Actual (for the most part) phone conversation:
Me: "Janelle's Most Awesome Design Company."
Caller: "Is Elizabeth there?"
"I'm sorry, but you have the wrong number."
"Is this 555-555-1234?"
"Yes, it is. There is nobody here by that name."
"Is this the Gattison residence?"
"No. This is Janelle's Most Awesome Design Company. This is a business."
"So, Elizabeth isn't there."
"No."
--silence--
"Do you have any other questions?"
--click--
How the conversation would've went if I'd known from the get-go that the caller was going to be rude:
Me: "Janelle's Most Awesome Design Company."
Caller: "Is Elizabeth there?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Jack."
"This isn't Simon? You sound like Simon."
--gasp!--
"That Elizabeth... I can never keep track of all of her guy friends. Would you like to leave a message?"
--click--
4 comments:
Do you get pre-recorded calls telling you you've won a satellite dish for your "house"? Cause I do at work, nearly every day.
I could shoot the person that sold our business number...
I haven't received that call, yet. I do get the recorded "You've won a vacation!"
I wonder why, if I won, they don't have a real person call?
Jerks.
Janelle,
1) Your real-life comment "do you have any other questions" was actually a very witty riposte... most of us would have been very pleased with ourselves to come up with that one.
2) Your imaginary comments were even better. Do you know what they call that in French? Esprit d'escalier, which I think means "stairway wit" -- i.e., the great comeback that pops into your head after you've already left the room and headed down the stairs.
OM-- Yummy comments. Thank you. Bonus dessert in that you included a cute French phrase. Esprit d'escalier. That sounds like a dessert. I'm hungry.
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