painful phone conversations

[befsquire]

post them here. i'll start.

i called domino's to order pizzas for dinner. the first call i was put on hold for about 10 minutes. i called back because it's now late and there's no other dinner options. after being asked if i could hold, i said i would but that i hoped it wouldn't be another 10 minutes this time. he said it'd only be about a minute, and that was all it was.

domino's: how can i help you?
me: i'd like to order pizzas for delivery.
domino's: what's your name?
me: beth
domino's: what?
me: beth
domino's: could you spell that?
me: b-e
domino's (interrupting): i'm sorry, what?
me: b-e-t-h
domino's: ok, where do you live?
me (not real address): 1234 Orange Street
domino's: 1 what?
me: 1234 Orange Street
domino's: i'm sorry. 12 and then what?
me: 1234 Orange Street
domino's: i'm sorry ma'am. hang on. (a minute goes by, then i hear him ask someone how to spell orange)
domino's: sorry, what would you like on your pizza?
me: first i need to see if you still have the family special going on with one large any way you want it pizza and one large with 2 toppings for $18.99.
domino's: yeah, we do.
me: ok, on the any way you want it pizza, i want bacon, sausage, pepperoni and extra cheese.
domino's: what size do you want that?
me: well, since it's one large any way you want it and one large with 2 toppings, i'd like a large.
domino's: oh yeah. ok, what'd you want on it again?
me: bacon, sausage, pepperoni and extra cheese. and anchovies on the side.
domino's: ok, and on the other one?
me: green pepper and black olives.
domino's: that's it?
me (thinking about reminding him of the special again): yes, that's it.
domino's: delivery or carry-out? oh wait, nevermind. cash or credit?
me: credit
domino's: ok, what's the card number
me: 1234
domino's: i'm sorry, hang on ma'am. the computer's being stupid.

it took several times of giving him the number before he finally got it. i wanted to just hang up, but the thought of then trying to figure out what to eat and where to get it from killed me.

total call time for this one: 13 minutes and 5 seconds. added to my earlier 10 minutes and 3 seconds. far too long to order the pizza. i was told it'd be 30 to 45 minutes on the pizza. we're timing it. it's been 28:40 so far.

[Freebasser]

If they don't deliver it on time, do you get to eat the pizza boy?

[cj hood]

post them here. i'll start.

i called domino's to order pizzas for dinner. the first call i was put on hold for about 10 minutes. i called back because it's now late and there's no other dinner options. after being asked if i could hold, i said i would but that i hoped it wouldn't be another 10 minutes this time. he said it'd only be about a minute, and that was all it was.

domino's: how can i help you?
me: i'd like to order pizzas for delivery.
domino's: what's your name?
me: beth
domino's: what?
me: beth
domino's: could you spell that?
me: b-e
domino's (interrupting): i'm sorry, what?
me: b-e-t-h
domino's: ok, where do you live?
me (not real address): 1234 Orange Street
domino's: 1 what?
me: 1234 Orange Street
domino's: i'm sorry. 12 and then what?
me: 1234 Orange Street
domino's: i'm sorry ma'am. hang on. (a minute goes by, then i hear him ask someone how to spell orange)
domino's: sorry, what would you like on your pizza?
me: first i need to see if you still have the family special going on with one large any way you want it pizza and one large with 2 toppings for $18.99.
domino's: yeah, we do.
me: ok, on the any way you want it pizza, i want bacon, sausage, pepperoni and extra cheese.
domino's: what size do you want that?
me: well, since it's one large any way you want it and one large with 2 toppings, i'd like a large.
domino's: oh yeah. ok, what'd you want on it again?
me: bacon, sausage, pepperoni and extra cheese. and anchovies on the side.
domino's: ok, and on the other one?
me: green pepper and black olives.
domino's: that's it?
me (thinking about reminding him of the special again): yes, that's it.
domino's: delivery or carry-out? oh wait, nevermind. cash or credit?
me: credit
domino's: ok, what's the card number
me: 1234
domino's: i'm sorry, hang on ma'am. the computer's being stupid.

it took several times of giving him the number before he finally got it. i wanted to just hang up, but the thought of then trying to figure out what to eat and where to get it from killed me.

total call time for this one: 13 minutes and 5 seconds. added to my earlier 10 minutes and 3 seconds. far too long to order the pizza. i was told it'd be 30 to 45 minutes on the pizza. we're timing it. it's been 28:40 so far.


in the time it took to write this you could of made dinner.....

