Today, at work, I spent half an hour on the phone with a customer. At the end of the conversation, as he was putting down the phone, I heard him say 'God, he was a miserable git'. I'm a 28 year old woman. 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 at work, I had to spend an hour and a half on the phone, listening to an old lady relive her entire day in excruciating detail. We're not allowed to hang up on customers, and she was extremely quick to dismiss all my attempts to steer the call back on topic. 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, at work, I took a call from an angry customer. After listening to his problem and fully explaining how we could fix it, he called me a stupid girl and said I need more training as I obviously know nothing about my job. I'm the company training coordinator. FML
Today, while working at my call center, I took a phone call. The guy on the other line just yelled "FUCK YOU!" twice at the top of his lungs before hanging up on me. But of course, the phone agent is always at fault. FML
Today, I was on the phone with an elderly customer at work. I had to spend 10 minutes listening to him describe how the underwear he bought was too tight and caused his bladder to leak. FML
Today, I was working when I delivered the standard "Hello, how are you?" to a customer. He took the opportunity to tell me about his deceased wife, his estranged children, and his anal tearing. After a while, I tried to help someone else, and he complained to my manager. I was written up. FML
Today, a customer berated me and told me to stop whining because I have to work on the weekend. What did I do to deserve this? I said, "Hi, how are you doing today?" 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, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML
Today, an elderly gentleman customer decided to tell me that while I'm not attractive at all, he'd still bang me all the same. Then he gave me a pained smile, like he was struggling not to shit himself, and left. I'm starting to hate working retail. FML
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Top comments
purple_sarah88 0
I'm sorry that happened. I've worked phone customer service before, customers can be so rude sometimes. No wonder you didn't sound cheery! And the only reason he thought you sounded male was because he wasn't listening. You even say your name at the start of the call! How stupid is he? It's all on him, don't take it personally.
Ninjafriends 1
Hey, you have a manly voice, who cares. It's not something you can control. However, you're still a miserable git.
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Comments (45)
bishouji 3
haha that sucks
connorfinch 0
noooooooooo
iSitt 0
always look on the bright side of life
Dawminator 16
I think that's why it's an fml...
machiko_fml 0
Aw, poor you. Must suck having a manly voice.
mygreenhoodie 0
Bitch
HoustonER 0
what about bitches?
IcyJack 7
You breed them with the alpha, and you got yourself a nice healthy litter of pups. That's what you meant, right?
IronZombie 0
machiko, at least she doesn't have a manly penis like you
purple_sarah88 0
I'm sorry that happened. I've worked phone customer service before, customers can be so rude sometimes. No wonder you didn't sound cheery! And the only reason he thought you sounded male was because he wasn't listening. You even say your name at the start of the call! How stupid is he? It's all on him, don't take it personally.
catatonicsleep 17
If their name is something androgenous like Sam then it won't help place the gender at all
stonergirl411 0
and most places too your not giving your real name so shit heads cant stalk you
Ninjafriends 1
Hey, you have a manly voice, who cares. It's not something you can control. However, you're still a miserable git.
perdix 31
After listening to NPR, there are so many "femmy"-sounding men that the distinction between male and female voices is getting blurry. The least of your problems is the gender confusion. Being a git is the worst of your problems followed closely by being a miserable one at that.
bigbadtim 7
Sucks that he called you a git, but there is no real need to worry about the 'he'. People use improper personal pronouns all the time. Just because the customer used the word he instead of she does not mean he is stupid or sexist. Okay, dude?
enoughgrace 4
"I see what you did there."
WiseGuy79 14
Lay off the testosterone pills That nice thick mustache should be your first warning sign haha
Rosa_La_Hermosa 5
Haha that sucks. But don't worry about it the dude was just a jerk.
DocBastard 40
Just go home after work, have a nice bath and a glass of wine, and scratch your balls for a while. You'll feel better, I promise.
ninjanate 0
leave it to docbastard for making a funny comment
nathan5 0
Leave it to ninjante to kiss his ass.
sourgirl101 29
Leave it up to nathan5 to think ninjande is kissing ass, when he is in fact just leaving it up to DocBastard to make a funny comment.
nathan5 0
You got me! Dammit :@
sourgirl101 29
Leave it up to nathan5 to leave^ this comment and break the combo. Good job! (:lol
Brittneyyyy 7
People's voices can sound different on different phones. I've borrowed strangers' and friends' phones before to make calls, and some of my girl friends have sounded less than girly on them. And if you have a name that could be a guy or girl's name, that just makes the problem even worse. I wouldn't worry too much about it OP, it sounds like this is the first time it's happened :)