Random Phone Call
Ring ring
"Hello, Owen Clay speaking"
"Hi, could I speak to the store manager please?"
When you run your own business people ask to speak to all manner of people if they don’t know the size of business you run.
"Er, I guess that would be me."
"My name’s Paul and I’m calling from XXX [ed: I can’t remember the company name]. I gather you have a faulty meat and poultry chiller cabinet that you need fixing."
"Er, nope. I’m a graphic designer."
Silence.
"So that isn’t the Lidl store then."
"<muffled laughter>No, I’m afraid not."
"Oh, OK. Bye then."
"Bye!
Oh?
I was going to ask if you had any chickens going cheap….
August 25th, 2006 at 1:52 pmChicken don’t go cheap, they go cluck
August 25th, 2006 at 2:03 pmok - have you got any clucking chickens going cheap.
August 25th, 2006 at 2:14 pmYou should have gone along with him, quoting part numbers then get to the end and say “Actually, sorry I’ve got a {insert part number} B
August 25th, 2006 at 2:28 pmWas he gonna give you new chickens?? Result!!
August 28th, 2006 at 12:31 am