Banking Rant

[sereneorange]

I am so very tired of people calling me with food or candy in their
mouths. Is it hard to understand that the phone is right next to your
mouth and noone wants to listen to the sound of
food slapping around the inside of your nasty trap? It is just nasty. If
it is a freaking cough drop, either let the damn thing sit still or spit 
it out until you are done with a conversation. People are inarticulate
enough with out the ambitious attempt of tongue acrobatics while they are
trying to speak. It is just gross. I chew gum all day at work, and I am
certain noone hears anything while I am doing so. I do not smack away on
it while I am on the phone with someone.

Comments

[smalltownhero.livejournal.com]

chomp chomp chomp... isn't it amazing how loud people can be with gum? I dont think i'm that loud.. but its like some people insist on smacking their lips...my mom being one of them.. i dont let her chew it around me....

[cernnunos6669.livejournal.com]

That was one of my biggest pet peeves of doing phone work. I just wanted to yell at them, "spit out your fucking food, ya gross asshole!"

[onnotangu.livejournal.com]

I dislike having people putting me on hold when they call me to talk to a co-worker. why don't you just call back when you have some free time instead of wasting my time.

[colbyfan.livejournal.com]

Very annoying, yes. Also annoying...Listening to someone's toilet flush while they are on the phone. Soooo not right. *rolls eyes*

[wakeupkent.livejournal.com]

well maybe they tried to wait until they were through with the conversation, but then they had to spend 20 minutes on hold... ;)

No, I don't eat while on the phone.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

our hold times are 4 1/2 min max...and that is an extremely long time for us.

[heartwork.livejournal.com]

one of my pet peeves is when people chew gum loudly. it drives me crazy. i have no idea why. lol.

[omegaxl.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's one of my pet peeves. Can't people hold off on food or candy or something until they're DONE with their phone conversation? It is very annoying. And it drives me up a wall to hear people cracking their gum; especially in rapid succession. GRRRR!!!!!!

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

OMG! That's one of my hugest beef!

That and screaming kids/tv. Shut the damn thing off/up before you call!

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

exactly. I had someone on my yahoo contact list who got really pissed and ugly before I had to put him on iggy because I had the audacity to say that when a customer calls me with their crying bastard in their arms (right near the mouth piece while continuing to ask me to repeat what I said) I pull the headset back set it against my head behind my ear (I can still hear but will avoid the migrain) and continue. They cannot hear me very well because now the mouth mic is farther away from my mouth and I am not planning on yelling and disturbing the people around me. He said that was bitchy and I should be fired. He said that is exactly what they pay me for.
Nuh uh. They do not pay me to take ear bleeding headache inducing phone calls from people and their kids with neurological disoders screaming in my ear.

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

Oh fuck that noise. No wonder you're ignoring them.

I've been known to flat-out tell people "I can't hear you because the baby is loud in the background. Is there another room you can go into that I might be able to hear you better?" Usually they don't get pissed but I'm waiting for the day I accidentally on purpose disconnect because of it.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

when they can't hear me, they tell me to speak up. I say sure and then repeat it in the same volume. They eventually get frustrated and and hang up and call back when thier little bundle of joy is quiet. Win/Win

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

I was told once by my boss that I was rude for speaking up when customers said they can't hear me - since I'm used to projecting my voice in the first place (and I came from a very loud Polish/Italian family) I really do disturb my co-workers. It's gotten better now that we don't have 30 year old phones any longer.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I find it difficult to still sound pleasant and not like a smartass bitch when I am speaking louder/ slower for a customer who cannot hear me. I don't think it is possible to do that and not sound bad.

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

You're quite right. But, on the other hand it wasn't my fault that they couldn't hear me because they're near deaf.

Smartass bitch has been my specialty.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

lol.. I mean that I am not naturally loud.

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

Oh not me. Everyone here knows me. I'm nice to the co-workers and a bitch to the customers (that is, only if they were bitchy first). I'm known for my transfers to the supervisor line because I won't bow down to customers threatening to call Marvin Zindler. Yes, superbitch is I. Louder than a speeding train, with an ass that grows as she breaths (no, really it has since I've started this job), spreading her superbitch power to all customers who insist they can get away with whatever they want because they're always right.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

"with an ass that grows as she breaths"
reminds me of a quote from Coupling:

Jane: I don't know. I've just felt really horny lately. Let me tell you, if there weren't so many guys after me, you two would be in trouble.
Sally: God, I don't think I could ever sleep with another woman. What if she had a smaller bottom than me?
Susan: Excuse me! I'm on tape in my ex-boyfriend's closet, very nude and very pornographic. Where does bottoms fit in on the crisis scale?
Sally: Bottoms are their own crisis scale. It's just amazing how they follow you, but keep growing and growing and growing. I bet mine's having a secret snacking right now.

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

LOL!

For some reason the punchline made me think about how my ass eats my underwear.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

you need better underwear

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

It's got a kind of nutty flavor, I understand.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

nasty dirty little girl....hmmph