that's a blog title waiting to happen
so
today at work (Labor Day), i was discussing
lunch with action jaxan when i was interrupted
by a customer (rude customer; what were you
thinking calling on a holiday?). wanting to
finish the thought with jaxan, i asked the
customer to please hold. not 15 seconds later, i
picked up the phone and asked “how can i help
you,” and this is the response i received:
“you all open today?”
um, no. just happened to be in the neighborhood,
thought i’d open the building, turn on the phone
system, and put you on hold, so that i could explain
that i just happened to be in the neighborhood.....
did you seriously just ask me that?
it’s times like those that you really wish it were
perfectly acceptable to let people know how stupid
they sound. jaxan had a moment like that as well,
except over email.
a customer emailed him to complain that when she
ordered her part online and it said 3-5 days
shipping, and she assumed that was business days,
that she thought she had waited too long and should
thus give us an earful. except that, um, she had
gotten her part. within 3-5 days. so really, what’s
up with the 3-paragraph email trying to belittle us?
instead try kindergarten, where people usually begin
the long road to counting. by ones. on, ah, one hand.
to, say, between 3-5. just saying. and actually,
after a few attempts that were a little harsh, jaxan
did tell her. kind of. only problem is she might
still not get it. such is life with retards; if you
tell them the truth bluntly, they get offended. if
you allude to it, they don’t get it. whatever. though
i must say, sort of makes me rethink the whole civil
war thing; hell, let them have their own country.
then we can tax their dumb asses the stupid tax.
any guesses on where she was from, by the way? pat on
the back to anyone who said “the south” or some
equivalent answer; bravo. and although it was a
little easy, i’m finding it’s pretty hard to make the
question difficult if that’s eventually the answer.
oh well.
Peace.