Phone calls and Work: Gotcha!

Gotcha!

By Anonymous - 08/05/2014 03:57 - United States - State College

Today, while at work as a telemarketer, I called a customer on his home phone. Once I was connected, an automated voice said, "To speak with a customer, please press 1." Confused, I pressed one. I then heard loud laughter followed by, "Oh my god! What a dumbass!" before they hung up. FML

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Today, while I was working at a call center, a customer was pranking me using an obviously fake Asian accent. He kept saying his name was “Phuck Mi”, his phone number was 666-3629 (as in "Sex sex sex free sex tonight") and making moaning noises and sexual phrases. I don’t get paid enough for this. FML

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Thursday 8 May 2014 16:28

That's some brilliant role reversal on their part

AFCCT 7

Thursday 8 May 2014 16:27

Well that's just plain awesomeness.

Comments

kotake 7

Thursday 8 May 2014 21:46

Call them thrice a week for three weeks. They'll never do that again. That being said, I'd rather be a telemarketer than unemployed... Don't get why everyone has their pants in a knot. Then again I respect Jehovah's Witnesses too and give attention to people advocating on the streets so maybe I just have the patience of the Buddha.

knoxxx 22

Friday 9 May 2014 1:24

"Be an annoying jerk and possibly risk losing your job to get back at a customer for a mildly rude prank!" Sounds like a great idea.

moondoglou420 17

Saturday 10 May 2014 22:51

Buddha wouldn't take revenge..

moondoglou420 17

Saturday 10 May 2014 22:56

If anyone does this, btw, just go online and find a number milling bot's (they call numbers at random and log the ones that pick up to sell to marketers) number and auto-forward the number to it. In about 1-2 weeks the telemarketer will start getting a lot of their own medicine.

AlwaysWatching 27

Thursday 8 May 2014 23:31

Yeah this is from a vine. Ugh.

worldclassrager 39

Thursday 8 May 2014 23:32

That was cruel...but I have to admit that's a good one

cloud1138 10

Friday 9 May 2014 1:17

I saw it on a vine

Thatguy334 7

Friday 9 May 2014 2:49

Side you're an idiot and hard core deserve it

HowsBoutaRoadie 8

Friday 9 May 2014 4:21

now you know how annoying you are.

whitewolf83008 0

Friday 9 May 2014 4:27

I'm also a telemarketer. And for all you assholes saying to get a better job, i make 24 dollars an hour telemarketing. Brush it off OP, the best revenge is to do well.

amisenho 11

Monday 12 May 2014 19:00

You're paid $24 an hour to sit at a desk and call people? Damn. I run biological assays on plant material as a lab technician for a measly $10 an hour.