Today, a guy called customer support, claiming his internet wasn't working. I asked for his customer details, and he gave his name as Mike Hunt. I recognized the old joke, called him an idiot, and hung up on him. It turned out that was his real name. I'm now on suspension. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while working in a customer service call center, a customer berated me for using a fake name. He said my name is "too stupid" to be real and that no sane person would ever use it. It was my real name. FML
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
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
Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML
Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML
Today, while I was working customer support, a lady hung up on me mid-sentence, and I trailed off, saying, "…aaannnddd you hung up on me like a bitch." Turned out she was still on the line and had just accidentally hit mute. FML
Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML
Today, I answered a call at work from a very irate gentleman. After being shouted and sworn at profusely, I ended the call in a slightly less than civil manner. Turns out that guy is one of our company's biggest clients. FML
Today, due to technical problems, I had to call the company's IT-support as my computer went totally haywire. I explained via phone that I couldn't access anything. The support then tried contacting me by e-mail and got upset with me when I didn't answer. FML
Today, I was fired for "customer dissatisfaction." I work in IT and have never met one of my company's customers. FML
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Rainhawk94 27
Way to jump to conclusions
Rawr6591 21
Idk this joke
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Comments (97)
FlyingPie 17
I'd like to see what happens when you get calls from Mike Hawk, Mike Litoris, and Harry Nuzzak.
BabyrooKid 11
I guess that's what you get for treating Mike Hunt like crap.
xerbrus 14
Well if it was clean it would get better treatment
jmfreee 16
I've had a few pranks. Sometimes you just have to say something. But, you jumped the gun on this one.
DotDootyDot 17
When I was younger, my mother told me the most embarrassing thing she did at work in Brazil: she was working at an office back then, and she got a memo that a man named Girafaldo (yes, like the giraffe) was coming to see her to discuss some documents. She got mad at them for making a bad joke, and got back to work. An hour later, someone knocked on her door and, as she opened it, she was greeted by a very tall man who simply said "good morning mrs ____, I'm Girafaldo"; she immediately closed the door and started laughing like crazy, and only opened again when she had calmed down a bit. After apologizing profusely to the man, he grumbled "don't worry, it happens all the time". Some names just bring the worst of us!
Michaelgf 13
Who is the idiot now OP?
scarecrow0590 1
no joke, I dated a michael hunt who went by mike....
My__LifeSucksFML 7
You should have just said, "Okay so Mike H." Rather than jumping to conclusions.
sororitytaylor 24
Makes me think of this NAW story: Me: “Thank you for calling [hotel], this is John speaking, how can I help you? Caller: “I’m trying to get in contact with Mike Hunt.” (I check the guest list to make sure we don’t actually have a Michael Hunt staying with us.) Me: “Yes, Mr. Hunt is sharing a room with I.P. Freely, and he asked me to give you a message: he said to not call here again until you can come up with something a little more original, you pathetic losers.” Caller: *hangs up* ----- You should've at least checked if there really was a Mike Hunt before hanging up.
hordriss 14
Seeing as that could easily be someone's name, you're an idiot for jumping to that kind of conclusion. YDI
worldclassrager 41
Always consider it the real name...not a fake one...if they are calling it just seems reasonable...