Morons I tell ya!

[Chris142]

We have an answering machine at work. This weekend it says some thing like we are closed thurs,fri,sat,sun and will return Monday @ 7:30am.

It never fails that we get a weird or rude message (s) left on it. I ran by the shop to grab something and saw the light blinking on the answering machine. So I checked the message.

This one says " this is bob.you put wipers and a tail light bulb on my motor home 9 weeks ago. We are at marker 155 on the nb15. The ck engine light came on and it lost power. Can you bring your tow truck and pick us up? Call us back as soon as possible.

We don't have a tow truck! Plus the message says we are home till Monday morning.

A few minutes later he left another message. Then a few minutes later another. Now he is getting agitated I can tell from the tone in his voice.

Eventually he leaves a nasty message full of every bad word and accuses us of ignoring his messages he left on thanks giving evening when we were all at home with our families.

Basically he is blaming us for his car troubles when all I did was a wiper or tail light.

How am I supposed to deal with this?

 

[AZjeff]

You don't.

Or you return it first thing Monday morning and tell him you just heard it and are calling back ASAP since you've been out of town since Thanksgiving.

 

[bioburner]

Second post from CA this evening thats is or of total stupidity

 

[ZeeOSix]

Dude in the motor home must be testing out the new CA weed law.

 

[4wd]

Don't worry - by Monday he will have set the cruise control and hopped in the back for a nap ...

 

[simple_gifts]

I used to have a phone # that was the phone # of a popular restaurant in Sturbridge Mass (except for the area code) People would leave reservation requests on my answering machine ALL the time. I even put the outgoing message "This is NOT So and So Restaurant" This didn't faze a few.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: bioburner
Second post from CA this evening thats is or of total stupidity
California is the land of Earthquakes and idiots. What else can be expected

 

[LoneRanger]

Ah yes, voicemail. My problem media.

the one's I love are the people who go into a dissertation about whatever it is they are calling for, I'm talking a condensed version of War and Peace and not saying their phone number until the end and then they buzz off the effing number too fast or in a garbled tone inflection that I can't make it out and I have to listen to it all again.

 

[Wolf359]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Ah yes, voicemail. My problem media.

the one's I love are the people who go into a dissertation about whatever it is they are calling for, I'm talking a condensed version of War and Peace and not saying their phone number until the end and then they buzz off the effing number too fast or in a garbled tone inflection that I can't make it out and I have to listen to it all again.


Google voice is the way to go. You just read the message and it's usually pretty good about the numbers. Otherwise you just click to the spot where they mention the number. It's got caller ID so most of the time the source of the number is the same as the number they leave.

 

[Leo99]

Maybe not a moron but maybe just desperate for some help while stranded on the side of the road.

 

[Lolvoguy]

indeed

a little understanding can go a long way.

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: bioburner
Second post from CA this evening thats is or of total stupidity


What was the first post ?

 

[AZjeff]

Originally Posted By: Lolvoguy
indeed

a little understanding can go a long way.


The OP isn't open, the message says that, and he doesn't have a tow truck.....?

 

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: AZjeff
You don't.

Or you return it first thing Monday morning and tell him you just heard it and are calling back ASAP since you've been out of town since Thanksgiving.


+1

 

[Chris142]

The caller did not leave a call back number and it comes up as " unknown" on the phone. He called us every name in the book on turkey day saying that he knows we are there and can hear him when we were all at home.

Plus it's a diesel pusher and I/we can't pull codes from that. He is almost to vegas and needs a huge tow truck with air brakes to hook to his air brakes to tow the thing.

 

[dlundblad]

It would be funny to show up in your Wrangler with a small ratchet strap.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Well...it was TURKEY day.

That was the turkey in question.

 

[EA82]

If he calls back with a sour attitude you tell him, Listen Bob .. I don't run a towing service, Have you ever heard of AAA ?

 

[supton]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Ah yes, voicemail. My problem media.

the one's I love are the people who go into a dissertation about whatever it is they are calling for, I'm talking a condensed version of War and Peace and not saying their phone number until the end and then they buzz off the effing number too fast or in a garbled tone inflection that I can't make it out and I have to listen to it all again.


I was taught long ago to repeat the info I wanted to convey--including name and number. Like state it at the start, and end, of the message. Always find it strange when people paid to make sales don't do this simple step. The voice in our caller ID at work doesn't repeat itself either, and I can't always understand it. Email is so much easier...

 

[supton]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
The caller did not leave a call back number and it comes up as " unknown" on the phone. He called us every name in the book on turkey day saying that he knows we are there and can hear him when we were all at home.

Plus it's a diesel pusher and I/we can't pull codes from that. He is almost to vegas and needs a huge tow truck with air brakes to hook to his air brakes to tow the thing.


Sure this wasn't someone's idea of a joke? Seems pretty lame, but there is all kinds of sorts running around out there.