Friday, November 16, 2007

One Moment, Please

Two receptionists having a conversation:

Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Liz: “Hey girl, it’s me. I’m calling back to try to make some (beep) plans to (beep) get together…(beep) Do you need to get that?”
Me: “Yeah, hang on a sec…”
Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Random Caller # 1: “Sam Shenanigan, please.”
Me: “One moment please.” (boop, boop, boop, boop)
Me: “Okay, I’m back. Get together? Lessee, uh, what about (doodle-doodle) December…uh…” (doodle-doodle)
Liz: “Oops, you hang on now… [Warehouse Mania - You can leave your...] They hung up.”
Me: “I can hear you talking to customers. You calling from your cell?”
Liz: “Yeah. Anyway, December? (beep) That sounds (beep) good. I’m thinkin’ (beep) the…”
Me: “One second.”
Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Random Caller # 2: “What? Who is this?”
Me: “This is Multi National Mega Global.”
Random Caller # 2: “Oh, I’ve got… I’ve got the wrong number.” Click.
Me: “Okay Liz you there? Wrong number. So, December. What (beep) about Fri… (beep) Hang on…”
Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Random Caller # 2, again: Click.
Me: “Tsk. It was a hang up. All right, Friday the 7th? How does (doodle-doodle) that work for (doodle-doodle) you and...I’ll hold.”
Liz: “Just a minute. [Warehouse Mania - You can leave your cares with us. Who? Oh, he’s in a meeting right now. Would you like his voice mail? Thank you.] Okay, Friday the 7th.”
Me: “Do you still have to say that whole spiel every time?”
Liz: “Yeah, it’s sick, don’t you think?”
Me: “Man, I thought mine was bad. Okay, back to the 7th. I’m out of here at five, so maybe we meet up at GingerBeer’s?”
Liz: “How about this: let’s do cheap and have a (beep) potluck or some (beep) thing at…Go.”
Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Random Caller # 3: “Hi, this is Jody from Corporate. I’ve got Mr. King on the line for Mr. Shenanigan. May I connect you?”
Me: “Hi Jody. Okay, go ahead.”
Jody: “Go ahead, Mr. King.”
Mr. King: “Put me through to Sam.”
Me: “One moment please.” (boop, boop, boop, boop)
Me: “Jeez, when it rains it pours. So you said potluck. Hello? You still there?”
Liz: “[…and thanks for calling Warehouse Mania. Bye now.] Okay, you there?”
Me: “Hi. Potluck?”
Liz: “Oh, yeah. I’m thinking we could go up to Stuart’s (beep) house and… (beep) Yeah, go on.”
Me: “Hold on.”
Me: “Thank you for calling Multi National Mega Global, how may I direct your call?”
Random Caller # 4: “This is not a joke! Business owner, you are qualified for a…”
Me: Click.
Me: “Liz, I’m back. It was one of those recordings.”
Liz: “Was it ‘Estimado cliente’ or ‘This is not a joke’”?
Me: “’This is not a joke’. Anyway, the 7th, Stuart’s, potluck. You still a (beep) vegan?” (beep)
Liz: “Listen, I (doodle-doodle) gotta go.” (doodle-doodle)
Me: “Well, (beep) why don’t you (beep) send me an email?” (beep)
Liz: “Cool. I’ll (doodle-doodle) do that. So glad (doodle-doodle) we got to (doodle-doodle) chat!”
Me: “Me too, girl! (beep) Let’s talk (beep) soon!”

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