How to get me to hate your guts

[iradney]

First, call me at 5:10 pm to find out till what time I am working. Find out that I am working till 8pm.
Tell me that you'll call me back as your phone is flat and you want to charge it.
Call me at 7:55pm for a modem setup via Bluetooth, when you're too dense to even know what type of Bluetooth software you have installed.
Die from the fiery flames my mind is sending to you.
Luckily this idiot realised 8:05 pm that it's past 8, it's hometime for me, and he'll call back later.
The kicker?
He did this to me on Saturday as well! Called at 3 to find out what time I knock off, I tell him 5pm. He calls me at 4:55PM!! WTF?

[Boozy]

This dolt has apparently decided that five minutes before you're off work is the ideal time to reach you. Heaven knows what twisted logic led him to this belief - its best you don't ask. Just set him straight if he calls again.

[Imogene]

*blink* His phone is flat? His... Phone... Is... FLAT?
My spoon is too big!

My assumption on the timing of the second call is: he thinks you're too busy when he calls the first time, wants to know when you'll be leaving, as he assumes most people's days get slower as the time to leave creeps up.
*saves millions of brain cells*

[Becks]

Maybe said customer lives in some time warp?

[BusyBee]

Maybe he's trying to work up his courage to do the equivalent of hanging out at the counter until the store is closing and then say "Hey, are you doing anything now...?"

[Bluenomi]

Next time he rings you need to do is one of 2 things. Either tell him your finish time is a hour earlier than it is so you have 1 hour and 5 mins to sort him out or tell him you finish an hour after you do so you don't have to talk to him at all. Depends if you want to be mean or not.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

*blink* His phone is flat? His... Phone... Is... FLAT?
My spoon is too big!

Flat = battery with low to no charge. As in "I wanted to drive into DC yesterday but the car wouldn't start thanks to a flat battery".

I think it's British in origin which would explain why I started using it. I watch too many Brit-coms.

M

[Mr B Rabbit]

Flat = battery with low to no charge. As in "I wanted to drive into DC yesterday but the car wouldn't start thanks to a flat battery".

I think it's British in origin which would explain why I started using it. I watch too many Brit-coms.

Could be, I've used it since I was a kid and never really thought twice about it. It never really occured to me that it might not be used as commonly in Foriegnjar.

Ah well, like we say a bit of whelk and shine never hurt the weasel.

[Rubystars]

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Would you get into trouble for lying to him about when you get off the next time he calls in?

[BookstoreEscapee]

Being not-a-Brit, my first thought was, if his phone is flat, he really should make sure the cap is on tight before he puts it back in the fridge But then, I like my soda flat and leave the cap loose on purpose. I'm weird that way.

[iradney]

Rubystars: Ayup, my fat would be in the fire if I gave him erroneous information as to when I clock out *sigh*

I'm almost willing to bet a home-cooked 3 course dinner that he will call today, at 16:55 pm. At which point the phone will "mysteriously" cut off.

*sigh* who'm I kidding, I don't have the cojones for that.

And yes, my apologies to those across the ocean, "Flat" means without power/energy.

[Fire_on_High]

LOL I've been around Aussies too long...I read right over it and knew exactly what it meant. Then again, I've been in an Aussie guild in EQ for about 4 years now...I get a lot of funny looks when I slip and say something I've picked up from them in front of most of my American friends...especially one of their favorite terms for being irritated that has a completely different meaning here.

[AFpheonix]

Ooh! OT, but I finally gave in and started playing EQ with my hubby last week. Curse him! It's fun! Aaaa! Now I'll never get anything done!

[jb17kx]

being irritated that has a completely different meaning here.

That wouldn't happen to start with 'b' and feature a repeated consonant, maybe 'g', in the middle, would it?

[Fire_on_High]

LOL, no, although I get a fair bit of mileage out of that one too. Think a rude term for a bodily function, involuntarily taken to extremes, usually after eating something dodgy.