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  • #1

    The "yes" man

    You said your car was towed

    You said it was a Blue Toyota Corolla

    I said that I only had one Blue Corolla in impound, it was towed today, so I asked if your car was towed today as well.

    You said "yes"

    This one came from 445 Keystone St, is that where you parked? I asked

    You said "yes"

    I said it had PA plates that started with the letters "JFD", do those sound familiar? I asked

    You said "yes"

    So, after you came in, filled out the paperwork, gave me your credit card, I ran said card, and then sent you around back to pick up your car, why did you come back around to the front with a puzzled look on your face and tell me that the Toyota we were discussing, the one you gave me 3, solid, unhesitating "YES"es to when asked if it was yours, was, in fact, NOT YOUR CAR??????

    In fact, we apparently didn't have your car at all in the back. Moreover, the ONLY other impounded Toyota we have right now is a grey Camry buried 3 deep in the "abandoned" part of the lot because the owner is currently in the hole with the Borough for unpaid parking tickets that total up to somewhere near the GDP of a small Caribbean nation and probably won't give us a cent until we get that court order straightened out. So, if that's not your Toyota right there in the "just arrived" row, then we didn't tow it, because that's the only one I have right now that hasn't been here since before the Super Bowl.

    "But I got your number off the sign!" you protested, to which I suggested you call "Other Guys" towing, as, I have mentioned before, they'll hang up on me, and see if they have it.

    Turns out they did, and you were in fact NOT parked where you TOLD me you were, and your car does NOT have the plate numbers you TOLD me it did, and the sign you got MY info from is NOT the one you should have looked at..........

    So, while I'm over here at the credit card machine, reversing your charges, I can only wonder to myself: Does your Momma ever feel bad about how she dropped you on your head when you were born?

    Drop...

    Heck, from what I gather, she didn't just drop you, she dribbled you all the way inside and went for the easy layup....
    - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.
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  • #2
    I also wonder how somebody this incredibly stupid managed to get a driver's licence.

    Also whether he/she was actually listening to anything you said during that phone conversation.

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    • #3
      I loathe yes people. Most times my yes people are ones who won't bother listening or didn't understand the question so they just say yes. They then tend to get ticked at me like I wasn't the one listening.
      The angels have the phone box.

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      • #4
        You know, I'd be highly tempted to toss out the occasional 'wha?' sort of question, just to see if people were listening. Stuff like "And you wanted pink rhinoceros hide for the seats, right?"
        You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~Argabarga

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        • #5
          I really wish you could charge people that are this stupid, for wasting time. UGH.

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          • #6
            Quoth Argabarga View Post

            Heck, from what I gather, she didn't just drop you, she dribbled you all the way inside and went for the easy layup....
            And from the sounds of it, power-blocked into the stands, too.
            "If your day is filled with firefighting, you need to start taking the matches away from the toddlers…” - HM

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            • #7
              I hoped he paid before going out back, and you kept it as Stupid Tax...

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              • #8
                "And do you agree to model a puffy shirt on national TV?"

                "Yes."

                "And do you understand that the agreement you just made to model a puffy shirt on national TV is an irrevocable, legally-binding agreement?"

                "Yes."

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                • #9
                  I play that game with my bf sometimes just to see if he's paying attention.

                  But, then again, he gets me back when I'm in my "It's ok" mood.
                  You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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                  • #10
                    This is, apparently, also one of the reasons why India-based customer service is so frustrating. The culture there is not to admit that you can't do something - even if the parent company hasn't given you the ability to do it.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Oniontears View Post
                      I really wish you could charge people that are this stupid, for wasting time. UGH.
                      More importantly, I wish they could at least charge people like this for the merchant fees (and possibly fees related to the reversal?) incurred by running the credit card in the first place -- iirc, those generally are not refundable.
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                      "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Cat Herder View Post
                        "And do you agree to model a puffy shirt on national TV?"

                        "Yes."

                        "And do you understand that the agreement you just made to model a puffy shirt on national TV is an irrevocable, legally-binding agreement?"

                        "Yes."
                        But I don't wanna be a pirate!
                        There Can Be Only One

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                        • #13
                          Quoth starsinthesky View Post
                          I loathe yes people.
                          Come now. They're not people; they're customers.

                          Interpret that as you will.
                          "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                          "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                          "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                          "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                          "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                          "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                          Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                          "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Duncan MacLeod View Post
                            But I don't wanna be a pirate!
                            too late! I found a picture of you in a pirate shirt!
                            Duncan MacLeod in a pirate shirt!
                            muahahaha!


                            but seriously why the heck did he keep saying "yes" when the answer was "no"?

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                            • #15
                              but seriously why the heck did he keep saying "yes" when the answer was "no"?
                              He didn't really know any of the details, he just assumed it MUST be his car because (a) it wasn't where he left it (not that he actually remembered where he left it...) and (b) Argabarga's company was "the only one with a sign". Guy needs glasses, reading lessons, a personal GPS and some kind of memory booster.
                              When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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