D's mariposa
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I work at an airline. Sometimes at the airport, sometimes in the reservation center. Today I was at the res center, and no one warned me I was on the idiot desk..
Today was one of those days when you really wonder if your job makes sense. Most of our callers are cool normal sort off people, but sometimes you start to wonder. You wonder why you do this to yourself. You wonder you didn't buy a lottery ticket for the last big drawing. Or even the last small one. Let's hear a few calls, shall we? (name of airline changed to protect the guilty
)
Call Number 1: aka Kitchen Man
me: Anonymous Airlines, this is rose.
him: I want to go to Santo Domingo (SDQ)
me: ok. and where will you be starting from?
him: that's in the Dominican Republic.
me: Yes sir, where will you be coming from?
him: can I go over Christmas?
me: probably, which city will you be departing from?
him: December 15th. What's the fare on that?
me: I don't know yet sir, I don't know where you're starting from yet. where is that?
him. SDQ!
me: (taking a deep breath and being patient) I thought you were going there.
him: I am!
me: (starting to get that steely schoolmarm's voice) Well then, Sir, where, will, you, be, starting, from!?
him: Here! (by this time, he's just as frustrated with me, I pause and count to 10. In 3 languages...)
me: Sir, where are you right now?
him: In my kitchen!
(by this time, my work buddies are all shamelessly sitting on unavailable, trying not to laugh too loud. I hit the mute button for a moment. Adrienne says "so where is he?" "In his kitchen!" I say, just about ready to cry. they roll laughing..)
him: Miss, hey Miss, you still there?
me: yes sir, I'm still here. Sorry about that. When you come home from SDQ, where will you be going to?
him: New York!
me,: so you're starting from New York on the 15th, great! (I'm so relieved at this info I'm ashamed of myself..)
him: No, I live in Miami! I want to go from MIA to SDQ, and then to New York to see my kids and then back home to MIA!
me: cool. (I start to quote the schedules)
him: Can you hold? I gotta go to the bathroom.
Me: tell you what, we're open all night, why don't you just call us back when you're done.
Him ok thanks miss, Bye!
Me: I need a drink..
Call Number Two: You can't get there from here.
me: anonymous airlines, rose speaking.
her: where's the bus!
me: pardon me?
her: where's the f****** bus! We're gonna miss the flight!
me: are you at a hotel?
her: yeah, we're at the hotel, I'm telling you the bus never came!
me: if you're looking for the hotel shuttle bus, you need to call the front desk. I can check the reservation for your flight and change it if we need to, though.
her: f*** that! just send me the bus.
me: what bus!
her: the one from Honolulu airport, it's a long drive! hurry up so we don't miss the plane..
me: let me get you the airport shuttle number. It's 123 456 7891
her: that's a different area code, it's gonna be long distance.
me: (now I'm dying to know where she's at, there is no long distance on that island! I lived there!) Where exactly are you ma'am?
her: Lihue
me: that's a whole different island ma'am.
her: you mean we can't take the bus?
me: how did you get from Honolulu to Lihue, ma'am?
her: we took a boat, got awful sick, too, that's why I cancelled the boat back. I wanna take the bus!
me: ma'am you're going to have to fly if you don't want to go by boat.
her: you mean, the busses don't run between Lihue and Honolulu?
me: no ma'am, they're two seperate islands.
her: aw s***! let me call the boat people back.
Call Number 3: You can't have it your way.
me: anonymous airlines, rose speaking.
him: I want to reconfirm my flight.
me: have you got your confirmation code or your first flight number handy?
him: hang on a sec.
me: okay (pick up book)
him: I can't find it. Let me tell you what I do got. I got a big old hot steamy chunk of manmeat with your name all over it, baby! (Normally, we just hang up on these guys. But after the first two calls, my patience was GONE!)
me: COOLIES!! Can I get that supersized with a side a fries and a large coke, no ice?
him: Wha?
