Pulsedragon posted:

sticklefifer posted:

Ahh yes, bipolar disorder. The mental illness that makes you.. uh.. fly into a knife-wielding rage for no reason. Guys, make sure you don't date any girls who have that, because this is what they do.

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Call Center | Littleton, CO, USA | Crazy Requests, Extra Stupid, Money

(I work at a call center selling TVs. All customers have to have a credit check performed to see what they’re eligible for as far as equipment. One caller has terrible credit, so the price is higher. I leave her my office number if she changes her mind. She calls me back.)

Me: “Thank you for calling. How may I be of assistance?”

Caller: “Hi. I called yesterday and the price was stupid high. I finally got the letter in the mail telling me about all the free upgrades and s***. I want the better price now.”

Me: “That sounds great! Can I ask, did they run your credit score yesterday?”

Caller: “Nuh uh.”

Me: “Not a problem. So I can land you the best offer, let’s knock that out real fast.”

Caller: “I already gave all this information! Why the h*** do I have to give it again?”

Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but I thought you hadn’t run a credit check prior to our conversation.”

Caller: “Yes, I have! I just told you that! OPEN YOUR EARS!”

Me: “My mistake. When was the score checked?”

(I know when it was checked: yesterday, by me.)

Caller: “Jesus F****** Christ! I want a manager on the phone!”

Me: “Ma’am, a manager will tell you the same thing. I’m only trying to make sure we get you the best possible deal.”

Caller: “Fine…” *provides information*

Me: “Based on what you told me, this will be your price.”

(It’s something high because her credit is awful.)

Caller: “That’s the same price as yesterday! This is false advertisement! I’m going to sue!”

Me: “Ma’am, on the bottom left of your advertisement, you’ll see that all prices are based off a credit score.”

Caller: “That doesn’t matter! The flyer says I get a free upgrade and a better DVR!”

Me: “Upgraded from what exactly, ma’am?”

Caller: “From what you’re giving me today! That’s why I called! Now give me the f****** deal!”

(Dumbfounded, I figure I might as well argue insanity with insanity.)

Me: “I’m a big fan of green jello.”

Caller: “WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I WANT A MANAGER!”

Me: “Yes, ma’am. Please hold.”

(I explain everything to our team lead and he gets on the phone.)

Team Lead: “Hi, ma’am. This is [Name]. How can I be of service?”

Caller: “You need to get your people in order. They don’t know s***!”

Team Lead: “Ma’am, are you saying you dislike green jello? Because we just won’t tolerate that.”

Caller: “WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT!?”

Team Lead: “An advertisement in the mail doesn’t change your credit score. That’s what my team member was telling you but you continued to act like a child. Do not call our department again unless you’re willing to be more polite to my team.”

Caller: “Y’all are trying to play me! I’m getting my momma. She’ll straighten you out!”

Team Lead: “I bet, considering the great job she did with you.”

Khazar-khum posted:

In the same Customer Service vein:

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

One call centre I worked at had a serial masturbator who'd call up every so often. Thing was, if he got a woman on the line, he'd hang up.

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

One call centre I worked at had a serial masturbator who'd call up every so often. Thing was, if he got a woman on the line, he'd hang up.

moerketid posted:

Man you reminded me about a caller that was famous at the callcenter for T-Mobile where my ex worked, also in the UK. They used to get a foot fetishist guy who would hang up on men and if it was a woman the caller would start asking her about what shoes she was wearing. They knew it was him every time because the customer's profile loaded when the system detected the mobile number they were calling from, and the customer notes said THIS IS THE FOOT FETISHIST. Most of the women would hang up but some led him on a little for laughs.

karl fungus posted:

How hosed up do you have to be to call a suicide hotline and creep them out?

Clochette posted:

I heard of suicide hotlines having issues with serial obscene callers too. It's really sick.

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I cant even in words say what I just found out.. I am SHOCKED and want to tell and let my friends and family be made aware so they can make sure their children are safe!!! Angelica stayed home from school today and thank GOD she did. Because she was on her ipod playing a game called talking angela, which is similar to talking tom, anyway as she is sitting next to me this interactive cat says to her hi angelica where is your brother? She says o hes right here next to me the cat says o cool, then the cat says so what do you do for fun? Ang says I dont know, (now im being quiet and listening because I think its weird this angela cat knows she has a brother and is talking to her like a person) then its voice changes and in some weird robotic voice it says angelica when u date what do u do on your dates? She looked at me got red in the face and said nothing, then it said stick out your touunge, ill stick mine out too, it said what are some things u can do with your tounge? I can find many things to do with my tounge it said it said lets intrract w our toungues. I that point I had heard enough I zaid ang shut it off now! I was freaked out called the police departnrnt they came to the house saif they would have the internet investigations unit andpedofile investigations unit look into it, they called me an hour latet and said something is behind that cat!!! They dont know if it is local or over seas. While the police officer was there and ang was talking to him she told the police officer saturday night her cousin and her were on the app w angela and it asked the girls their names what her brothers name was what school they BOTH went to, and it took a picture of angelica!!! This is under serious investigation right now! When I googled talking angela I cant even begin to tell you what creepy stuff came up! Google it for yourselves please!! But some things are the cat asking girls for their phone numbers! And if theyve had their firat kiss!!! Take this app off your phone please! Theres a big chance thid cpuld be a door for pedofiles.the police said they have seen thing *like* this but never actually through a childs app but that they are not putting it past them! The girls told angela the cat on saturday their names and she had a brother and then on monday morning when angelica turned the app back on, It remebered her name and that she had a brother!!! These things ARENT supposed to ask you questions!!! and especially not questions about dating toungues or kissing!! I am disgusted! I dont feel safe at all right now! Knowing that there was some creep talking to my daughter and my neice through a talking app!!! Please if you have this app or any like it the police are saying take it off of your phone!!! Copy and share and send out PLEASE! This word needs to spread! I pray the ocean county investigators can crack this thing open!!!!!
So please if your KIDS use this app please shut it down. Because SOME KIDS told them the name of the school they went to and is now on red alert at the school, and please PASS this on to ALL your friends.

