I called Fed-Ex to schedule a pick-up today. I know, nobody actually calls anymore, and I usually schedule them online but I had major time constraints, and wanted to be absolutely sure they would be there before 3:30. So I do the whole entering the account number and all that, but apparently screwed with the system anough that they transferred me to a live person, which was great since that's what I wanted. So the guy gets on the phone, and he already knows who I am because I had entered my account number. I was quite confused when he asked me "Is this Forever Night?" I'm like, uh....no it's the credit union. He says "Right, the credit union. So is this Forever Night?" I'm thinking, is there a store around here called Forever Night? So I say, this is Cindy with the credit union. He gets a little impatient with me and asks again, is this Forever Night? I start wondering if he's getting all philosophical on me, forever night....are you depressed, guy? I start preparing my "god works in mysterious ways" speech when it hits me, he's asking me if it's for over night. Well what the fuck, you're Fed Ex right? Isn't it all over night? Isn't that what you do? Isn't that why I called you? Stupid.
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14 comments:
Language barriers suck. Stupidity barriers are worse. Does anyone ever use Fed Ex for a delivery the next week? It would be fun to call them and ask for that.
Forever Night sounds like a good title for a scary movie.
HA!HA!!
When I went to Boston, my friend's neighbor had to ask me 4 times if my dog was a pound pup. The last time I used that phrase was when I was talking about those stuffed animal dogs (pound puppies). I totally didn't understand him and had to ask my friend what he was saying. Oops! hee hee. You talk to people from all over the country and even world when you call the 800 numbers these days.
See what happens when services get outsourced to other countries. Quit funny thoughin your case CL.
when i was in vegas, this guy was saying he was staying at paris... and no one could understand him.
"paris"
"harrah's?"
"paris!"
"bally's??"
"NO, PARIS!"
"imperial palace?"
"PARIS! with the EIFFEL TOWER!"
"eiffel tower??? ... (5 second time lapse) OH! PARIS! why didn't you just say so?"
"Is this forever night?" That is some seriously funny stuff. I would be losing it too. haha that is funny.
Forever Night sounds like a lotion for men with Erectile Dysfunction...
Maybe he was hitting on you. Saying he last forever all night.
yes, forever knight was a really, really cheesy canadian syndicated buddy cop show about a vampire. he was a cop. or a detective. or something. i had a friend who used to love that show. it was awful. not sure if it was supposed to be canadian or just canada used for the US. but still. that's what i thought this post was about. ha ha.
i think people who speak properly should be the only ones allowed to use a phone for a living.
Let's find out where he lives and go t.p. his house. Wtf is wrong with people? He obviously knew you were having trouble understanding his run on language. He could have helped the conversation out by saying, "No, I mean is this for the following day?" What a twink!
Next time start talking in pig latin.:)
I thought that maybe CL had some sort of website that we didn't know about...one where she would be shipping things in plain brown paper...that's it, isn't it!?!?
Okay, that's just stupid. I don't get companies who hire people who are unable or unwilling to speak clearly to work their phones. I don't even really like to talk on the phone, much less waste time with the constant "Excuse me?" or better yet... "Huh?"
EJ, I too totally thought it was a porno. In fact (and this is probably a bad sign about where my mind has been lately), I had envisioned a plot... Kind of a 1001 Arabian nights theme. I need help, I know.
I thought maybe it was the name of a hooker or a drag queen.
Also, CL, is this the most number of comments you've ever had on a single post?
That is just hilarious! I am reminded of my own experience with Australianair Transport this morning! (Though not nearly as funny as yours!)
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