RE: joke time
November 16, 2017 at 4:30 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2017 at 4:39 pm by Brian37.)
True story.
Often I like to make a friendly joke when calling business call centers, quite often at the end of the call the worker will ask, "Is there anything else I can help you with today?" I like to respond, "Can you get me a date with Angelina Jolie".... They laugh, and up until today all I have gotten with laugh in their response was, "Nope, sorry we cant help you with that."
BUT, Today, I called up my car insurance forgetting I had paid on time, wondering if I was late, and after she confirmed I had already paid, asked me the same thing, "Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
I said the same thing, "Can you get me a date with Angelina Jolie"...... BUT TODAY THE RESPONSE WAS....................
"I'll get right on that."
And actually my humor in asking for things a business doesn't sell, came from an old episode of Three's Company, the sitcom. Janet had lost her job to a mean co worker back stabber, so Mr Ferley went in posing as a customer while the regional manager was overseeing the back stabbing co worker, pretending to be a customer.
He kept on asking for mere nails in a flower shop, to the point she got loud and frustrated, the manager came out and ask the customer 'Mr Ferley" what the problem was. He responded with an innocent look, "Do you have any Chrysanthemums?"
The back stabber tried to explain to her boss "He was asking for nails"
In the end she didn't believe her fired her and hired Janet back.
Today I was joking with the lady at the Chinese joint about how predictable I was ordering the same thing every time. I said "Next time I am going to order a suit and tie and a hat."
Often I like to make a friendly joke when calling business call centers, quite often at the end of the call the worker will ask, "Is there anything else I can help you with today?" I like to respond, "Can you get me a date with Angelina Jolie".... They laugh, and up until today all I have gotten with laugh in their response was, "Nope, sorry we cant help you with that."
BUT, Today, I called up my car insurance forgetting I had paid on time, wondering if I was late, and after she confirmed I had already paid, asked me the same thing, "Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
I said the same thing, "Can you get me a date with Angelina Jolie"...... BUT TODAY THE RESPONSE WAS....................
"I'll get right on that."
And actually my humor in asking for things a business doesn't sell, came from an old episode of Three's Company, the sitcom. Janet had lost her job to a mean co worker back stabber, so Mr Ferley went in posing as a customer while the regional manager was overseeing the back stabbing co worker, pretending to be a customer.
He kept on asking for mere nails in a flower shop, to the point she got loud and frustrated, the manager came out and ask the customer 'Mr Ferley" what the problem was. He responded with an innocent look, "Do you have any Chrysanthemums?"
The back stabber tried to explain to her boss "He was asking for nails"
In the end she didn't believe her fired her and hired Janet back.
Today I was joking with the lady at the Chinese joint about how predictable I was ordering the same thing every time. I said "Next time I am going to order a suit and tie and a hat."