I cussed under my breathe. I knew what this was about. I'd just spent five minutes being ribbed about it by my work colleagues.
One thing I always strive for at work is happy customers. I'm friendly. I'm courteous. I'm personal.
But sometimes, like today, I go too far.
Having satisfactorily completed a request over the phone a few minutes earlier, I'd gone to say goodbye.
"Alrighty. Thanks for calling." So far so good, but then I went on. "I love you." With immediate horror I realized what I'd said. What had happened was I'd been speaking to Tracey the call before and the remnants of our conversation were still fluttering around my head - that's my excuse anyway. I nearly jumped down the phone to take my words back. "No! Wait! No, no, no, no, no-" But it was too late. They'd hung up.
Which, when I thought about it, was a good thing. I'd gotten away with it.
No, I hadn't.
"Nice," said a voice over my shoulder. "It's all about going the extra distance. Giving them more than they expect."
"You know, it's how can I be of service?" said another when word started getting around, "not can I service you?"
Yes, the world is full of comedians. My work has all the ones who aren't funny enough to be given a microphone.
As does, it seems, the local council.
"The whole office has been pissing themselves," my friend assured me ungraciously. "Anyway. Time to go. Don't forget the big finish."
"Yeah, I'm just not feeling it," I told her. Funny cow.
Worst thing is, I've done this before - Best Customer Service EVER!
'raising a family on little more than laughs'
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5 comments:
An ex work colleague of mine was dealing with a particularly difficult customer in our call centre a few years ago now, but this still sticks with me. As she was finishing the call she was trying to turn things around & end on a positive, but accidentally got tongue tied - "no pleasure, my problem!" needless to say the customer was not amused! :p
Its funny that our brains don't always catch up with the fact we are on a new call. Once after speaking to my hubby on the phone in the next call I called a client Bretty. Luckily he had a sense of humor and said "I assume your partner is also called Brett?" It became a running joke and every time I talked to him after he would say "Hi, Bretty here"
HAHAHA classic moment.
the girls at work are always calling me by their husbands' names :) what I want to know is if they call their husbands Bruce at inopportune times ;)
Lol too funny! I have worked at the same place for about 15 years now. About 10 years ago, I accidentally said that to a sales rep when I was ending a call. I have NEVER lived it down.
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