These True Customer Service Funnies Will Brighten Your Day
DEALING WITH the typical customer service issues you face at work can make things become quite mundane. Luckily there are those funny customer service moments that make it all worthwhile.
Samsung Electronics Funny Customer Service Moment
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 it means the telephone plug on the wall.’
RACQ Motoring Services
Caller: ‘Does your EUROPEAN BREAKDOWN POLICY cover me when I am travelling in Australia?’
Operator: ‘Does the product name give you a clue?’
Travel Agency
Caller enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in Europe:
Caller: ‘If I register my car in France, and then take it to England, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?’
Telephone Directory Enquiries
Caller: ‘I’d like the number of the Argo Fish Bar, please’
Operator: ‘I’m sorry, there’s no listing. Are you sure that the spelling is correct?’
Caller: ‘Well, it used to be called the Bargo Fish Bar but the ‘B’ fell off.’
At a retail outlet chain store
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’
Microsoft Customer Service Technical Support
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’.’