Customer Service

CSR on phone: Call back tomorrow and we’ll see if we can get the world to revolve around you.

175 South Third Street
Columbus, Ohio

Bewildered call agent: No, ma'am, “Seattle” is not spelled with a “c,” if it were it would sound like… “cattle.”

Yakima, Washington

Overheard by: Moooo

CSR: I'm bored.
Manager: Well, go find something to do.
CSR: There's nothing around here to do just yet.
Manager: There's always something–go clean your drawers.
CSR: My drawers are clean…I think.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

CSR on phone: Please sir, stop yelling at me. (pause) You do not need to swear at me. (pause) You call me that one more time and I'm going to hang up. (pause) Yeah, I'm still here. (pause, then hangs up) The best part was he told me to die.

Phildelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: headsethottie

African-American CSR to team manager: Sir, this customer says that he wants to speak to someone else. He says he doesn't want to talk with a “nigger.”
Team manager: Ask him how he feels about talking to a gay Asian man.

Round Rock, Texas

CSR on phone: No ma'am… If I was out trying to bang my dick in a bar I wouldn't take the time to call you back.

Atlanta, Georgia

Woman in cubicle on call with overseas agent: Oh, hello… were you in Slumdog Millionaire?
Confused customer service agent: What?

Ottawa
Canadia

Overheard by: poking my eyes out with my pen

CSR on phone: Help desk, this is James*.
[pause] CSR: I am sorry, this is the PC and phone help desk. Sounds like you need the facilities help desk if a toilet is stopped up.
[pause] CSR: Okay sir, I understand, but you need facilites, not the help desk.
[long pause] CSR: Okay, is it a Windows toilet or a Unix toilet?
Customer, now on speakerphone: Well, there are no windows in this bathroom, so I guess it must be a Unix toilet.
CSR: Okay, I will get a Unix toilet specialist there as soon as we can. Which building and bathroom is it?
[pause] CSR: Thanks.
[CSR hangs up] CSR back on phone: Hello, facilities? This is James at the PC help desk. Yeah, I have a doozy for you…try not to laugh…

730 International Parkway
Richardson, Texas

Overheard by: El Gee

CSR: Okay, and what’s the address?
Customer: 123* A Street.
CSR: Okay, and which street is that on?
Customer: A Street.
CSR: I understand that you live on a street, sir, but I need to know which one.

1001 Roeder Avenue
Bellingham, Washington

CSR: Oh, you work on computers? You probably know more than I do so this should be an easy call, huh?

25 Brooklyn Avenue
Forsyth, Georgia