[roosta]

shoot dem homos

[befsquire]

in the time it took to write this you could of made dinner.....
the kids wanted pizza

[laurie_hammy]

haha so friggin annoying ay.

[befsquire]

bobby suggested that the guy could have just written it all down and waited for the computer to 'stop being stupid,' but i pointed out that the dude that answered would never stop being stupid, so there'd still be problems.

[roosta]

bobby suggested that the guy could have just written it all down and waited for the computer to 'stop being stupid,' but i pointed out that the dude that answered would never stop being stupid, so there'd still be problems.

bef you know i think you rule...

Edit : i think you rule 24/7

[befsquire]

muchas gracias roosta. right back at ya.

[alruggs]

me: thank you for calling blah blah Toyota, this is Andrea

guy: I need to speak to a salesman, please.

me: I can help you.

guy: I don't want to talk to a woman. Give a MAN.

[jabumbo]

dominos must suck everywhere


one itm i had some people over, and ordered the 5-5-5 deal where eahc medium pizza is 5 bucks. well after about 50 minutes of waiting, i called back ot see what happened. they told me that the delivery guy came and nobody answered the phone. well the phone never actually rang. they said they would send him back out with the pizza's again but he never came

its pretty bad when a pizza shop on the campus of a university can't teach its drivers to deliver to campus housing. students probably account for 75% of their sales, its the least they can do

[mikizee]

yeah what the hell is it with dominos and stupid staff??

our dominos store around the corner from my house has the dumbest fuck up staff ive ever come across. i always refuse to buy pizza from there, but end up calling them up when theres nothing else to eat. maybe im the one thats stupid.
i hate dominos.

[Medellia]

me: thank you for calling blah blah Toyota, this is Andrea

guy: I need to speak to a salesman, please.

me: I can help you.

guy: I don't want to talk to a woman. Give a MAN.
Ouch. What a fucking pig. :mad:

[monkey]

dominos 5-5-5 = hellishly evil.

i wish these places would hire a person solely to answer phones. a person that spoke clearly enunciated english. and was bright.

of course, these people dont exist anymore.

[ToucanSpam]

dominos 5-5-5 = hellishly evil.

i wish these places would hire a person solely to answer phones. a person that spoke clearly enunciated english. and was bright.

of course, these people dont exist anymore.
:mad:

I hope you get the plague.

[synch]

Ah, the good 'ole black death. Those were the days.

[monkey]

:mad:

I hope you get the plague.

the plague. (http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/plague/) got it.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Dominos in Australia is alright...I mean they are shit on the delivery but large pizzas are only $6 australian, or $4 US. And they are better than pizza hut, pizza haven or any other chain take away pizza.

The most painful telephone conversations for me occur when Dodo, a cheap internet company, gets several people per week to ring us up about switching to them. First off, they are a shitty company with shitty internet. Secondly, they have outsourced all their marketing to India, so none of the operators speak English very well. Thirdly, the operators don't let you hang up gracefully, unless you slam the phone on them they wont go. They'll ring back...and back...and back. I've considered ringing the Australian Marketing Commission or something.

[ToucanSpam]

1/3 of Europe's population was gone after the 1300's plague. Actually, we're due for an epidemic, we havent had one since the 1919-20 Spanish flu, I believe...


Anyways here's a phone call from last night. I had people over and one of my dickhead friends is so cuntstruck he couldn't wait to sink his fangs into my friend who just got dumped by her boyfriend of 2 years. The bastard calls at midnight after fucking off a couple of times, coming and going as he pleases, and shows up to 'steal' her and drive her home himself, where he likely tried to take advantage of her very vulnerable mind frame.

me: Hello?
dude: hey
me: hey, what's up?
dude: Oh good, I was just wondering if people were still at our house.
me: what?
dude: People still there?
me: they were just leaving.
dude: so they're still there?
me: their stuff is on and they are heading out the door as we speak.
dude: well, I'll be there in two seconds.
me: Okay...they're heading out.
dude: I'll be there in a few.
me: I'm sending them home, the weather's getting bad and it's late.
dude: Could you wait until I get there?
me: ...fine, I'll stall.


It's midnight. I want to go to bed. It's raining quite hard, and there's a long ass drive back to campus that has to be made, one that apparantly has to be stalled because someone else wants to drive 20 minutes out of their way to drive someone else home who already had a drive home who was ready to go.

Some people are patheticly retarted.

