kbug95
Avondale, United States
Today, while at work at a call center, I got a call from an elderly man who needed a new credit card because he'd accidentally cut up his own card instead of his wife's. Trying to be funny, I said "Trying to keep her in line, eh?" Turns out his wife had just died. FML
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unidentifieduser 23
It's not like you knew she had passed away. Don't beat yourself up about it.
Pleonasm 36
He was keeping her in line for the crematorium.
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johnthejolly 10
The call center game is a hard one
GunSlinger69 19
Is it by any chance a scummy call center and are all of your co-workers drug addicts?
19990231 29
No, that op didn't get the job remember. This op is the drug addict.
KhaleesiDannie 26
I was actually going to say that haha at least this OP has a seemingly good personality
kbug95 12
Lol we are not drug addicts I promise. Our job is to make our customers feel like they're talking to a friend, not a credit card company. I crack jokes with people all the time. This time, however, it was a close call. I've used that joke before and the guys usually laugh and sarcastically confirm. And again, he was REALLY nice about the whole thing.
buckdharma 38
Don't you just hate it when you're dead and someone clips your card?
sweetbliss3 37
don't feel too bad about that, you couldn't have known. fyl, indeed.
mistress_paz 30
I've said the wrong thing to clients over the phone too. FYL for having to work in a call center.
joe3_fml 15
Real smooth.
LookDownValjean 7
It might seem like you deserved it, but you were just being a good employee in trying to relate to your customer....
supertacowaffle 41
That was pretty funny OP, I'm sure under normal circumstances he would have seen the funny side :)
missbrit818 20
Whoops. I hate when these things happen
rhysfucker 24
At least you don't write for Hallmark.