Commercial Break: On a different wavelength...
15/5/2007For some odd reason, my company's callers seemed to be on a different wavelength...
Situation 1:
*Phone rings*
Caller A: Hello, may I speak to Mr X please?
Steffi: May I know who's on the line, please?
Caller A: Er...May I speak to Mr X...
Steffi: Yes, may I know who IS.ON.THE.LINE. please?
Caller A: Uh...Mr X
Steffi: *tries a different approach* May I know whom am I speaking to? *in my mind: WHO ARE YOU?!*
Caller A: Uh, I want to speak to Mr X
Steffi: OH, HEAVEN FORBIDS!
(Of course I didn't say that out loud)
Steffi: ...please hold on
Steffi: BOSS!! This girl ah, wants to speak to Mr X (who's wasn't around), but no matter how I asked her who she is also she won't tell... >.<#
Boss picks up phone.
After a few lines of conversation, he switched to Malay.
Steffi: Alriiiiiiiiiight,so she's a chinese who can't speak English then.
See...this is where the problem lies. In our office, my boss and I are both bananas (I think I'm better slightly better in Mandarin. He can speak Cantonese though), so we end up speaking Malay to non-English speaking Chinese. Really odd, eh?
Situation 2:
I was on the phone with a client's clerk.
Steffi: I need you to do something for me. It's about the new company that your boss wanted to buy.
Caller B: Eh? So far we've only bought one new Proton Waja (car)...
Steffi:...
Steffi: T_T
Steffi: Uh, it has got nothing to do with the Proton Waja...(somebody, just shoot me...)
Situation 3:
This happened yesterday. This caller has been trying to reach Mr Y the entire day (since we didn't know what time he'll come in, we just ask her to call back later to check).
Caller C: Hello, may I speak to Mr Y please?
Steffi: I'm sorry, but he didn't come in today (it's already 4.00pm. Quite sure that he won't be coming in)
Caller C: What? Tsk...*puts down phone*
Steffi: ...*sigh* You are welcome...
I know you are frustrated. That's not my problem. That's between you and him. You think I like listening to your voice, ah? Be more polite next time otherwise I won't even pick up your calls. >.<###
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posted by StephanieC @ 4:23 PM
4 Comments:
"You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen."
Ahem...so it means you are a flirt? hahaha....
In this case...nothing happened -_-. That's the sad truth about "The Naturals" (why sound like Gundam Seed wan...Naturals and Coordinators...:P)
Oh Steffi, please stop, you naughty thing! I know you're not trying to seduce me but you're doing it nonetheless. *blush!*
haha..yea it would definetely look awkward to see 2 chinese speaking in malay.
i got this first shock in my previous comp where we had indonesian-chinese colleagues...haha..man i really couldnt believe my eyes/ears watching 2 chinese communicate in malay..INDON malay sum more!!
but later i got used to it.
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