As I sit here in our college testing center, semi-idly, for the next couple hours, waiting to proctor exams or provide information about those exams, I humbly make the following request of those who plan to inquire over the phone:
Please spit out the marbles before you ask. :rolleyes:
– Jay
I hope I am not alone with my resounding
HUH???
HUH???
Yep, that’s exactly what Histrion said when he/she couldn’t understand the person on the other end of the phone!
I always thought it was gravel they were sucking on, myself.
Why, no! You’re not alone at not.
In fact, “HUH???” was pretty much what I wanted to say when that guy called me on the phone to ask about EPA exams – I couldn’t understand half his words because it sounded like someone was trying to permanently fix his esophagus open with a tire jack.
“How mukk zuzay caulk?”
“Sorry?”
“How mukk zuzay caulk?”
“Oh, they’re $65 – the first $10 for the official practice booklet, the rest charged to you when you actually register for the test.”
“Khaang you.”
“No problem.”
The customer service people here at work refer to people who sound like that as “Klingons.” Particularly those from Oklahoma. shudder
Gah. Then there are the folks who call, with the TV and/or radio and/or screaming kids and/or wild party in the background.
Here’s a hint: if you’re calling a place of business to ask for information, TURN DOWN THE NOISE BEFORE you call! (I know it’s a bit hard to turn off a screaming kid, or a wild party, but in those cases, wait to call until you’re in a quiet place, please?) Most of the time, if you can’t hear me, I can’t hear you! :mad:
And why the hell someone would call asking for information, while they’re in a situation where they can’t write it down, then they get all mad about it at me, is beyond me.
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This happens to me several times a day, in person! Lazy mouths, as my French teacher used to say to some of us.
Calh thih uh fughinh ranh?
I always thought they were swallowing the fucking receiver. ANd I generally ask them if they could kindly take the microphone out of their mouths when speaking to me 
Sam
Ih coulh hah bn a fughinh cnhtenhda