liamC
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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As a Web/Graphic Design Company, we have recieved the following inquiries over the last week:
"Hi there, do you do flower arranging?" 
"Good morning, do you sell Epson printer ribbons? 
And just now...
"Hi there, do you rent sand bikes?"
Anyone else get phone calls completely unrelated to their line of work? 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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What is the company called?
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JoeyB
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Registered: 19th Jun 03
Location: Fareham HANTS, Drives: Astra Coupe Turbo
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My guess is:
"Sand Bike Flower Ink Ribbon Web Design"
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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We are a couple of bricklayers and we got a phonecall saying that mrs warbhoys has alzheimers and should be taken care of
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by NotMyCorsa
My guess is:
"Sand Bike Flower Ink Ribbon Web Design"
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stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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Made me laugh too
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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and me
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Phi
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: South
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i work for printing company we print forms fo the NHS... it clearly states this on adds and website...
except someone called asking if we could print her photos.... No !
get few orders though asking for batterys and staples... i should really sell some to them and make a profit...
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stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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The last place I worked had a phone number that was very similar to some airline company (forget the name of it now - nothing major like BA)
Anyway, we used to get calls from people with complaints, cancellations and upgrade queries etc. Normally for the polite ones, we put them through to "the correct department" i.e. whoever in the office we wanted to piss off for the day. But one or two got real shitty on the phone from the start, and we dealt with their complaint or upgrade by offering a "free upgrate to 1st class" etc... basically just freewheel the call to make them think that it was sorted and dealt with  Just a shame we never got to see the result of our childish games 
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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/\ fucking
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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my home phone number is very similar to the local florists. ie say mine is 852864 the florist is 852846. the same numbers in a very similar order. fucking pisses me off
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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at a computer shop where i worked we used to get calls for Yorkshire bank, as they'd printed the number wrong in an advertisement or something
could have quite easily obtained people's bank details
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stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
my home phone number is very similar to the local florists. ie say mine is 852864 the florist is 852846. the same numbers in a very similar order. fucking pisses me off
 Take the order, take the payment, buy some *similar* flowers for say 30% less & have them delivered! 
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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too much effort, i prefer to tell them to GTF off the phone if they aren't able to use it correctly
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danielleG
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Registered: 25th Jun 07
Location: essex
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i used to be a supervisor for a 24 hour call centre, the amount of prank calls were unreal, i loved them though, they were the highlight of my nightshifts.
One that comes to mind was a guy who rang in on Elephant Rescue, said he was on teh M25 and a cement truck had shed it load in front of him, asked him how much cement was on his car, he said it was encased and asked if i could come out with a chisel and hammer 
another line i answered was WH assist, i got a man saying in a very husky tone saying 'i'm masturbating down the phone at you' asked what assistance i could be
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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I get asked for the menswear/ladieswear/makeup dept.
One of the work lines is one digit different to the number of House of frasier round the corner.
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DC90
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Registered: 14th Nov 07
Location: Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by danielleG
another line i answered was WH assist, i got a man saying in a very husky tone saying 'i'm masturbating down the phone at you' asked what assistance i could be
So you are the girl who made me sex wee.
You sounded sexy.
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
too much effort, i prefer to tell them to GTF off the phone if they aren't able to use it correctly
Could just take payment and not send anything on. Morally wrong and possibly seen as theft but hey, its some extra cash
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by stubs
The last place I worked had a phone number that was very similar to some airline company (forget the name of it now - nothing major like BA)
Anyway, we used to get calls from people with complaints, cancellations and upgrade queries etc. Normally for the polite ones, we put them through to "the correct department" i.e. whoever in the office we wanted to piss off for the day. But one or two got real shitty on the phone from the start, and we dealt with their complaint or upgrade by offering a "free upgrate to 1st class" etc... basically just freewheel the call to make them think that it was sorted and dealt with Just a shame we never got to see the result of our childish games
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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i work for a credit card company... we get people who mean to call HSBC and call us instead! OHHH WHAT FUN! 
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