Dear dimwit on the phone

Well if he doesn't know that, then he truly is a dimwit.

 

Wait.... so he knows court reporters do transcription of testimony but he wants to hire YOU (or someone on your staff) do do it? Or did I read that wrong?

 

I hear you -- I dealt with that a lot when I was a part-time in San Diego. In fact, I have a post way, way back in this thread that alludes to those types of people. It was at its worst when we'd get one of those callers right in the middle of prep sports coaches call-in rush hour, and you would hear the phone ringing with people ready to send in prep results, but you were on the line listening to some yahoo prattle on and on about something.

 

Had one like that years ago. Called once going on and on about why Podunk Tech wasn't doing this or that and wondered if we would do an article about it. By the strangest of coincidences, about a half hour before the call, the host of Podunk's weekly sportstalk show called to tell us who his guests would be, and one was the coach of Podunk Tech. I explained to the caller that I couldn't do his hatchet job story this week, but if he's that concerned, here's your chance to talk to coach about it directly!

I was usually too busy to listen to the show, but that week I found time. No one called.

 

Backstory: The local NBC affiliate has been taken off the air by the local cable outfit since they are fighting over broadcasting fees.
Caller calls Sunday night to ask why SNF isn't on local NBC station.
Our agate guy says: "It's not on because the station and the cable company are feuding over money."
Caller: "What's feuding mean?"

 

No dimwit today, just a psycho parent. Cops got called to the toy store to deal with a woman who freaked out because we ran out of whatever toy she wanted two days before Christmas. Screaming and cursing at us and knocking shit off shelves, throwing shit (which thankfully didn't hurt any other customers or us).

 

To quote a former supervisor: "Never overestimate the intelligence of your readers".

 

When I was a kid I watched Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver do that stuff. The announcers thought the whole act was rather amusing and I thought it was typical accepted adult behavior. Such bad role models some of these sporting people can be.

 

I was just at a store where some rowdy lady at the customer service desk was going off about how she was being a nice person and the calm customer service rep she kept calling names was being a jerk.

 

I have no idea if he knows what goes on in the courtroom. He just called and asked if someone on our staff would take notes for him. My post may have been a bit confusing.

 

See? Psycho parents aren't only in youth sports.

 

Dear Last-minute Shopping Dimwit,

No, I won't help you find whatever you're looking for. I just clocked out and learned five minutes ago that it was my last day. Sure, I knew it was seasonal, but I held out a little hope it would work out since I have no other offers of employment. It's all I had to look forward to. Get your own damn toy.