I'm sick of the damn phone ringing!
ClayPigeon
It seems a local restaurant has a number similiar to my home phone. Wrong
numbers galor this week. What's ticking me off is the people who make the
call are having some difficulty understand the phrase, "I'm sorry you have
the wrong number." They seem to fall into one of three catagories.
A. The "Well-this-is-the-number-I-was-told-to-call-it-must-be-right" crowd,
who insist they must be calling the resaurant and I'm the person in error.
Like I'm somehow the one mistaken here and that I must have accidently
walked in to answer the restaurant's phone after mistakenly weeding the
parking lot, thinking it was my front yard...
B. The "Well-what-number-is-this?" crowd. You know the type, instead of
offer up the number they were trying to dial, they want you you to give
them your number. Somehow this person thinks I like to give out my number
to total strangers that can't dial the correct phone number in the first
place...
C. The subset of the group "B" that actually have my number written down by
mistake instead of the restaurant's. In this case, you have tell the
person, "Yes, you dialed the number correctly, but place your calling has
another number". Immediately after hanging up the phone, however, the same
person calls you up again...
Last night I finally gave up and started taking reservations while munching
on a bowl popcorn and watching the history channel. A couple calls wanted
to know if we took VISA, but I said we only took Amoco.
-cp
Riboflavin D. Monkey
>Wrong numbers...
>
>It seems a local restaurant has a number similiar to my home
>phone. Wrong numbers galor this week. What's ticking me off is
>the people who make the call are having some difficulty
>understand the phrase, "I'm sorry you have the wrong number."
>They seem to fall into one of three catagories.
>
>A. The "Well-this-is-the-number-I-was-told-to-call-it-must-be-
>right" crowd, who insist they must be calling the resaurant and
>I'm the person in error. Like I'm somehow the one mistaken here
>and that I must have accidently walked in to answer the
>restaurant's phone after mistakenly weeding the parking lot,
>thinking it was my front yard...
R U HOMELESS!!11!! 'CUZ D00D, U SHOULDN"T BE WEEDING STRANGE
PEOPLE"S PARKING LOTS.
>B. The "Well-what-number-is-this?" crowd. You know the type,
>instead of offer up the number they were trying to dial, they
>want you you to give them your number. Somehow this person
>thinks I like to give out my number to total strangers that
>can't dial the correct phone number in the first place...
Yes, this is great.
>C. The subset of the group "B" that actually have my number
>written down by mistake instead of the restaurant's. In this
>case, you have tell the person, "Yes, you dialed the number
>correctly, but place your calling has another number".
>Immediately after hanging up the phone, however, the same
>person calls you up again...
I get these calling at 3 in the morning, asking for "Beth". I
ask them what KISS has to do with it.
>Last night I finally gave up and started taking reservations
>while munching on a bowl popcorn and watching the history
>channel. A couple calls wanted to know if we took VISA, but I
>said we only took Amoco.
You should say "No! We only serve Americans, dammit!"
Were you drinking Pespi, Coke or IBC Cream Soda? You left out
some important points!
>-cp
>
>
I'm sick of the phone, but that's because it's "Courtesy Calls"
from whoever thinks I'm interested in New Windows Or Siding.
I tell them I don't live there and do not have the authority to
make such decisions. They call back in five minutes.
I loved it when I lived in an apartment and "they" would call
and give their speil about Their Super Fantastic Aluminum
Siding, and I would say "I live in an apartment. I don't own the
building. But Sure! How 'bout next week?" They hung up.
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Mortis
<sp362r9...@corp.supernews.com>, in which RUAi...@me.com
(ClayPigeon) typed:
>Last night I finally gave up and started taking reservations while munching
>on a bowl popcorn and watching the history channel. A couple calls wanted
>to know if we took VISA, but I said we only took Amoco.
The cause of Chaos thanks you. Bring the infidels to their knees:
start offering special offers (a free entree per table, or something)
for reservations in a certain time slot.
Mortis
Master of the Unknown, KPS
Nebulosis Defunctus
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They replied, 'You are the eschatological
manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma
in which we find the ultimate meaning in our
interpersonal relationships.' And Jesus said, 'What?'"
-Unknown
WWS
Mortis wrote:
>
> I used my telepathic powers to read
> <sp362r9...@corp.supernews.com>, in which RUAi...@me.com
> (ClayPigeon) typed:
> >Last night I finally gave up and started taking reservations while munching
> >on a bowl popcorn and watching the history channel. A couple calls wanted
> >to know if we took VISA, but I said we only took Amoco.
>
> The cause of Chaos thanks you. Bring the infidels to their knees:
> start offering special offers (a free entree per table, or something)
> for reservations in a certain time slot.
And be sure and mention the special you're running on Crunchy Fried Rat.
--
_________________________________________________WWS_____________
Tell them they can pick their own by the back door.
Geoduck
After you've had 'free-range rat', you'll never go back.
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Podkayne Fries
>
>Last night I finally gave up and started taking reservations while munching
>on a bowl popcorn and watching the history channel. A couple calls wanted
>to know if we took VISA, but I said we only took Amoco.
I'd keep taking reservations. As suggested, offer discounts and menu
advice. I'd offer a discount to anyone wearing a <name of locally-hated
sports team> shirt. Think of some other ideas for Theme Night
Discounts.
Tell them that the restaurant is closed until the chef gets back the
results of his hepatitis test.
We used to get calls for someone named Heather, who shares our last
name. Our calls stopped after Brother # 1 took a call one night and
said that Heather would return Joey's call after she finished giving my
brother a blow job.
--
Regards, Podkayne Fries
Necrophilia means never having to say you're sorry.
ClayPigeon
<3992fb29...@news.cis.dfn.de>:
Actually I'm adding a bit of surrealism to it now. When they call asking if
this is the restaurant, I immediately order take-out from them and hang up.
The change occurred because someone called again to complain that "we" lost
their reservations last night and they were quite upset. I told them if
they came down to the restaurant I'd make it up to them by having the
manager on duty give him eight free passes to Cedar Point.
I felt a bit guilty after that one.
-cp
Mortis
>this is the restaurant, I immediately order take-out from them and hang up.
That would work, too.
>The change occurred because someone called again to complain that "we" lost
>their reservations last night and they were quite upset. I told them if
>they came down to the restaurant I'd make it up to them by having the
>manager on duty give him eight free passes to Cedar Point.
*cackles madly*
>I felt a bit guilty after that one.
Guilt is for the weak, or something.