[ToucanSpam]

the plague. (http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/plague/) got it.


Pauli,


I was referring to the terminal disease, ya hateful bitch. :p


<3,

Patrick

[BangkokB]

Didn't read the thread but Fuck Off, never call this # again and Don't come home is like opening up a wound with 1,000 cuts then pouring salt in it.. Especially if you paid for that 2nd home away from home


Bird in the Hand

[QueenAdrock]

Me: This is blah blah Dental, Diana speaking, how can I help you?
Foreign person: ALLO?
Me: Hi, can I help you?
Foreign person: ALLLOOO?
Me: HI. WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH.
Foreign person: OH! Ah, you speak-a de Vietnamey?
Me: No, I'm sorry.
Foreign person: Oh, ah, um. Hmm. You accept Kaisah Insurahce?
Me: No, I'm sorry. We don't.
Foreign person: WHA?
Me: NO. WE DO NOT.
Foreign person: What phone numbah?
Me: What is our phone number? :confused: (At this point, I thought they were going down a list of providers that Kaiser gave to them, and just forgot who they had dialed.)
Foreign person: Yah, yah, phone numbah!
Me: Um...(301) xxx-xxxx.
Foreign person: THANK-AH. Bye.
Me: Okay...bye.

Two minutes later:

Me: Blahblah Dental, this is Diana, how can I help you?
Foreign person: You accept da Kaisah Insurace?
Me: Um...no, we don't.
Foreign person: Lady give me dis phone numbah, say you accept.
Me: No, I gave you our phone number, because I thought that's what you were asking for. We don't accept it.
Foreign person: Wha?
Me: WE DON'T ACCEPT KAISER!
Foreign person: Oh, okay. Phone numbah who do?
Me: I don't know anyone who does.
Foreign person: Wha?
Me: I DON'T KNOW.
Foreign person: Okay. Bye.


Seriously man. These fuckos call in everyday too. They don't understand the language, I don't understand them, and they ask some of the most retarded questions, sometimes misunderstandings, sometimes they seriously are just that retarded.

[BionicEye]

it must suck to be in a place where you can't communicate with anyone

[QueenAdrock]

I agree, and for that reason I'm pretty lenient with foreign-speakers most of the time. But there are some people who come to us who don't even understand the BASICS of English. Like "What is your name?" If I was going to go to another country and live there, there are a few phrases of necessity I would learn, and for some reason, they don't find it that important. They just call me on the phone, get frustrated with ME for not understanding THEM, and then hang up. Sigh.

[TAL]

Anyways here's a phone call from last night. I had people over and one of my dickhead friends is so cuntstruck he couldn't wait to sink his fangs into my friend who just got dumped by her boyfriend of 2 years. The bastard calls at midnight after fucking off a couple of times, coming and going as he pleases, and shows up to 'steal' her and drive her home himself, where he likely tried to take advantage of her very vulnerable mind frame.

me: Hello?
dude: hey
me: hey, what's up?
dude: Oh good, I was just wondering if people were still at our house.
me: what?
dude: People still there?
me: they were just leaving.
dude: so they're still there?
me: their stuff is on and they are heading out the door as we speak.
dude: well, I'll be there in two seconds.
me: Okay...they're heading out.
dude: I'll be there in a few.
me: I'm sending them home, the weather's getting bad and it's late.
dude: Could you wait until I get there?
me: ...fine, I'll stall.


It's midnight. I want to go to bed. It's raining quite hard, and there's a long ass drive back to campus that has to be made, one that apparantly has to be stalled because someone else wants to drive 20 minutes out of their way to drive someone else home who already had a drive home who was ready to go.

Some people are patheticly retarted.
I don't understand why you agreed to stall. When he's a dickhead friend who is likely to take advantage of her very vulnerable mind frame.

[ToucanSpam]

I don't know why I did.

[Dr Deaf]

i've prepared a letter to manager. beth and the kids have vowed to never eat it again, but free pizza tastes fine by me.

funny thing, my first job ever was at domino's pizza. i was 14.

it should take 2 mins max to order any pizza.

[Lex Diamonds]

I once got really drunk with my mates and ordered kebabs from 5 different shops. In an Australian accent, using Australian slang. (y)

Then my friend answered the door to them all in the nude.

