Unable To Make Contact
(I work in the IT Help Desk of a university.)
Caller: “I’m calling about the homepage for the university.”
Me: “Okay…”
Caller: “It’s terrible! I can’t see any contact information on the page at all!”
Me: “Is it [website URL]?”
Caller: “I don’t know! I’m not on that site now!”
Me: “Okay, can you tell me the URL to the site you’re having this issue with?”
Caller: “No! Your homepage doesn’t have any contact information! It’s terrible!”
Me: “Well, I’m on the [website URL], which is what our homepage is, and there is contact information at the bottom of the page.”
Caller: “That’s not good enough! You don’t have contact information on the page!”
Me: “Yes, we do. It’s at the bottom of the page.”
Caller: “Well, I’m a Harvard graduate and as an educated person, I didn’t think to look down there, so obviously the page is terrible.”
Me: “Okay, well, at the bottom of the page-”
Caller: “You’re telling me there’s the information there but I didn’t see it?!”
Me: “What I’m trying to say is that it has a place to comment on the page. If you click-”
Caller: “I’m telling you about this!”
Me: “Okay, but I don’t run the website. So, if you click-”
Caller: “This is a business call! I will never call again! I’m just trying to tell you the website sucks!”
Me: “Well, thanks for letting us know. Have a great day.”
Question of the Week
What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?