A Formal Apology

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Actual Call Centre Conversations

Actual call centre conversations 

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". 
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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 travelling 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!!!!!"