Customer Service

CSR: Any possible combination of fetish can be googled and is on the net for free. I mean, if you want to see shit on a midget while he is playing with teddy bears…it's there!

Aliso Viejo, California

CSR #1, about recall of peanut butter crackers: I had no idea that peanut butter could contain salmonella.
CSR #2: Yeah, well…nuts can be pretty dirty.

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Overheard by: Bonny

Loudspeaker: Customer assistance in fabrics. (pause) Says she's really, really angry, so…no rush.

Wal-Mart
Orlando, Florida

Overheard by:

Customer: I don't care! I don't care that I need to talk to him! I don't care that he's unavailable! Do you hear me? I don't care.
Customer service rep, blandly: Then why have you called us today, sir, if you're so apathetic?

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: i used to be his supervisor

CSR #1, deadpan: They do that on the phone sometimes. When you do that to me on the phone, you really get me.
CSR #2, excitedly: Yeah, oh yeah!

Chesapeake, Virginia

Overheard by: Ashleigh

Customer service rep to customer: No, sir, you cannot fax a payment.

Southington, Connecticut

CSR on phone: They found out my boyfriend is a felon and now they are throwing us out of the trailer park.

Colonial Heights, Virginia

Help desk: Thank you for calling, this is SUU, how can I help you?
Ditzy caller: Yeah…hi, I'm having problems with your website. Whenever I enter my employment in this field it kicks back a scary warning and says invalid characters.
Help desk: Okay, we're having a bit of a glitch with that, so just go ahead and remove all of the punctuation, then it should go through no problem.
Ditzy caller: Punctuation? You mean like capital words?

Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Ang

Angry customer on phone: Where are you located at?
CSR: Iowa.
Angry customer on phone: I outta come there and kick your ass!
Calm CSR: With all due respect sir, bring it. (hangs up)

Boyrum
Iowa City, Iowa

Overheard by: Cube Mate

CSR: Thank you for calling, how are you today? (pause) Oh, very uncomfortable and kind of disturbing?

Plymouth, Minnesota