- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
- Messages
- 1,439
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- Nr Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
Actual call centre
conversations !!!!!
Customer: 'I've been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can't get
through to enquiries, can you help?'.
Operator: 'Where did you get that number from, sir?'.
Customer: 'It was on the door to the Travel Centre'.
Operator: 'Sir, they are our opening hours'.
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Samsung Electronics
Caller: 'Can you give me the telephone number
for Jack?'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking
about'.
Caller: 'On page 1, section 5, of the user
guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC
wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give me the
number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I think you mean the telephone point on the
wall'.
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RAC Motoring Services
Caller: 'Does your European Breakdown Policy
cover me when I am travelling in Australia ?'
Operator: ' Doesn't the product name give you a clue?'
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Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in France ):
'If I register my car in France
, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'
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Directory Enquiries
Caller: 'I'd like the number
of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff
please'.
Operator: 'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is
the spelling correct?'
Caller: 'Well, it used to be
called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off'.
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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller: 'Yes. That's what it says on
the label; Woven in Scotland '.
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told
a worried operator:
'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on'.
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Tech Support: 'I need you to right-click on the Open
Desktop'.
Customer: 'OK'..
Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'.
Customer: 'No'.
Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up
menu?'
Customer: 'No'.
Tech Support: 'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done
up until this point?'.
Customer: 'Sure. You told me to write
'click' and I wrote 'click''.
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Tech Support: 'OK. In the bottom left hand
side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?'
Customer: 'Wow. How can
you see my screen from there?'
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Caller: 'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just realised that
I need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have my file back
again?'
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There's always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a long
time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true
story from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording
monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk employee
was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for
'Termination without Cause'.
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know
why they record these conversations!):
Operator: 'Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I
help you?'
Caller: 'Yes, well, I'm having
trouble with WordPerfect.'
Operator: 'What sort of trouble??'
Caller: 'Well, I was just
typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.'
Operator: 'Went away?'
Caller: 'They disappeared.'
Operator: 'Hmm So what does your screen look like
now?'
Caller: 'Nothing.'
Operator: 'Nothing??'
Caller: 'It's blank; it won't
accept anything when I type.'
Operator: 'Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you
get out??'
Caller: 'How do I tell?'
Operator: 'Can you see the C: prompt on the
screen??'
Caller: 'What's a sea-prompt?'
Operator: 'Never mind, can you move your cursor
around the screen?'
Caller: 'There isn't any
cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type.'
Operator: 'Does your monitor have a power
indicator??'
Caller: 'What's a monitor?'
Operator: 'It's the thing with the screen on it
that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it's
on??'
Caller: 'I don't know.'
Operator: 'Well, then look on the back of the
monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??'
Caller: 'Yes, I think so.'
Operator: 'Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and
tell me if it's plugged into the wall.
Caller: 'Yes, it is.'
Operator: 'When you were behind the monitor, did
you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just
one??'
Caller: 'No.'
Operator: 'Well, there are. I need you to
look back there again and find the other cable.'
Caller: 'Okay, here it is.'
Operator: 'Follow it for me, and tell me if
it's plugged securely into the back of your computer.'
Caller: 'I can't reach.'
Operator: 'Uh huh. Well, can you see if it
is??'
Caller: 'No.'
Operator: 'Even if you maybe put your knee on
something and lean way over??'
Caller: 'Oh, it's not because
I don't have the right angle - it's because it's dark.'
Operator: 'Dark??'
Caller: 'Yes - the office
light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.
' Operator: 'Well, turn on the office light then.'
Caller: 'I can't.'
Operator: 'No? Why not??'
Caller: 'Because there's a
power failure.'
Operator: 'A power......... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it
licked now.
Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came
in??'
Caller: 'Well, yes, I keep
them in the closet.'
Operator: 'Good. Go get them, and unplug
your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back
to the store you bought it from.'
Caller: 'Really? Is it
that bad?'
Operator: 'Yes, I'm afraid it is.'
Caller: 'Well, all
right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??'
