06-24-2021, 01:15 PM
So… I receive a phone call from The Carphone Warehouse in the UK asking if I’d like to switch to them as they have unbeatable deals on ALL mobile cell phones for all networks. The call went something like this…
“Hello sir, I can do you an unbeatable deal on your next phone purchase…”
“I doubt that… I use a PinePhone…”
“Yes sir, we have all the iPhones you could want…”
“Not iPhone, PinePhone… P.I.N.E.P.H.O.N.E…”
“Yes sir, I will see if we have them in stock (30 seconds silence while she googles it) ...yes sir, we have them in stock…”
“You have PinePhones in stock???”
“Yes sir… PinePhone by Pine64… we have those…”
“Really???”
“Yes sir… if you’d like to confirm your payment details we will have it delivered to you by tomorrow afternoon…”
Needless to say, this went on for a few more minutes of her insisting she could get me a PinePhone, even after I told her I was looking on her company website and the PinePhone was no where to be found. Outright lies, told in a bid to get me to sign up to a deal… any deal… so long as she got a sale.
I didn’t see the point in calling her out or complaining, as I bet she is only following company procedures... and I did end up having lots of fun confusing her about how Linux works and wasting her time in the process.
“Hello sir, I can do you an unbeatable deal on your next phone purchase…”
“I doubt that… I use a PinePhone…”
“Yes sir, we have all the iPhones you could want…”
“Not iPhone, PinePhone… P.I.N.E.P.H.O.N.E…”
“Yes sir, I will see if we have them in stock (30 seconds silence while she googles it) ...yes sir, we have them in stock…”
“You have PinePhones in stock???”
“Yes sir… PinePhone by Pine64… we have those…”
“Really???”
“Yes sir… if you’d like to confirm your payment details we will have it delivered to you by tomorrow afternoon…”
Needless to say, this went on for a few more minutes of her insisting she could get me a PinePhone, even after I told her I was looking on her company website and the PinePhone was no where to be found. Outright lies, told in a bid to get me to sign up to a deal… any deal… so long as she got a sale.
I didn’t see the point in calling her out or complaining, as I bet she is only following company procedures... and I did end up having lots of fun confusing her about how Linux works and wasting her time in the process.