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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got screamed at to the point of tears by a Starbucks employee for "giving an obviously fake name" to confuse one of the employees. I told her my real name. My name is Ian. 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, 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, 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
Today, working at a fast food restaurant, I was berated by a customer for a good two minutes. It's okay though because she ended with, "Sorry, I forget you all are real people." FML
Today, I assisted a customer at work. She was asking me all sorts of stupid questions and acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. When she left, since I had a mask on, I meant to mouth, "Stupid bitch" but I blurted it out loud. Everyone heard. I was fired. 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 got yelled at by a customer while working at a bank call center. He was furious I apologized for a mistake that someone else had made. I again apologized for apologizing. FML
Today, while not feeling well at work, I had to finish up some papers. I was so out of it, I couldn't remember how to spell my name. I had to improvise by pronouncing each syllable of my name out loud. My boss now thinks I'm a dumbass. 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
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slingerslasher 24
I'm so sorry, Mr. Dick Long.
totallynotemily 25
What is your name?
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Comments (81)
HylianBadger 21
Tell them that their face is too stupid, and that no sane person would keep it.
HylianBadger 21
Is it Asswipé? (Pronounced A-swee-pay)
LyricaSilvan 30
Some people are just too caught up on their own opinions and fail to realize that sometimes things are legitimate, even if they seem strange or unconventional.
Unenunciable 14
My mom once had a co-worker with the last name "Nussbeutel", which could be translated literally as "nutsack". :D
Muttley9 13
You are not alone my friend. I personally have met Richard Douglas Stiff, the gynecologist who deliverd my son and Dick Badcock of Badcock's Furniture. Some parents should die; movie and rock star parents are the worst offenders for jaw dropping names.
Suffolk_yourself 8
I know a guy called Wayne King, hope it's not as bad as that OP!
scottishoatmeal 22
Ben Dover?
ulissey_fml 22
Pyd is indeed a weird surname, but Stew is a perfectly acceptable first name in my book.
SailorSolaris 43
Don't feel so bad. A family friend was dating a guy named Nimrod and a guy I know knew someone named Jerk Harder *giggles*. So don't feel upset!
EnJey0 19
There will be people in the world who are dicks and don't understand that this isn't their own little utopia where they can just decide what is correct and incorrect.
jocamo 24
I used to work at a call center and some of the different names seemed funny to us. One poor girl had to book a reservation for a Mr. Moo. It was quite hard for her to do it seriously as every time she spoke to him everyone would giggle.