You know what pisses me off? / Rant Thread

[Rhubarb]

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Do they ever leave their number?

We had a classic one we kept on the phone for ages to to make us giggle.
'Hi I'm a Subaru owner and I think those Saab seats you are selling might fit my car, can you let me know before 5 'o'clock when I go to work or phone me back tomorrow'

Duh, no name, no number, which 5'o'clock? Subaru? Saab? Yes, course they will fit. Both cars start with the letter S.

We also get calls for the Blue Shutter Guest House. We fortunately know the house and although not the owners personally we exchange messages frequently in the summer. Last summer was good, we had a woman calling to speak to Mark, only to find she wanted her husband at the guest house. She suspected he was having an affair (we think) because when I called Mark to the phone she was furious with him
Mark was tempted to play along, but felt sorry for her husband.

The guest house get calls asking for V4 advise. Richard the owner gives them our number or better still JonSaab's, our friendly mechanics.
He was lovely too about people calling when Christine died. He called us to say he'd had calls and was sorry to see the news on TV. He collected all the messages and their numbers rather than give people our number and his wife dropped them off with a posy of flowers.
We don't even know them and it must have interrupted running the business.

People transpose the middle numbers from 81 to 18, that simple.