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| Luke's Dad | Apr 22 2009, 03:00 PM Post #1 |
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First, I negotiate an advertising rate in the Post. Normally, a four day spot costs us $6k. I get it for $2300. Call the boss, and he decides that's just too much to spend on advertising right now. Then, somebody calls, thinking it's the cab company. They proceed to yell at me on the phone for not being the cab company. "This is the number in the phone book!" Then, they called back. They got even more upset to discover that we had not, in fact, become a taxi cab company in the thirty seconds since they hung up. Then, they called back again! Wanting to know if I knew the number for the cab company. (And still acting pissy). Now, I've got God's Gift to New Age going through the store and playing every singl;e freaking piano. Well, that's not quite true. He does play some pop stuff, too, judging by the fifteen minute rendition of Somewhere Out There he just finished. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Dewey | Apr 22 2009, 03:06 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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On the third call, you should have just said you were the cab company, took their information, and told them a cab would be there for them as requested. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Kincaid | Apr 22 2009, 03:13 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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And then laughed off their previous two attempts by saying that was the boss and he just loves practical jokes. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| musicasacra | Apr 22 2009, 03:19 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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When I lived in Berkeley, I got calls fairly often asking to book reservations for dinner. I finally figured out my number was one digit off from a Chinese restaurant. Boy were they surprised when I served Italian. |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 22 2009, 03:49 PM Post #5 |
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You should get him a cab. |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 22 2009, 05:31 PM Post #6 |
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Cheers
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I had a number one away from a pizza place in college. I used to take the orders and promise delivery in 30 minutes or less. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 23 2009, 03:51 AM Post #7 |
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Dude I would have done that on call two. And then during the inevitable call back, I would swear up and down that the cab's at the address. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Apr 23 2009, 03:59 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Did the Somewhere Out There dude buy a piano? Or was he just there to annoy you? |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| PattyP | Apr 23 2009, 05:32 AM Post #9 |
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My sister used to get calls from people wanting Joe's Tree Service. She got so fed up if she finally changed her VM message to, "This is Mary. This is NOT Joe's Tree Service. If you asked me to take down a tree in your yard it WILL fall on your house."
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 23 2009, 07:00 AM Post #10 |
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R-2 I should have mentioned, no the guy wasn't a customer. If somebody's a legitimate customer, I don't mind listening to Bartok for 18 hours straight. This morning's already off to a great start. Six telephone solicitations already. No, I'm not going to confirm any business information. No, I'm not going to share my name. If you've got a legitmate service, you can fax me the details or mail it. Period. |
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