19 Ways To Piss Off A Call Center Employee

What kind of bad thing happened to you to make you call at exactly 5:59 pm?

1. Call about your order and having none of your order info.

2. Ask if you get a "nice guy" discount.

3. Call at exactly the moment the phone line opens.

Were you just waiting by the phone for the clock to strike 9?

4. Call one minute before the phone line closes.

5. Tell me all of your grand ideas for the company

Were you under the impression that I, a call center employee, have absolutely any say in this at all?

6. Blame me personally for shipping issues.

No, oddly enough, I do not control the United States Postal service.

7. Scream.

You aren't helping yourself.

8. Have a bizarre name and get annoyed when I ask you to spell it out.

You're name is Genifur and you thought I'd guess that spelling?

9. Spend 8 minutes explaining your question.

I had the answer 7 minutes ago.

10. Threaten to give us a bad review.

Fine.

11. Get mad at me that we don't have a product we made in 2011.

12. Call on Christmas Eve and demand you receive your order by Christmas morning.

13. Have an email address like, [e-mail]

D as in Dog or E as in Elephant damnit?

14. Hit on me.

You had to make it weird, didn't you?

15. Ask me to pass a message to xyz important person in a different department.

16. Call from an extremely loud place.

Are you calling us from Madison Square Garden?

17. Refer to me by the name of the company I work for.

18. Call and ask about the price of every item.

It's on the website, which is where you got this phone number.

19. Last but not least, condescend me.

I'm probably smarter than you. Talking to me like a child isn't going to get you far in this conversation.