if there's one thing I've noticed, it's that by working in an office, you eventually will become familiar with office scams. These are the workplace equivalent of the 419 Nigerian Scams. Basically a company calls you up, saying that they're the supplier of the toner for your copier, and that they need the model of the copier for whatever reason.
Well, there's a few ways to deal with these asshole liars.
1. You can commit to what they're selling, and get ripped off. BAD IDEA.
2. You can hang up on them. LAME.
3. You can fuck right back with them, and make their jobs so much more exciting than what they had planned on.
The girls in the office like to choose option 3 100% of the time.
The most recent ploy was as follows:
Sheryl takes the call, and immediately figures out that the fake copier people are calling, and puts them on hold for a second, to talk to Julie. Sheryl asks Julie what her name should be. In this case, Julie picks "Twyla". Sheryl pops back on the line saying that "Twyla" will be right with them.
In the meantime, the call gets put on speaker and Sheryl and "Twyla" proceed to argue to each other as to whose responsibility it is to take care of the toner. They argue until the caller hangs up. I think this was record time. Less than a minute.
Needless to say, it's funny to overhear, and even funnier to see the girls hootin' and hollerin' over their latest scam-scam.
Well, there's a few ways to deal with these asshole liars.
1. You can commit to what they're selling, and get ripped off. BAD IDEA.
2. You can hang up on them. LAME.
3. You can fuck right back with them, and make their jobs so much more exciting than what they had planned on.
The girls in the office like to choose option 3 100% of the time.
The most recent ploy was as follows:
Sheryl takes the call, and immediately figures out that the fake copier people are calling, and puts them on hold for a second, to talk to Julie. Sheryl asks Julie what her name should be. In this case, Julie picks "Twyla". Sheryl pops back on the line saying that "Twyla" will be right with them.
In the meantime, the call gets put on speaker and Sheryl and "Twyla" proceed to argue to each other as to whose responsibility it is to take care of the toner. They argue until the caller hangs up. I think this was record time. Less than a minute.
Needless to say, it's funny to overhear, and even funnier to see the girls hootin' and hollerin' over their latest scam-scam.
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