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Customer Service Transcripts #12

Haven’t done one of these in a while! I stopped partly because these started to depress me. These are real calls. Looking back on them, for me, is more scary than funny. The other reason is that I ran out of ones that are anonymous. I have lots more, but the really juicy ones are tough because they tend to involve names and personal details — like the guy who just screamed his Social Security number over and over again until I hung up on him, and the lady who couldn’t spell her own name…

Today, though, I got a real doozy of a call. So here it is for your enjoyment. A lady struggling with our online membership application form. This lady was an American, so no language barrier. And remember that all these options she struggled with are drop down menus.
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Customer Service

My day job, as you’ve no doubt gathered from the customer service transcript posts, is fucking insane.  It doesn’t demand much brainpower, and, in fact, I have enough spare time to run a publishing company, act as a consultant for another publisher, and juggle a handful of freelance writing gigs as well as maintain silly shit like this blog. I probably shouldn’t complain.

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Customer Service Transcripts #11

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Customer Service Transcripts #10

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Customer Service Transcripts #8

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Customer Service Transcripts #6

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Customer Service Transcripts #5

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Customer Service Transcripts #4

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Customer Service Transcripts #3

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Customer Service Transcripts #2

The first one is right here.
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