[Nablo.]

I answered the phone at work today and I was taking down someone's details. I said "is that miss or mrs?" He said "it's Mr!"

I got very embarassed.....

It was probably Robot Wars legend, George Francis.

He is a rather worrying Kid

[MK Chris]

I did almost the same thing today - I blamed my phone's headset, and got away with it. Luckily the bloke had a sense of huour....

This bloke didn't laugh, I just carried on with a red face! I will have to try the headset thing next time.

[Uglybob]

just ask him if his balls have dropped. if they say they dont have any then theyre female. but then again could be a transexual. bugger them, not literally.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

just ask him if his balls have dropped. if they say they dont have any then theyre female. but then again could be a transexual. bugger them, not literally.

you know bob sometimes i really worry about you......

[Adam]

just ask him if his balls have dropped. if they say they dont have any then theyre female. but then again could be a transexual. bugger them, not literally.

you know bob sometimes i really worry about you......

surely there is more to worry about then uglybob? you can see what he's for...

[Morals]

I did almost the same thing today - I blamed my phone's headset, and got away with it. Luckily the bloke had a sense of huour....

This bloke didn't laugh, I just carried on with a red face! I will have to try the headset thing next time.

I've now decided to ask "...and who am I speaking to please?" as opposed to "..and am I speaking to Mrs Jones now?"

Less room for error.

[MK Chris]

Yeah, but don't you answer the phones for mortgages (I think i remember from a previous thread)? Which means they're probably already customers with their details on database.

I answer the phones for washing detergents, most people are new customers, so we have to get full names if we can. If you ask "Who am I speaking to?" They say Brown or something, and I'm like "..er, OK, Brown."

[Sidders]

Talking about sales reps and stuff, some eejit rang me today from O2 and said they rang me last week and I told them I was interested in purchacing a contract phone, to which I replied "I've already got a contract phone". Talk about bad research.

[MK Chris]

Never dealt with O2. Heard lots of horror stories from Orange on contract though (but i never had a contract with orange)

[Blueapple]

Whenever a telemarketer calls up and asks to “speak to Mister or Misses Stevenson”, I usually respond with “this is she” in a deep, cavernous voice.

[Gigglyboots]

o2 are pretty hard to get much sense from, I waited on hold for forty five minutes, and gave up, after two weeks and two e-mails from them, then I got the problem fixed. Rather busy.

[MK Chris]

45 minutes???? Thats bad bloody service. we have to answer 80% of calls within 20 seconds and can only have an average hold time of 30 secs

[Matt]

Never dealt with O2. Heard lots of horror stories from Orange on contract though (but i never had a contract with orange)

Never had a problem with Orange. I submitted a query through their website the other day expecting some automated reply, but some bird called me today to discuss it. Good service!

[Morals]

45 minutes???? Thats bad bloody service. we have to answer 80% of calls within 20 seconds and can only have an average hold time of 30 secs

We have people waiting for half an hour at times. O2 are pissing me off - I've phoned them loads of times to get them to replace my lost sim card that supposedly has been sent - I've given up and gone back to VodaFone....

[MK Chris]

Aaaah. Vodafone. Singlepoint by any chance? we used to have the singlepoint contract at merchants before i started, one of my mates was on that line

[Morals]

I have no idea what you are on about to be honest. Sorry Toph.

[MK Chris]

OK, well if you have a contract phone on vodafone (dont know if you have) the bill is dealt with by a company called singlepoint. not that it matters but when i upgraded my phone my bill went to over £100 a bloody month for 3 months!

[Morals]

Ah, I see.

[superwoman]

whatever turns you on!

[Chief Erf]

Someone has just built a phone mast down the road, so im gonna get fried.

[Nablo.]

I work under one.

[Chief Erf]

Explains a lot

[Nablo.]

Only a few hours at a time, so no worse than normal Mobil users.

[Sidders]

I predict a brain cancer epidemic in a few years time. People should realise that using mobiles is comparative to putting your head in a microwave. I try to avoid talking on mobiles if I can.

[Gigglyboots]

Well, I'm going to get fried.