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Re: We Want to Cancel Your Service




Doug wrote:
> Your talking about something I did when I was 18 or 19 years old, some 40+
> years ago, would I do it now?, probably not, but I did a lot of things when
> I was younger that I wouldn't do now, but that doesn't mean I regret doing
> them at the time.

Then I owe you an apology.  But, to be fair, it wasn't apparent from
your post that it was tht far in the past.

>
> But its still hard to feel sorry for some nimrod who calls repeatedly in the
> space of few minutes after being told its the wrong number especially when
> they slam the phone down or simply hang up with out apologising for calling
> the wrong number and I can tell you this for a fact, the landlord at the pub
> couldn't have cared less.

That wasn't apparent either.  Sorry again.

>
> If a customer or a potential customer is stupid enough to repeatedly bother
> a homeowner by calling their residence within the space of a few minutes
> after being told its a wrong number and still not realise they are calling
> the same residence. I wouldn't blame the homeowner for tiring of it and just
> telling them what they want to hear to get them to stop calling.
>
> ring ring
> Hello
> I'd like a table for two
> Sorry you have the wrong number
> (they slam the phone down)
> five seconds later
> ring ring
> Hello
> I'd like a table for two
> Sorry you still have the wrong number try xxxxxx
> (they slam the phone down)
> five seconds later
> ring ring
> Hello
> I'd like a table for two
> You're calling the wrong number try xxxxxx
> (they slam the phone down)
> ten sconds later
> ring ring
> Hello
> I'd like a table for two
> OK What time and what's your name? Thank you goodbye
> ten seconds later
> silence
>
> What would you do?
>

Get a call back number and order a pizza?

Seriously I can't imagine that more than a few of them were like that.


> Do unto others?, would that be anything like "keep bothering me with your
> stupidity and I'll bother you  by taking a phony reservation/service
> call/sales call/pizza"
>

But you aren't punishing the idiot, you are punishing the business they
were trying to call.  But since you have stated that the owner knew it
and didn't care the point is moot.  I assume the owner was the one
having to put up with the irate customer who has already proven they
aren't the sharpest tool in the shed.

I was just picturing a manager, already dealing with all the headaches
that one has with a staff that is primarily teenagers, now having to
calm a customer who KNOWS he called in a reservation and is now being
told he hasn't one.

> Doug
>
>
> "JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:f1pWh.9$o07.7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>Doug wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The local pub/restaurant had the last two digits transposed from our
>>>number, the same thing, got tired of telling people it was the wrong
>>>number since they would only call back a nano second later, so I starting
>>>taking reservations for tables.
>>>
>>>Doug
>>>
>>
>>I'm sure that the businesses you and Jim are screwing really appreciate
>>the headaches and damage to their reputations.
>>
>>If the shoe was on the other foot you would be railing on about how easy
>>it would be just to tell them they have the wrong number and where they
>>made their mistake.
>>
>>Now you have managers (and in these types of establishments the management
>>positions are nightmares anyway)having to deal with irate customers with
>>no clue as to why they claim to have ordered a pizza or made a reservation
>>when they had done no such thing.
>>
>>Maybe, if you did it on just the right day, you may have even gotten some
>>poor waiter or hostess fired for not writing down a reservation.
>>
>>Do unto others and all that... You wouldn't appreciate someone making
>>appointments for sales or service calls if your (potential) customer
>>misdialed.
>
>
>


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