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Which GOP Presidential Candidate Recorded A Gospel Album?
Republican Presidential candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain apparently recorded a gospel album — and it's not bad.
Take a listen for yourself below.
[via The Daily Caller]
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The Identity Thief’s Dream Caller
(Call Center | Tampa Bay, FL, USA) Me: “Thank you for calling [bank]. May I please have your card number?” Caller: “No.” Me: “I can help look up your account if you don’t have your card with you. May I please have your phone number on file?” Caller: “I’m not giving you that. You will steal my information.” Me: “I assure you, [...]
Breaking: 6th Circuit Upholds Obamacare
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here. Or by Twitter @AaronWorthing.] The Daily Caller story tells you no more than that, but fwiw… Expect updates. Update: Volokh has a little more and straightens me out on which circuit is involved. And you can read it, here. [Posted and authored by [...]
For Spanish Press 2, For Telepaths Press 3
(Call Center | Chicago, IL, USA) Me: “Thank you for calling [company]. May I have your account number?” Caller: “You may.” pause Me: “Sir?” Caller: “Oh, did you need me read it aloud to you?” Me: “Yes, please.” Caller: “It is [account number].” Me: “Thank you. And for security, could I ask you to confirm the mailing address on the account?” [...]
Chris Christie, Who Is Not Running For President, Makes Me Want To Accidentally Send A Picture Of My Gentleman Caller Through A Tweet
Privatize New Jersey's stupid stake in public broadcasting? Yes please thank you. You want a quote? You got a quote: :We are looking forward to this new partnership, which we think will serve the people of New Jersey extraordinarily well,?...
Pressing All The Wrong Buttons, Part 2
(Bank call center | Central Oklahoma, OK, USA) Me: “Thank you for calling [bank] credit card services. Can I have your name, please?” Caller: “You need to turn my d speakerphone on before I can talk, so I can hear you across the room!” Me: “I’m sorry, sir, I can’t turn your speakerphone on for you. You have to do that yourself.” Caller: [...]
It’s Time To Stamp Out Stupidity
(Call Center | Terre Haute, IN, USA) Me: “May I have your address, please?” Caller: “I don’t need to know my address. The postman knows where I live.”
Deal With The Burning Issue First, Part 2
(Call Center | Glasgow, UK) (I work at directory inquiries.) Me: “Which name, please?” Caller: “I’d like the number for the local fire station.” Me: “Searching for you now.” Caller: “Can you hurry up? My kitchen’s on fire.” Me: “Sir, hang up right now and then dial emergency services!” Caller: “Hold on.” he’s away for over a minute “Right, I’ve [...]
Inexcretable Behavior
(Hotel | UK) Receptionist: “Hello, [hotel]. How can I help you?” Caller: “I need to know if I’m still barred.” Receptionist: “I can check that for you. Can I take your name, please?” Caller: gives name Receptionist: “Okay, I’ll just check for you. Out of interest, can I ask why you were barred?” Caller: “Aye. I took a [...]
Turn Left At Berlin And Just Keep Going
(Hotel | Johannesburg, South Africa) (The phone rings in reception and I answer. Note that we’re a hotel in South Africa.) Caller: “Please give directions to your hotel.” Me: “Certainly, sir. From which direction will you be coming?” Caller: “Germany.”
Not So Smart-Phone, Part 3
(Tech Support | New York, NY, USA) Caller: “I’d like to know how to charge my handheld, please.” Me: “Take the cable, and plug it into the bottom of the handheld. Take the other side, and plug it into the wall.” Caller: “Which one goes in the wall?” Me: “The side that has the two prongs.” Caller: “Why is this so complicated?!” [...]
Their Business Days Are Numbered
(Tech support | American Fork, UT, USA) Me: “Thank you for calling! Can I have your customer ID number, please?” Caller: “I don’t have that. Can I give you the business name?” Me: “Do you have your program open? I can actually tell you how to find your customer ID number.” Caller: “No, but I have the address.” Me: “Do you have [...]
Watts Up With Taking Content Without Attribution?
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here. Or by Twitter @AaronWorthing.] One of the big stories this morning is that Glenn Beck is being accused by the Daily Caller of taking material without attribution. Oh yeah, I really hate it when people do that. For instance, yesterday I was surfing [...]
Please Hold for the Next Available Annoyance
Answer me! Now! The phone rang the other night as we were getting ready to sit down to dinner. The caller ID screen said: 800 number. Why.
NPR, Please Meet The Fork Which Is About To Be Stuck Into You Because You Are Done
Can it get any worse for NPR? H/t to my readers for alerting me to this video in the NPR Sting, Part 2, via The Daily Caller: New video released Thursday afternoon indicates National Public Radio intended to accept a $5 million donation...Show More Summary
If Christie Doesn’t Run For President Then He Hates America… and Kittens
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here.] This column in the Daily Caller is so transparent, it’s kind of fun for that reason: Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie unpatriotic? Well, if Christie believes what he has been saying about America’s fiscal crisis and his chances of winning the presidency and yet still [...]
Steele Is Out!
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here.] The Daily Caller is keeping tabs on this story. Not sure who will take over, but we have nowhere to go but up. Previously: Michael Steele: Vote for Me, You Racists! DLTDHYAOTWO [Posted and authored by Aaron Worthing.]
GPS: Great Practitioners Of Stupidity
(Call Center | Brisbane, Australia) Me: “Hello, this is [taxi service]. Can I have your pickup address please?” Caller: “I don’t know!” Me: “Well, you will need to tell me some kind of an address.” Caller: “Why can’t you just ‘GPS’ ...
YouTube Clip Of The Day
“This clip parodying the songs at the end of TV shows pleased me to no end,” said occasional caller Nordette as she slipped me a link to the following video. Will it please you too? Well, “somebody’s holding his head, regretting something he never said…” is a pretty good line, so there’s a good chance you’re gonna love it. (more…)
No Holding Back
(Call Center | Webster, NY, USA) Me: “Thank you for calling [company] support, can I have your employee ID number, please?” Caller: “Yeah, can you put me on hold?” Me: “Excuse me?” Caller: “I called before and complained about the awful hold music you guys use. I want to see if you changed it.” Me: “Hold on just a minute.” (I put the caller on hold [...]