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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was on a work call when my coworker made an accidental Freudian slip. Thinking I was muted, I muttered, "That’s what she said." I wasn’t muted. FML
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, 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, 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, at work, due to a mix up, I had to call an answering service. I am also from an answering service. We got the problem fixed but I couldn't hang up due to company policy. She couldn't hang up either. We both had to get our supervisors for permission to hang up. 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, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. 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, I called the crisis helpline, and because my connection was cutting in and out for a moment, they hung up on me. When I called back, it was shift change, so they hung up again. FML
Today, I gave an online presentation to an important client. After I'd done my thing, I asked if there were any questions. No one responded, so I confidently ended the call… except I hadn’t ended it and they heard me mutter, “Thank fuck that’s over.” FML
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XDsmileyDX_fml 24
In other news, I heard there's a job opening at a customer support center near you.
leptical 6
Lol you ****** up
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SmoothPancakes 10
I have to deal with phone calls from the public while I'm at work (a radio station) and I've had some people who would call in and immediately start bitching about something, not let me get a word in edgewise and then hang up the phone on me mid sentence. I always make sure to hang up the phone first, then I'll start making vulgar remarks about the *****. Best and safest way to do it!
DrStevenAwesome 7
I do that all the time at work. Customers are assholes.
Nilorak 24
You seem to be too.
ExastirisDragon 22
I matter what, you have to put up with them. I have.
Queen_of_Night 20
YDI... I've worked for GameStop and XBox and you are lucky you are just suspended. You NEVER cuss until the receiver is down...
deathfyre8 13
I doubt you worked for "Xbox" because if you did you'd know the company was Microsoft not Xbox. Xbox is not. Company, it is the product. You cannot work for a product but you can work for a company.
glabberfasted 16
Xbox is a brand, owned by Microsoft.
Queen_of_Night 20
Why would I say I worked for Microsoft when I worked for T3 Xbox support? Saying that I work for Microsoft would imply that I would be a programmer or something along those lines. My job title was Xbox Global Escalation Specialist. I did nothing but XBox...
worldclassrager 41
Mute noise and the end call click noise are quite different...and now let's hope you know the difference
Dozer1988 14
I'm pretty sure I've had very similar situations happen to me when I was working customer service. I also once had a man call in and ********** on the line, I was traumatized and sent home. Could always be worse, OP. But for future reference, always mute your end before saying something mean.
SpamPam 18
Oh god that's terrible :(
miliaras93 17
Heard this one before ..
vikky538 29
never fuckup your source of bread and butter YDI...
RidingCJ 17
daily problems. I know how yoj feel.
youdontknowme24 12
Now its time to look for another job.
leeloo900 9
Why would you say something like that on the job? YDI