Dear dimwit on the phone

My favorite is the aging weightlifter.

 

Which one of these were you?

 

I was all three. I was too fat and lazy to try hard at practice and, as I later found out, not good enough as a lineman to overtake any of the non fat/lazy people who did earn starting spots.

 

This goes under: Dear dimwit in the newsroom:

Me: Sports.
Caller: I'd like to place an ad in the paper.
Me: I'm sorry you've been transferred to the wrong department. Our ad department is gone for the night but if you call back tomorrow I'm sure someone will help you.

30 minutes later

Me: Sports.
Different Caller: I didn't get a paper today.
Me: I'm sorry you've been transferred to the wrong department. Just a second and I'll send you to classifieds.

15 minutes later

Me: Sports
Another Caller: I'd like to talk to someone about an obit.
Me: I'm sorry you've been transferred to the wrong department. Just a second.


By this point I'm thinking something is strange is up so I go into the newsroom, which answers all calls after like 5:30....

The following exchange occurred.

Me (to the newsroom in general): Who keeps transferring me calls about ads and obits?
Reporter on duty that night: Me. I didn't want to deal with them.
Me: And you think I do?
Reporter: No. But I didn't want to deal with them.
Me: Wouldn't it have been easier just to send them to right department to begin with?
Reporter: Maybe, but I didn't really want to deal with them.


I'm working with a bunch of idiots!

 

You should just transfer all those calls back to him.

 

And the angry swim parents.

 

Dear Old Football-On-TV Fan,

You annoyed me when you called on Monday wanting to know what time and channel Kentucky was on Saturday. You annoyed me even more when you tried explaining Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky should be on ESPN instead of CSS.

But you overstayed your welcome when you called Thursday wanting to know what who the second NFL game on Fox on Sunday was. It says "to be determined" because ... it's to be determined. So to be nice, I got on the google for you and looked up "NFL coverage maps" for Week 1 and voila, there it was. But no, I can't do that yet for Week 2. Because it's still TBD.

So I gave you the link. I told you how to find them online. I even offered to e-mail you the link so therefore all you had to do was click the link. I even told you your Dish/DirecTV/DVR should offer some search (which you said you're able to use to checkmark whenever your beloved Wall-Cats are on TV).

But here's a random thought: If you want to know what a TV channel will be showing, shouldn't you, you know, contact the TV station? When was the last time you contacted them wanting to know when something would be in our paper?

Hugs and kisses,

CKK

 

I asked somebody that once. The answer? "Because you answer the phone and they don't."

 

hysterical!

 

Well, to play Devil's Advocate. ... How can you contact the TV station if you don't know what station the game is on?

If you mean contact the cable company, that's darn near impossible. I believe they will only pick up a phone if you are trying to pay a bill or connect service.

 

Probably a reader that brings no value to advertisers.

 

Ace,

Except that doesn't work in this instance.

Reader knew what station (FOX) and game time (4:15) he wanted the pairings for.

So if you have the internet - which he said he did - he can find the local FOX station and call THEM and ask THEM what they're showing, since they never bother telling us.