Today at work, in my Temp Cheese incarnation, I took many many way too fucking many for the love of god make them stop already! many voicemails from people hailing from India, Pakistan, the Middle East, and Asia. Many many don't you people have something better to do than name your kids from random "Wheel of Fortune" spins? many people with names consisting of vowel strings that could hang a cat. Many many I do NOT care what time it is there, stop chewing in my ear! many people who were not only polysyllabically named, but had their mouths full of curry or thousand-year-old egg soup or whatever. Many many surely the D.T.s must be over by now, mustn't they? many people to whom enunciation is a thing for the weak.
And not one, nay, not a single ONE took the opportunity to enlighten this poor Cheese and spell out their name, thus forcing me to transcribe phonetically....
"Mr. Sunwaltgeet Jukaraeemootpuut wants info on account"....
"Saranwrap Cokomokoolloopidong is calling to ask for extra time"....
"Teeloong Watchpotneverboils says the hokeypokey IS what it's all about"...
One person, I must admit, did understand the troubles and travails a poor voicemail transcriber must go through and spelled his name.
Thank you, Milton Johnson. I never would have known otherwise.
What drives me crazy is when people that know you don't have their phone number speed through it at the beginning of the message. I always mention my phone number twice if I know that they're going to have to write it down. A little courtesy, y'know?
Posted by: Trumwill at April 8, 2005 09:17 AMMilton Johnson... I think you made up that name.
Posted by: Scooterdeb at April 8, 2005 11:16 AMI came.
I read.
I laughed my ass off.