After reading SPC’s post today entitled “This is business, not phone sex, PERV“, I was inspired to write about some funny/inappropriate calls we got back when I was working at IKEA.
I once called a woman to tell her that her backorder was in stock. The conversation was as follows:
-Hi, my name is Ian and I’m calling from IKEA. How are you today?
-(In a tired/moaning voice) Oh, I’m fine thanks. I just had sex.
-Uhhh…that’s……nice?
(Yes you can hear smiles through the phone)
-Yes it is. Anyway my IKEA friend, what would YOU like?
-Oh! Well, my news isn’t as exciting, but I’m calling to let you know that your curtains are in stock!
-Great! How do we proceed with this?
The rest of the conversation was pretty normal. She was actually a really nice lady.
Another call I remember [another agent got it] was a french caller (I will translate):
-Thank you for your order, I will need you postal code to calculate the shipping costs.
-Sure: V like “Vagina”, 8, B like “Boobs”
-…V8B, yes…
-3, D like “Dick”, 5
-(trying to play it off) Last week a client told me: V like “Vodka”, 6, B like “Beer” (small laugh)
-Well, it’s obvious that she likes alcohol and I like sex.
-O…K…? Well, your shipping charges will be…
Again, after this little banter, the lady was perfectly normal. Weird.
Not quite as bad as SPC’s call, but I guess some people are just lonely and need some call center friends…
I can’t think of any other ones off the top of my head right now, but these 2 were good!