Me: I said, can I get that supersized wi-
Him: click
me: rats, and I forgot my lunch today too!
Today was one of those days when you really wonder if your job makes sense. Most of our callers are cool normal sort off people, but sometimes you start to wonder. You wonder why you do this to yourself. You wonder you didn't buy a lottery ticket for the last big drawing. Or even the last small one. Let's hear a few calls, shall we? (name of airline changed to protect the guilty
)Call Number 1: aka Kitchen Man
me: Anonymous Airlines, this is rose.
him: I want to go to Santo Domingo (SDQ)
me: ok. and where will you be starting from?
him: that's in the Dominican Republic.
me: Yes sir, where will you be coming from?
him: can I go over Christmas?
me: probably, which city will you be departing from?
him: December 15th. What's the fare on that?
me: I don't know yet sir, I don't know where you're starting from yet. where is that?
him. SDQ!
me: (taking a deep breath and being patient) I thought you were going there.
him: I am!
me: (starting to get that steely schoolmarm's voice) Well then, Sir, where, will, you, be, starting, from!?
him: Here! (by this time, he's just as frustrated with me, I pause and count to 10. In 3 languages...)
me: Sir, where are you right now?
him: In my kitchen!
(by this time, my work buddies are all shamelessly sitting on unavailable, trying not to laugh too loud. I hit the mute button for a moment. Adrienne says "so where is he?" "In his kitchen!" I say, just about ready to cry. they roll laughing..)
him: Miss, hey Miss, you still there?
me: yes sir, I'm still here. Sorry about that. When you come home from SDQ, where will you be going to?
him: New York!
me,: so you're starting from New York on the 15th, great! (I'm so relieved at this info I'm ashamed of myself..)
him: No, I live in Miami! I want to go from MIA to SDQ, and then to New York to see my kids and then back home to MIA!
me: cool. (I start to quote the schedules)
him: Can you hold? I gotta go to the bathroom.
Me: tell you what, we're open all night, why don't you just call us back when you're done.
Him ok thanks miss, Bye!
Me: I need a drink..
Call Number Two: You can't get there from here.
me: anonymous airlines, rose speaking.
her: where's the bus!
me: pardon me?
her: where's the f****** bus! We're gonna miss the flight!
me: are you at a hotel?
her: yeah, we're at the hotel, I'm telling you the bus never came!
me: if you're looking for the hotel shuttle bus, you need to call the front desk. I can check the reservation for your flight and change it if we need to, though.
her: f*** that! just send me the bus.
me: what bus!
her: the one from Honolulu airport, it's a long drive! hurry up so we don't miss the plane..
me: let me get you the airport shuttle number. It's 123 456 7891
her: that's a different area code, it's gonna be long distance.
me: (now I'm dying to know where she's at, there is no long distance on that island! I lived there!) Where exactly are you ma'am?
her: Lihue
me: that's a whole different island ma'am.
her: you mean we can't take the bus?
me: how did you get from Honolulu to Lihue, ma'am?
her: we took a boat, got awful sick, too, that's why I cancelled the boat back. I wanna take the bus!
me: ma'am you're going to have to fly if you don't want to go by boat.
her: you mean, the busses don't run between Lihue and Honolulu?
me: no ma'am, they're two seperate islands.
her: aw s***! let me call the boat people back.
Call Number 3: You can't have it your way.
me: anonymous airlines, rose speaking.
him: I want to reconfirm my flight.
me: have you got your confirmation code or your first flight number handy?
him: hang on a sec.
me: okay (pick up book)
him: I can't find it. Let me tell you what I do got. I got a big old hot steamy chunk of manmeat with your name all over it, baby! (Normally, we just hang up on these guys. But after the first two calls, my patience was GONE!)
me: COOLIES!! Can I get that supersized with a side a fries and a large coke, no ice?
him: Wha?
Me: I said, can I get that supersized wi-
Him: click
me: rats, and I forgot my lunch today too!
