[guide.chat] call centre

  • From: "Keith Wines" <keith.wines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "guide chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:18:08 +0100

 call centre

     
 

 
 
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!!!!!"  
 

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