i was thinking about the weirdest phone calls i got when i still worked at the public library and i remembered this one phone call. it was probably less than 20 seconds long, but it still makes me laugh.
anyways, this woman called and without even saying hello after i said the usual âpublic library, how can i help you?â spiel, she said, âi have a very important question: when you shelve books, do you push them all to the front of the shelf or all the way back?â
it took me a second to process the question and then i answered that, at the library, we always shelve them so that they are even with the front edge so theyâre easier to grab and see. she was obviously delighted by this answer and then, as if an afterthought, she asked, âokay, what about you? what do you do at home with your books?â i said i did the same thing. she hummed in obvious agreement and then just like that she said âthank you!â and hung up.
i never heard from her again. i hope she won whatever argument she was having.
for about a year, i worked at a call center for sprint. i have a similar kind of story. a woman called, and said she had a question about the call history on her bill. âsure, let me just pull up your account-â and she cut me off going, âno, no, itâs not anything specific, itâs just. so, if you change the time on your phone, does that change the time on the bill?â âuh⊠no? the time on the phone doesnât matter, the call history is recorded by the towers.â âohhhhâ she said in the saltiest voice i have ever heard âso even if you changed the timezone it wouldnât change the time on the bill? to, say, the middle of the night?â i stg yall i looked into the camera like i was on the office. âum⊠no? it would still be the local time of the tower. is there anything else i can help you with?â to me, overly chipper: ânope! thank you! have a great day!â turning on someone as she hung up: âshe says yoUâRE A LYING SACK OF-â i still mean-snicker every time i think about it.
