Strange Phone Calls
I was sitting here feverishly working away (not really) and my extension rang. A gentleman on the other end of the line was inquiring about building a website. He had a concept and wanted me to give him a quote over the phone. He lives in the area so I tried to set up an appointment with him to outline what it was that he needed and that way we could have an accurate idea of what he was looking for. Turns out he wanted a website like Ebay or Amazon. Sweet!
Still wanting me to give him a quote off the cuff, I tried to explain that this was a seriously HUGE project and we would definitely need to meet. After a few more questions, we started talking about budget. He had a budget of $900 to $1000. Silence ensued. I didn't know how to respond. I kindly explained to him that you could not build an Ebay for $1000. He hung up.
Here's the funny part. Instead of working feverishly like I had previously indicated, I was actually on a website called Tech Support Comedy listening to recorded customer service calls. I have never had someone that irate call me before, but I thought that it was rather ironic that I was wasting time on a website like that and I got a call that could be a part of that site.
What have you received in the way of strange calls?
Labels: fun, technology, Websites
posted by Big Pappa @ 12:59 PM
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I had the phones this weekend for our attys. I received a phone call from a guy who was rear-ended by a police officer on Friday night and he wanted to know how much money could he get for getting rear ended by a police officer. I politely told him to call his own insurance company and let them tell him how much money he could get from someone who serves and protects us.
actually no.. i am no brainee with website building and stuffs. my field is in accounting and finance.
I work for an OB/GYN and I had a husband call about (what he referred to as) "his wife's cat-shmear". I had a hard time not loosing it on that one, as he tended to repeat it several times during our conversation.
after working for over 7 years in verizon's leading call center i couldn't begin to tell you all the strange calls i've had to deal with. but i will say that for over 6 months in 2000 i was #1 in the nation in customer service according to customer surveys.
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