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  • #16
    Quoth Gravekeeper View Post

    “Hey baby, what’s your name? …….Really? What a coincidence! That’s my daughter’s name too!”. Be sure to be carrying a box of wine for added impact. Because nothing says “romance” like wine in a box.
    At least it wasn't dick in a box.

    /I'll show myself out
    Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

    "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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    • #17
      Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
      Wherein We Fear The Contents Of The Box
      What's in the box? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOXXX?!?

      Sorry. Couldn't resist.

      Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
      SC: “This isn’t a camp site?”
      Me: “No, sorry.”
      SC: “Oh. Well, is there a Robert camping there?”
      An equivalent to this would be something along the lines of...

      CALLER: "This isn't a pizza place?"
      CSR: "No, sorry."
      CALLER: "Oh. Well, can you deliver a pizza to me?"

      Same logic, and with the same ultimate result.

      Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
      SC: “Is this Yellow Cab?”
      Me: “No, sorry. You have the wrong number.”
      SC: “This a cab company?”

      The chances of you having called the wrong number yet still somehow ended up at the right place are so infinitesimal as to be outright laughable.
      You are correct, of course. But compared to the woman looking for Robert, this caller is fairly intelligent. At least they knew to ask the question, however unlikely an affirmative answer might have been.

      Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
      SC: “Is anyone in the office right now?”

      Not unless they’re robbing it.
      To be fair, that does allow the possibility that someone is, indeed, in the office. Perhaps not anyone authorized to be there. But then, that is not what the caller asked.

      Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
      The Box
      On second thought, cool movie quotes be damned....I really don't want any more details on what is in the box.

      Ever.

      "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
      Still A Customer."

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      • #18
        Quoth Jester View Post
        What's in the box? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOXXX?!?
        Sorry. Couldn't resist.
        Nothing! Absolutely nothing! You're so stupid!

        (not attacking Jester here. Just finishing the quote.)
        To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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        • #19
          I think we're thinking of two different movies.....

          "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
          Still A Customer."

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          • #20
            Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
            Highly Doubtful

            SC: “Is anyone in the office right now?”

            Not unless they’re robbing it.
            Wasn't there a security camera reality show that showed a person trying to demand service in the middle of a robbery?

            SC: “Can I try to call back after when I understand?”
            Three legs, asthma, and wearing ill-fitting shoes that pinch.

            Because I'm pretty sure I speak for all of us on the bus when I say it's just a tad uncomfortable sitting near a clearly excited man holding a fist shaped item he's going to introduce to his fire exit later. Possibly at the earliest opportunity.
            Just a tad uncomfortable? Perhaps in the same way that the ocean is slightly damp and the sun is a bit on the warm side.
            I never lost my faith in humanity. Can't lose what you never had right?

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            • #21
              the box

              We ALLLLLLLLLLLLL fear the BOX!!!!!!!!!

              Welcome back Gravekeeper! Missed ya

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              • #22
                I, too, missed your posts, GK!

                Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
                SC: “Oh. Well, is there a Robert camping there?”
                My first thought on reading this was, "Isn't that the guy who predicted the end of the world last year? No, that was Harold Camping."

                Am I the only one? Oh, well.

                Me: “And your postal code, please, sir?”
                SC: “Huh?”
                When there's a problem with an order on the website my hubby manages, he gets an automated email alert. The vast majority of these are incorrect zip codes. It's amazing the number of people who transpose, shorten, or even skip their zip codes.
                "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
                -Mira Furlan

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                • #23
                  Quoth Ghel View Post
                  When there's a problem with an order on the website my hubby manages, he gets an automated email alert. The vast majority of these are incorrect zip codes. It's amazing the number of people who transpose, shorten, or even skip their zip codes.
                  What blows my mind about this guy though is that he doesn't seem to have any concept of what a postal code is.

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                  • #24
                    Quoth Gravekeeper View Post
                    Hopefully I'm not repeating anything, I'm not 100% sure where I left off in my trauma so to speak.
                    We kept the light on for you.

                    Camping

                    SC: “Do you have a Robert that’s camping there?”
                    Me: “I think you have the wrong number, ma’am”
                    SC: “This isn’t a camp site?”
                    Me: “No, sorry.”
                    SC: “Oh. Well, is there a Robert camping there?”
                    Was this Robert late to the Occupy movement or something?

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                    • #25
                      You're back! *swoons* ahem. I had to look at the date to see this wasn't a bumped-up old post. I really didn't need to know the thing in the box exists. o.O
                      "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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                      • #26
                        Welcome back, GK! Yay! I have to ask...Do you suppose the IQs of all your customers put together even averages out to more than a 5...or .5? I'm...Really not sure. As for the box...fear the box! Run from it! The man holding it clearly has NO sense of privacy or caring for others around him who have to SEE the box.
                        "And though she be but little, she is FIERCE!"--Shakespeare

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                        • #27
                          Quoth siskaren View Post
                          What blows my mind about this guy though is that he doesn't seem to have any concept of what a postal code is.
                          Yes, well, I think that might be why some customers completely skip their zip code. But I'll never know, because Hubby doesn't ask. He just looks it up based on the rest of the address.
                          "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
                          -Mira Furlan

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                          • #28
                            It's so good to hear from you, GK! Thanks for sharing with us.

                            Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
                            At least it wasn't dick in a box.
                            Bwahaha! That's exactly what I was thinking, too, Irv.


                            Also, I'm stealing
                            This is all strange, uncharted territory and your hamster only has three legs.
                            for my siggy.
                            "Redheads have at least a 95% chance of being gorgeous. They're also concentrated evil." - Irv

                            "This is all strange, uncharted territory and your hamster only has three legs." - Gravekeeper

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                            • #29
                              Quoth Jester View Post
                              I think we're thinking of two different movies.....
                              I was thinking of UHF. What were you thinking of?
                              To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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                              • #30
                                Quoth siskaren View Post
                                What blows my mind about this guy though is that he doesn't seem to have any concept of what a postal code is.
                                From my hotel experience, I'd say about 30% of the general population doesn't know what a postal code is... And we're talking sober, job-having, non-helmet wearing people.
                                Last edited by infinitemonkies; 05-30-2012, 01:47 AM. Reason: typo
                                Aliterate : A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.

                                "A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot" - Mark Twain

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