A Collection of Amsuing Phone Calls

1. "Thank you for calling ------, how may I help you?"
    "Hi, can I speak to a rental car please?"
    "...I'm sorry?"
    "A rental car? Er, sorry! Sorry! I meant, can I speak to someone about a rental car?"
    "Oh, of course, haha..."

2. "Thank you for calling ------, how may I help you?"
    "Hey, yeah, do you guys have any solar eclipse glasses?"
    "Um...no?"
    "Oh, okay." *hangs up*

3. "Thank you for calling ------, how may I help you?"
    "Hallo, yes eh...can I peak to ah...da place with ah...the oil changes?"
    *confused* "I'm sorry?"
    "You know...da place with the oil and da tire exchanges?"
    "...OH! You mean service? Yes, of course."

4. "Thank you for calling ------, how may I help you?"
    *muffled voices and lots of background noise; sounds like they're in a car*
    "...hello?" *after no answer I hang up, as is standard procedure, and wait to see if they call back*
    *they call back, I answer, and the same issue occurs*
    *this continues for, I kid you not, another 10 minutes until the person on the other line hangs up*
    (to this day I have no idea who the person was or what they wanted; they have never called back)

5. "Thank you for calling ------, how may I help you?"
    *heavy French accent* "Yes, um...I need some assistance..."
    "Okay. do you need your car serviced?"
    "Er, no...I need um...uh..."
    "Do you want to speak with a salesman, perhaps?"
    "Um...maybe? This...this is Red Cross, yes?"
    *sudden realization* "OH! No sir, this is a car dealership?"
    "Um...?"
    "Cars, sir?"
    "Oh...pardon me, madam." *hangs up*

Clumsy Me

*phone rings, I reach to answer it*

*phone slips from my hand right after I pick it up, hitting the desk hard*

What I can only assume the poor customer on the other line heard:

"BANG......thank you for calling [insert company name], how may I help you?"

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*phone rings, I answer*

"Thank you for-" *suddenly phone slips from between my shoulder and ear and falls of the desk, hitting the ground before proceeding to dangle from it's cord. I reach over to pick up the phone*

"I'm so sorry; this is [insert company name], may I help you?"

"What just happened?"

"I uh...I dropped the phone, sir..."

*chuckles* "Oh, okay. I thought you'd been attacked or something!"

*embarrassed chuckle* "No, sir. I'm alright."

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"I'm sorry, Mr. Smith is unavailable. Can I take a message?"

*realizes that there is no pen with the message pad*

 

*proceeds to try and sound calm and professional while attempting to memorize this person's info as I scramble to find any sort of writing utensil*