[ericlee]

this isn't a phone call but it's my experience at the Taco Bell drive through line

me- I'd like a chicken burrito and an ice tea
taco bitch- ok sir, I've got one chicken burrito and a pintos and cheese. Would you like anything to drink?
me- yeah, my order was an ice tea and chicken burrito
taco bitch- chicken burrito and pintos and cheese?
me- no, I want ice tea
taco bitch- pintos and cheese?
me- NO, ICE TEA
taco bitch- pintos and cheese?
me- NO Dammit, ICE TEA!!!
taco bitch- I'm sorry sir, can you please pull to the window

I get to the window,

taco bitch- was that chicken burrito and pintos and cheese?
me- I want a chicken burrito and ICE TEA
taco bitch- pintos and cheese?
me- NO, ICE TEA (making hand gesters of a T)
taco bitch- ok, no problem. Would you like hot or mild sauce for your pintos and cheese?
me- hot sauce

[cosmo105]

me: hello, this is *my health food store*, how can i help you?
caller: hi, is this *health food store*?
me:...yes...

[QueenAdrock]

^ That reminds me of when I worked in Jo-Anne Fabrics. I was forced to wear a green smock that said "Jo-Anne's" on it. All the old ladies would come in and give me a big smile, and say "HELLO, JO-ANNE!" because I guess they thought that since it said it on my smock it was also my name.

But I can't be mad at old ladies. They're adorable and senile.

[ToucanSpam]

But I can't be mad at old ladies. They're adorable and senile.
That's why nobody hates the Golden Girls.

[QueenAdrock]

I DO!

But that's because they're not real. I hate lots of things on TV. I hate Timmy on South Park because I think he's overrated. Doesn't mean I hate retards in real life though.

[zorra_chiflada]

Dominos in Australia is alright...I mean they are shit on the delivery but large pizzas are only $6 australian, or $4 US. And they are better than pizza hut, pizza haven or any other chain take away pizza.

yeah they're cheap, but cheap for a reason. i don't trust them. i don't trust pizza hut either. i don't like all-you-can-eat buffets. more like "all-the-different-kind-of-food-poisoning-you-can-get"

[hitmonlee]

Dominos in Australia is alright...I mean they are shit on the delivery but large pizzas are only $6 australian, or $4 US. And they are better than pizza hut, pizza haven or any other chain take away pizza.


the dominos that delivers to me is fucked. the whole store is staffed by asians (they can't make pizza), they don't understand me, they can't find my house ever and the pizza is bad.

there's one closer to me, but they do a different area :rolleyes: and they are really good.

but the pizzas are a lot more than $6 here.

still better than pizza hut though.


i get a lot of indian telemarketers calling at work.

2 second delay on everything. they ask if they can speak to the manager, i say (all in once sentence) "i am the manager, and we're quite happy with our telephone service and do not wish to change, thank you for your call goodbye" then i hang up, so by the time they hear it all, due to the delay, i'm already gone :cool:

[mikizee]

dominos in australia is not alright!!!! pizzas here in adelaide are between 8 and 10 bucks, and it really is the crappiest pizza you could not hope to buy. shit base and dough, fuck all of crappy ingredients, all with shithouse service. i HATE dominos. i would rate them dead last, followed by pizza haven, (pizzas taste like cardboard, but at least they HAVE a taste), and pizza hut. altho, nothing can usually beat your local pizza bar.

i get indian telemarketers call me at home all the time, and a couple of times they have pretended to be calling from melbourne!!!
them: hello sir how are you today?
me: fine.
them: ah, its a lovely sunny day today here in melbourne, how is the weather in... ad.....eerleede?
me: oh, your in melbourne are you? my u have a bad phone line. is your office in the city?
them: er, yes.
me: what street?
them: i am calling to offer you......
me: whats the weather like in bombay?? YOU LYING FUCK!!!! *slam*

[tracky]

As far as chains go, Australian Pizza House is alright, it's just shame there's not one near my house (only near work)

On the subject of the thread, every phone conversation I have is painful. I hate talking to people especially customers.

