Please leave a message after the tone....
Today, while at work, I answered the phone.
This is not uncommon.
After I finished saying the funeral home name there was silence on the other end.
So this time I offered a "Hello?"
Caller: "Oh, this is a live person. I thought you were a computer."
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon either.
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Although I hate to admit it, this happens to me frequently. People are actually shocked when I say "Hello" and then proceed to have a conversation with them.
If I have heard, "Is this a live person?" once, I have heard it a million times.
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My thought is this: I can not imagine WHAT company would hire me to be their computer generated greeting.
I have heard my recorded voice. I think it sounds very similiar to fingernails on a chalkboard or at the very least, a voice like Janices' on Friends....without the bronx accent. In fact, once after hearing myself on a home video, I decided that I would not speak when it wasn't necessary ever ever again. Ever.
Yeah, that obviously didn't last.
Maybe next time, I can just pretend to be a computer.
This is not uncommon.
After I finished saying the funeral home name there was silence on the other end.
So this time I offered a "Hello?"
Caller: "Oh, this is a live person. I thought you were a computer."
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon either.
*********************
Although I hate to admit it, this happens to me frequently. People are actually shocked when I say "Hello" and then proceed to have a conversation with them.
If I have heard, "Is this a live person?" once, I have heard it a million times.
**********************
My thought is this: I can not imagine WHAT company would hire me to be their computer generated greeting.
I have heard my recorded voice. I think it sounds very similiar to fingernails on a chalkboard or at the very least, a voice like Janices' on Friends....without the bronx accent. In fact, once after hearing myself on a home video, I decided that I would not speak when it wasn't necessary ever ever again. Ever.
Yeah, that obviously didn't last.
Maybe next time, I can just pretend to be a computer.
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