Operator: 'Tell them you're too f---ing stupid to own a
computer!!!!!'
Frisbee
conversations !!!!!
Customer: 'I've been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can't get
through to enquiries, can you help?'.
Operator: 'Where did you get that number from, sir?'.
Customer: 'It was on the door to the Travel Centre'.
Operator: 'Sir, they are our opening hours'.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Samsung Electronics
Caller: 'Can you give me the telephone number
for Jack?'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking
about'.
Caller: 'On page 1, section 5, of the user
guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC
wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give me the
number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I think you mean the telephone point on the
wall'.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RAC Motoring Services
Caller: 'Does your European Breakdown Policy
cover me when I am travelling in Australia ?'
Operator: ' Doesn't the product name give you a clue?'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in France ):
'If I register my car in France
, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Directory Enquiries
Caller: 'I'd like the number
of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff
please'.
Operator: 'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is
the spelling correct?'
Caller: 'Well, it used to be
called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off'.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller: 'Yes. That's what it says on
the label; Woven in Scotland '.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told
a worried operator:
'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on'.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Support: 'I need you to right-click on the Open
Desktop'.
Customer: 'OK'..
Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'.
Customer: 'No'.
Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up
menu?'
Customer: 'No'.
Tech Support: 'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done
up until this point?'.
Customer: 'Sure. You told me to write
'click' and I wrote 'click''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Support: 'OK. In the bottom left hand
side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?'
Customer: 'Wow. How can
you see my screen from there?'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Caller: 'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just realised that
I need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have my file back
again?'
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
There's always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a long
time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true
story from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording
monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk employee
was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for
'Termination without Cause'.
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know
why they record these conversations!):
Operator: 'Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I
help you?'
Caller: 'Yes, well, I'm having
trouble with WordPerfect.'
Operator: 'What sort of trouble??'
Caller: 'Well, I was just
typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.'
Operator: 'Went away?'
Caller: 'They disappeared.'
Operator: 'Hmm So what does your screen look like
now?'
Caller: 'Nothing.'
Operator: 'Nothing??'
Caller: 'It's blank; it won't
accept anything when I type.'
Operator: 'Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you
get out??'
Caller: 'How do I tell?'
Operator: 'Can you see the C: prompt on the
screen??'
Caller: 'What's a sea-prompt?'
Operator: 'Never mind, can you move your cursor
around the screen?'
Caller: 'There isn't any
cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type.'
Operator: 'Does your monitor have a power
indicator??'
Caller: 'What's a monitor?'
Operator: 'It's the thing with the screen on it
that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it's
on??'
Caller: 'I don't know.'
Operator: 'Well, then look on the back of the
monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??'
Caller: 'Yes, I think so.'
Operator: 'Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and
tell me if it's plugged into the wall.
Caller: 'Yes, it is.'
Operator: 'When you were behind the monitor, did
you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just
one??'
Caller: 'No.'
Operator: 'Well, there are. I need you to
look back there again and find the other cable.'
Caller: 'Okay, here it is.'
Operator: 'Follow it for me, and tell me if
it's plugged securely into the back of your computer.'
Caller: 'I can't reach.'
Operator: 'Uh huh. Well, can you see if it
is??'
Caller: 'No.'
Operator: 'Even if you maybe put your knee on
something and lean way over??'
Caller: 'Oh, it's not because
I don't have the right angle - it's because it's dark.'
Operator: 'Dark??'
Caller: 'Yes - the office
light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.
' Operator: 'Well, turn on the office light then.'
Caller: 'I can't.'
Operator: 'No? Why not??'
Caller: 'Because there's a
power failure.'
Operator: 'A power......... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it
licked now.
Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came
in??'
Caller: 'Well, yes, I keep
them in the closet.'
Operator: 'Good. Go get them, and unplug
your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back
to the store you bought it from.'
Caller: 'Really? Is it
that bad?'
Operator: 'Yes, I'm afraid it is.'
Caller: 'Well, all
right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??'
Operator: 'Tell them you're too f---ing stupid to own a
computer!!!!!'
Frisbee