[icy manipulator]

yeah well i work in domino's in australia and i can tell you that the pizza is absolutely crap. the vegies are about the only things i'd eat. a thick based pepperoni pizza has about 2500 calories, and 500 grams of fat. the "beef" is really 80% soy and the rest is fat and colouring. the cheese is the dangest thing i've ever smelled in my life. and it's fucking expensive if you dont have vouchers, $16.95 for one pizza delivered, for 8 slices. and that's only because i work at one of the cheaper stores. btw, if you ever complain about the service on the phone and you expect some person with actual intellegence that can clearly speak english, then firstly try and find someone like that who's willing to work for the dick all amount that they pay instore's in the first place.

like i know i get paid not much ($12.50 an hour and $2 per del) i just like working there coz it's so laid back and easy to do during uni. and the owner of the store has the same sort of taste in music as me. like how many ppl can say that their boses' favourite song is the message by GMF and furious five?

yeah dominos sucks but i get so much free shit it's not funnyb :p

[tracky]

i hate those dodgy little meatball things they all use, I think they're probably what you're talking about

i've boycotted the pizza haven round the corner from me, they have their like 10 year old kids serving you, and they're fuckin hopeless. I thought there was laws against that anyway?!? the fuck? I used to like their pizzas too, but even the pizza's went to shit so I havn't been back there for at least 2 years. Every month or so I'll get one from the aussie pizza house near work, they're alright, I reckon, and not a lot more expensive than the others. The only down side is they don't deliver afaik, but I rarely get delivered anyway.

[icy manipulator]

i hate those dodgy little meatball things they all use, I think they're probably what you're talking about

i've boycotted the pizza haven round the corner from me, they have their like 10 year old kids serving you, and they're fuckin hopeless. I thought there was laws against that anyway?!? the fuck? I used to like their pizzas too, but even the pizza's went to shit so I havn't been back there for at least 2 years. Every month or so I'll get one from the aussie pizza house near work, they're alright, I reckon, and not a lot more expensive than the others. The only down side is they don't deliver afaik, but I rarely get delivered anyway.
yeha i'm talking about those dang little meatball things, we had some surprisingly young ppl working there. there's this kid who looks like he's about 12, and he has the highest pitched voice ever, it's so weird.

i still hit up pizza now and then, just not dominos, pizza plaza is fucking awesome. every pizza they have is edible because the ingrediants are actually really. and they dont cost that much more than domino's either (y)

[synch]

Great. Now I need pizza.

[icy manipulator]

Great. Now I need pizza.
god damn dutch. legalised weed = 24 hour munchies

[synch]

Actually I don't smoke weed but I'm Italian, I need a certain amount of pizza a week to function properly.

Plus... I always have the munchies :(

I was talking to one of my best friends about it once... I told him "Why would I ever need to smoke weed? It makes you giddy, hungry and sleepy, three things that I already am 24/7"

[icy manipulator]

Actually I don't smoke weed but I'm Italian, I need a certain amount of pizza a week to function properly.

Plus... I always have the munchies :(

I was talking to one of my best friends about it once... I told him "Why would I ever need to smoke weed? It makes you giddy, hungry and sleepy, three things that I already am 24/7"
true, yeah i haven't smoked in about 2 years but if i came to amsterday i know i'd have to have some just for the sake of it. you dont meet too many ppl that've been to amsterdam and not tried legal weed

[Rancid_Beasties]

yeah they're cheap, but cheap for a reason. i don't trust them. i don't trust pizza hut either. i don't like all-you-can-eat buffets. more like "all-the-different-kind-of-food-poisoning-you-can-get"
I dunno, I only go to the one near uni, apparently the one near my house is crap (or so says my fussy brother). The one near uni seems to always get it right...I dunno they seem to use real bacon and everything.

Still, there are a fuckload of better pizza places where you pay like 9 bucks or 10 bucks and you actually get something real and fairly good. Then theres the wood fired places and stuff with pizzas for 15 bucks, but they are soooo worth it.

Anyway you're only fussy because your mum makes such good pizzas. Its obviously ruined your ability to appreciate simple cheapo pizza :p

[little j]

time 9:14 a.m.
me: Thank you for calling *my company* customer care, this is jess.
old person: is this jess?
me: yes this is she
old person: this is jess in customer care
me: yes, im jess
old person: is so and so there?
me: so and so is out of the office can I take a message or i can give you his cell phone number
old person: so and so isn't there?
me: um, no, but i'd be more than happy...
old person, cutting me off: well he hasnt returned my call and the plumber hasn't shown up yet.
me: ok, when was the appointment.
old person: this morning at eight.
me: ok mamn, generally when we make appointments with our building partners we give them 4 hour windows like 8-12 or 12-4. was your appointment at eight exactly or from 8-12?
old person: from eight to twelve
me: ok, well its only just after nine now, if they dont show up by twelve please call me and i'll find out whats going on.
old person: ok dear, whats your name? and what number can i call you on?

oi.
i really love working for a company that builds retirement communities.