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"then its voice changes and in some weird robotic voice it says angelica when u date what do u do on your dates?"

Khazar-khum posted:

In the same Customer Service vein:

VoxIsMyCowboy posted:

internet investigations unit andpedofile investigations unit

dijon du jour posted:

And then hyperrealistic blood started spewing out of the phone.

Cuniculous posted:

EmmyOk posted:

Pretty sure that paedophile game is real, it's almost as Pantu the Dog was!

Cuniculous posted:

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Justin Bieber simply can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble. Police were dispatched this morning to respond to an altercation at a Starbucks in West Hollywood involving some familiar faces. A barista at the coffee house was apparently confronted by Bieber when he refused to serve the pop star because he wasn’t wearing a shirt. “He came in with no shirt on and his pants hanging down and underwear showing and tried to order a caramel apple machiatto.”, said Joey Goldsmith, the Starbucks barista, “I just told him he would have to put a shirt on if he wanted to order.” That’s when Bieber snapped. According to the police report Bieber started cussing at the barista and threatening to have his bodyguard, “kick his rear end”.

Fortunately for Goldsmith, LA Clippers star Blake Griffin had been enjoying a drink at a table when he witnessed the altercation and stepped in. Witnesses at the scene reported that Griffin tried to calm Bieber but the Biebs wasn’t having any of it. There was more yelling, and some pushing and that’s when Griffin smacked Bieber, knocking him to the floor. “He smacked the poo poo out of him” said one witness, “then I saw Justin stumble out of the door looking like he was crying.” Bieber was gone before police arrived at the scene.

karl fungus posted:

It must be a very strange experience to volunteer at a suicide hotline and expect to hear someone asking you for help on the other end, only to hear grunting.

The Devil Tesla posted:

Well, at least it's not someone about to kill themselves.

Double Plus Good posted:

This has been circulating around facebook like crazy and as soon as I read it I thought of this thread. Googled it and, what do you know, it's fake.


It just hits too many notes to be real. Justin Bieber actually going into a starbucks to order for himself, and then ordering a super girly drink (what a ), the barista refusing to serve a celebrity because they aren't wearing a shirt (what a thug!) and making their lives a thousand times harder instead of just doing it because who loving cares, Justin threatening to have his bodyguard beat the guy up (what a wimp!), a big basketball celebrity just happening to be in the same starbucks... and the stdh classic, Justin fleeing the scene in tears.

DrNutt posted:

My favorite thing about people on my facebook resharing dumb stuff about Justin Bieber is that I have an easy shorthand to know who all the idiots on my newsfeed are. Sure, you got the conspiracy stuff and the right wingers posting about ARE GUNS, but when people are passing along idiotic stuff about JBeebs I know that they're are dumb as loving bricks.

DrNutt posted:

If anything this business should expect abuse for following lovely practices like different cable rates for people with lovely credit scores, but that's for ya.

Cuniculous posted:

Khazar-khum posted:

Why? They're leasing their equipment to someone who has a bad record for paying for things, and who may have charge-offs or other nasties hiding in the report. They don't want to have to retrieve their stuff after the customer gets thrown out of her apartment for not paying rent and maybe tries to take it with her. It's no different from being charged different rates when you buy other things with credit. It sucks that poo poo stays on your record for 7 years, though, especially with the all the BKs and foreclosures that have happened the last few years; it should be a max of 3 years.

karl fungus posted:

Why are these screencaps always spread around with at least one person replying "this is beautiful" or "holy poo poo" or whatever. Do they feel it makes the story seem more real if someone reacts to it?

duralict posted:

I have a roommate who narrates her thoughts on every shot like this whenever we watch movies together.

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Parental Misguidance, Part 2
Movie Theater | WA, USA | Family & Kids, Movies & TV

(I am working at the ticket counter. One of the movies playing is a PG-13 war movie. A customer walks in with two young girls and an infant in her arms.)

Customer: “We want three tickets for [movie].”

Me: “Okay. You are aware that this is a PG-13 movie, correct? It will be somewhat loud and scary for young children.”

Customer: “You have no right to tell me how to raise my children! I am working very hard to raise them, and I don’t need criticism from someone like you, who never even graduated from school!”

(I had.)

Me: “Okay. I’m sorry. Here are your tickets.”

(She storms off in a huff. Fifteen minutes after the movie has started, she comes barreling out of the theater, all three of her children sobbing. My manager steps forward to ask if she is okay, but the woman brushes past her and out of the building.)

Related:
Parental Misguidance

Geektox posted:

Try to spot all the STDH! (This is all from one guy)

Geektox posted:

Try to spot all the STDH! (This is all from one guy)

Nth Doctor posted:

I can verify. My sister-in-law volunteered at a hotline when she was in college and there were a few frequent flyer masturbaters.

Clochette posted:

I'm curious, what do these guys say when they call up? Do they straight up start talking dirty or do they lead into it with a sad story first?