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"Dumb questions"

Don't you just love them? It was brought to mind as I have just had the following telephone conversation:-

Me "Good morning"

Him "Morning, I'm just calling to see if you are thinking of updating your telephone system"

Me "Definitely not"

Him "Oh, definitely not. Can I ask why"

Me "Er, because this one is still working"

Well it made him laugh.

"does that really happen?!"

Yes, it happens. You've either got an insane stalker, or it's just the bank wanting to talk to your mum/dad/whoever.

mikelar wrote:
> you say good morning when you answer the phone?

Only if it's before 12 otherwise I say "good afternoon"

Plus our Company name which I omitted for the sake of the post.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> Stupid question - sending somebody a letter in the post to ask them if
> we had the right address.
>
> Amazing.


not as amazing as..


Caller 1:Hello Emma?
Caller 2:Yes?
Caller 1:i'm just checking i got the right number!

DOH!

does that really happen?!

someone's been ringing my house and then hanging up without saying anything for a while and the number is always withheld...

When banks call someone, unless they're absolutely sure the person who answered is the person they're after, they'll hang up. Simple as that, they'll hang up instead of simply asking for that person. Supposedly it saves time and money...

I answer the phone a lot and they just hang up on me because they're after my dad. Saw in the paper, some bank was phoning this woman for YEARS and hanging up as soon as she said "Hello?" - why? They were after her husband, but they'd got divorced and he'd moved out and the records hadn't been updated. She thought they were stalkers/mentalists, but they were just annoying bank morons. For YEARS they were calling her, she was terrified and of course 1471 didn't work.

Stupid banks.

you say good morning when you answer the phone?

My dad hates it when sales-people ring you up. But, he deals with it in such a funny way...

For example, he'll answer answer it with "Crazy Joe's Pizza, how can I help you?", or, "Silverline Tanning Salon" [or something like that...].

Better yet, he'll speak to them in Greek, and they'll just hang-up! Or, he'll start shouting at them, in a Greek accent: "No, this is a bloody Greek restaurant - you have the wrong bloody number, eh!!"


:D

ßreak†hrough wrote:
> Black Thundêr ™ wrote:
> Der Nazi wrote:
> Christ, Game Spaz is back. Let's ban him back to whence he came.
>
> I second that.
>
> I third that.

I fourth that.

Black Thundêr ™ wrote:
> Der Nazi wrote:
> Christ, Game Spaz is back. Let's ban him back to whence he came.
>
> I second that.

I third that.

Der Nazi wrote:
> Christ, Game Spaz is back. Let's ban him back to whence he came.

I second that.