypet]

I'm still impressed to this day, seeing as we were on the third floor.

Precious trivia from unholypet's living area of cities: Every hospital and mental institution is famous for having a "third floor" emergency psychosis area.

[dalesys]

Precious trivia from unholypet's living area of cities: Every hospital and mental institution is famous for having a "third floor" emergency psychosis area.

The psych hospital I was in only had two floors... but we talked about who would be transferred to the "third"...

[Andara Bledin]

But basically I would spent all morning being the place that boners went to die so to speak.

Wow. It's not many that can claim "Cockblocker" as one of their job descriptions.

That ogre guy needs to be shot in the dick. With a shotgun. Loaded with the kind of bullets they use on elephants and rhinos.

While I would never condone violence upon another person (oh, no, never, not at all), I would suggest in this individual's case the best choice would be a wood chipper. With missing teeth. Running at 1/4 speed.

^-.-^

[Gizmo]

Say it Slower

We got rid of that client rather quickly ( after the entire staff refused to answer the calls ). Much to the bafflement of Boss Lady.

Heh. Similar to that I had a client/debtor back in my third party debt days that was trying to get Invoice Financing/Factoring for his business. Quite a few of the suitable funding partners refused to take it on since they wouldn't allow them to do their own credit control and they felt they couldn't ask their internal staff to make phone calls about adult movies.

It was a shame since he looked like a good client otherwise!