Sunday, April 10, 2011

Call Centre Conversation

Customer:     'I've been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and  can't get through to enquiries, can you help?'.
Operator:      'Where did you get that number from, sir?'.
Customer:     'It  was on the door to the Travel Centre'.
Operator:     'Sir, they  are our opening hours'. 


Samsung Electronics
Caller:          'Can you give me the telephone  number for Jack?'
Operator:     'I'm sorry, sir, I don't  understand who you are talking about'.
Caller:           'On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need  to unplug the fax machine from the AC  wall socket and telephone Jack  before cleaning. Now, can you give me the number for Jack?'
Operator:       'I think you mean the telephone point on the  wall'.
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RAC  Motoring Services
Caller:          'Does your European Breakdown  Policy cover me when I am travelling in   Australia  ?'
Operator:      ' Doesn't the product name give you a  clue?'
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Caller (enquiring about legal  requirements while traveling in France):
'If I register my car in France, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'  

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Directory Enquiries
Caller:               'I'd like the  number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff  please'.
Operator:          'I'm sorry, there's  no listing. Is the spelling correct?'
Caller:                'Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the  'B' fell off'.

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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator:        'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller:              'Yes.. That's what it says on the  label; Woven in Scotland'.

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On  another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a  worried operator:
'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to  write the number on'.

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Tech Support:      'I need you to right-click on the Open  Desktop'.
Customer:             'OK'.
Tech  Support:      'Did you get a pop-up menu?'.
Customer:              'No'.
Tech Support:       'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?'
Customer:              'No'.
Tech Support:       'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?'.
Customer:            'Sure. You told me to  write 'click' and I wrote 'click''.

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Tech Support:          'OK. In the bottom left  hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?'
Customer:                  'Wow. How can you see  my screen from there?'

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Caller:  'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just  realised that I need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have  my file back again?'.

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There's always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a  long time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a  true story from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a  recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help  Desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect  organization for 'Termination without Cause'.
Actual dialogue of a former  WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know why they record these  conversations!):

Operator:         'Ridge Hall,  computer assistance; may I help you?'
Caller:               'Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect.'
Operator:         'What sort of trouble??'
Caller:               'Well, I was just typing  along, and all of a sudden the words went away.'
Operator:          'Went away?'
Caller:               'They disappeared.'
Operator:          'Hmm So what does your screen look like now?'
Caller:               'Nothing.'
Operator:          'Nothing??'
Caller:               'It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type.'
Operator:          'Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??'
Caller:              'How do I tell?'
Operator:         'Can you see the C: prompt on the  screen??'
Caller:              'What's  a sea-prompt?'
Operator:         'Never mind, can you  move your cursor around the screen?'
Caller:               'There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept  anything I type.'
Operator:         'Does your monitor  have a power indicator??'
Caller:               'What's a monitor?'
Operator:          'It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a  little light that tells you when it's on??'
Caller:                'I don't know.'
Operator:           'Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the  power cord goes into it. Can you see that??'
Caller:               'Yes, I think so.'
Operator:          'Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged  into the wall.
Caller:               'Yes, it is.'
Operator:         'When you were  behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the  back of it, not just one??'
Caller:                'No.'
Operator:          'Well,  there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.'
Caller:               'Okay, here it  is.'
Operator:          'Follow it for me, and  tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer.'
Caller:                'I can't reach.'
Operator:           'Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is??'
Caller:                'No.'
Operator:          'Even if you maybe put  your knee on something and lean way over??'
Caller:                'Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle  - it's because it's dark.'
Operator:           'Dark??'
Caller:                'Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from  the window.
Operator:             'Well, turn on the office light then.'
Caller:                'I can't.'
Operator:           'No? Why not??'
Caller:                'Because there's a power failure.'
Operator:          'A power......... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it  licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your  computer came in??'
Caller:                'Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.'
Operator:            'Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up  just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it  from.'
Caller:                 'Really? Is it that bad?'
Operator:             'Yes, I'm afraid it is.'
Caller:                  'Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell  them??'
Operator:            'Tell them  you're too f ---  ing stupid to own a computer!!!!!'

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