Zelda's Operator Tidbits

[zeldaop]

As some of you know, I am an information operator and on a daily basis I recieve calls for listings that either make me laugh out loud, or go huh? I though I'd share some with you. I'll also share the calls that make me want to reach out and smack someone.


These are just from today. These are actual business names.

A Helpful Divorce Attorney
John Pain DDS
Honest Law Firm
National Swine Registry

And this is the actual language operators have to use.

Me - What city and state please?
Customer - Detroit, Michigan
Me - And how may I help you in Detroit?
Customer - I need Peter (and then he said some long name I couldn't understand)
Me - I'm sorry, can you spell that for me?
Customer (after a long pause) - T-H-A-T



Me - What city and state please?
Customer - St. Louis, Missouri
Me - And how may I help you in St Louis?
Customer - Gimme Joe's Place (and just for the record I hate the word Gimme.)
Me (after doing a search and finding nothing) - Unfortunately, I'm not showing a listing for Joe's Place when I check St. Louis or the surrounding areas under the business listings.
Customer - But it's a business. I know it exists. I'm sitting right outside, I just didn't wanna go in.

[Infernal]

Gimme More Zelda ;)

[foolinthemoon]

OMG! these are great! I want more as well! :D

[gerbera]

I just din't want to go in .. :lol: That's great.

[PerplexinglyMe]

These make me laugh. Gimme more! :D

[zeldaop]

Ok more.

Actual Names:

Happy Funeral Home
Boomer Car Audio
The Breathing Association
The Dummy Bar
Rev. Jason Pious who lives on Lord Lane


These are call that made me wanna bang my head against my cubical wall.

Me- What city and state please
Customer - Indianapolis, Indiana
Me- How may I help you in Indianapolis?
Customer - I need attornye Sean Clapp in Fishers
Me- So, he's in Fishers and not Indianapolis?
Customer - Yeah I guess so.


Me- What city and state please?
Customer- Chesterfield, Missouri
Me- How may I help you in Chesterfield?
Customer - I need Imo Genius (at this point I'm thinking its a crank call, but I have to do the search)
Me- Unfortunately checking in Chesterfield and the surrounding area I'm not showing a listing for Imo Genius when I check in the business files.
Customer - But it's a tea room. I just left there so I know it's there
Me- Alright, let me check under tea room for you. (I search) Do you mean Imagene's Tearoom?
Customer- Yes, thats what I said Imo Genius
Me- have a nice day.

Customer - I need Dave and Kris Burns
Me- I'm showing two. I have a Dave listed and a Kris listed.
Customer- Thats it, gimme that one
Me- Which one Dave, or Kris?
Customer- That one.
Me - Please hold for two numbers and have a nice day.


The customer was loking for a National City Bank. I found two and said, "I show one on 15th St and one that does not list an address." He says, and I'm not making this up, "It's not on either 15th or Senate." At this point all I can do is shake my head and wonder how the h**l you can get Senate out of does not list an address.




And finally, cutsey story of the day:

This one comes from Weatherford Texas. A young woman was calling from what sounded like a store and was looking for some residential listing. She was constantly being interupted by her son, who sounded like he was 4 tops.
"Mommy, I hafta go potty."
It took me a little time to find the person she was looking for because she had the wrong spelling, and all I can hear I the background is her little boy. By this time he's practically singing it, "Mommy I hafta go potty." I was just about to release the number to her when I heard him say this. "I don hafta potty no more Mommy. I jus did." I hear her go "Oh God," and then she hung up the phone on her end.

I was laughing so hard I had to log off for a minute.

[GenericImbroglio]

You know we have a funeral home near us and in 9th grade, they sponsored those paper book covers for our textbooks. This being so, they had their little logo's all over our books. After one after school event, I had to help do something in the Geography classroom and the in-class textbooks had those revolting book covers. After a little inventing and mischief, the class arrived the next morning to find all the books reading proudly... "White's Funeral Home: We Put The 'Fun' Back in 'Funeral'" I am sooo going to hell :)

[foolinthemoon]

LOL the fun back in funeral! lol that's funny!

omg! Zelda! people are so stupid sometimes XD

[zeldaop]

Actual Business Names:

Moo & Oink
Zoom Dental
Tooth Fairy Hotline
Mr Bread
Jenny Lamb DVM
Electric Fetus


Call to make me bang my head

Lady comes in from an Illinois area code

Lady: I need St John's Lutheran Church in Ellisville
Me: Unfortunately I do not show a listing in Ellisville, but I do show one in Geneseo.
Lady: No, I know there's one in Ellisville Missouri.
Me: This is in Ellisville Missouri?
Lady: Yes, did I forget to say Missouri?
Me: Yes, you did. Hold for your listing and have a nice day.

[PerplexinglyMe]

Tooth Fairy Hotline?!?!?! Wowza.

[foolinthemoon]

Tooth Fairy Hotline
Electric Fetus? XD

lol, ofcourse it was Missouri! lololol! you didnt' know! XD people are funny

[zeldaop]

I know it's been a while, but I'm back with some more funny listings and insane conversations.

Real and True Business Names

Boot-Rite Computer Solutions
Yuppy Puppy
Cats Are Persons Too
Honest Auto Repair
Hairy Elephant
Missiouri Hick Barbeque
You're Fired
Dentistry.Calm
Get It Straight Orthodontics
Rent-A-Nerd
Geeks Are Us

Actual Calls:

Customer: I'm looking for the radio station 96.1
Me: Do you know the call letters, becasue unfortunately we don't list radio stations by the frequency
Customer: It's under 96.1
Me: I'm sorry but I'm not showing anything for 96.1 I would have to have the call letters.
Customer: How about I give you the address?
Me: Unfortunately, I'm unable to check by address either.
Customer: Well, you're just about useless aren't you *click*
Me: *flipping him off*


Me: What city and state please?
Customer: That's a d**ned good question *click*