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Old 22 September 2010, 01:24 PM
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Default What a joke, foreign fecking callcentre staff!

I applied for a job from the jobcentre website that was through an agency last week. They rang me but I was at the barbers thismorning so couldn't take the call. Returned the call just now, the girl on the line spoke very broken english, told me they hadn't rang me but did I have a forklift license? Then I was told maybe the person that rang me was out on their lunch and she couldn't help me and hung up!

What a joke of a company
Old 22 September 2010, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamz3k
the girl on the line spoke very broken english
What?! Was she Irish?!
Old 22 September 2010, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Trout
What?! Was she Irish?!
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Old 22 September 2010, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Trout
What?! Was she Irish?!
bloody cheek you scotch hallion
Old 22 September 2010, 02:35 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSc6shpuHqQ

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Why did you not give them your mobile number ?
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Originally Posted by Jamie
Why did you not give them your mobile number ?
I believe he did, but was having a mop chop so could not take the call.
Old 22 September 2010, 02:58 PM
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PS grrr at these call centres.
Speaking to virgin the other day and was asked my postcode. SE I said, ok Hotel Alpha was the reply. We did that twice more before she got it.
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Mop chop is that slang ?
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Originally Posted by Jamie
Mop chop is that slang ?
Barbers so I would assume having a haircut. I apologise for my poor use of the English language
Old 22 September 2010, 03:09 PM
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do you not have barbers in the mainland?
Old 22 September 2010, 03:11 PM
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Had to phone one the other day. I made sure my already Yorkshire/North Lincs accent was at it's worst, and also used slang terms etc, thee and tha.

The guy said, "I find it hard to understand you sir".
To which I replied, "Yeah, like us having to phone Delhi!"..
He did have the grace to laugh.
Old 22 September 2010, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Snazy
Barbers so I would assume having a haircut. I apologise for my poor use of the English language
And i always thought you were german snazy

Being from down sarf never ever heard that before


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Originally Posted by Jamie
And i always thought you were german snazy

Being from down sarf never ever heard that before


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Lol sorry mate I was just mixing it up a bit.


It's not my everyday choice of words honest .
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Originally Posted by Snazy
PS grrr at these call centres.
Speaking to virgin the other day and was asked my postcode. SE I said, ok Hotel Alpha was the reply. We did that twice more before she got it.
Ahhh, the old Wales / South East divide I get the same translation problems between me (Wrexham) and my girlfriend (Chatham)
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
bloody cheek you scotch hallion
Haddaway and ****e man - I am not Scotch!
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scotch, jock, geordie, northern scummer. you're all the same to us pikeys
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Originally Posted by ScoobySteve69
Ahhh, the old Wales / South East divide I get the same translation problems between me (Wrexham) and my girlfriend (Chatham)
Lol she was in India , I'm usually ok with the welsh, having welsh family lol
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I called British Gas ( about a long running dispute ) and got through to what sounded like a lady of Indian extraction, who had been on speed over her lunch-time...

When I asked to speak to her supervisor, she called me a racist... so I said calmly that she should slow down and speak to me more clearly. She hung up !

I called back and go a guy ( local ) in Leeds who cleared up 19 months of hell in three days !

Then I closed my account !

LOL

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I had to ring AOL help and got some bloke in India.

I was pretty impressed with him, he sorted the problem completely and was easy to communicate with too.

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Originally Posted by dunx
I called British Gas ( about a long running dispute ) and got through to what sounded like a lady of Indian extraction, who had been on speed over her lunch-time...

When I asked to speak to her supervisor, she called me a racist... so I said calmly that she should slow down and speak to me more clearly. She hung up !

I called back and go a guy ( local ) in Leeds who cleared up 19 months of hell in three days !

Then I closed my account !

LOL

dunx
I used to work for orange, and whenever we had to phone our brilliant Indian customer service line, if we said we couldn't understand them we would get called racist.

I ****ing hate when i get called racist because i am not, all i am trying to do is understand somebody.

The term 'racist' gets milked more than a cow.
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Originally Posted by Snazy
Lol she was in India , I'm usually ok with the welsh, having welsh family lol
Ohhhhh, I thought you meant us Welsh cos each time I ring Virgin I get through to South Wales
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An English man,Welsh man & an Indian man are at the maternity ward.
The nurse appears & says the babies are all ok but there has been a mix up & they don't know which baby is which.

To sort out the confusion the dads decide it they will draw lots & pick out their own babies.

The English guy wins the draw & picks first. After the English man makes his choice the Indian chap says 'Look,you have picked the wrong baby,that one is obviously Indian'

The English man replies 'Yes, I know but one of those others is Welsh & I am not taking any chances!'
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
An English man,Welsh man & an Indian man are at the maternity ward.
The nurse appears & says the babies are all ok but there has been a mix up & they don't know which baby is which.

To sort out the confusion the dads decide it they will draw lots & pick out their own babies.

The English guy wins the draw & picks first. After the English man makes his choice the Indian chap says 'Look,you have picked the wrong baby,that one is obviously Indian'

The English man replies 'Yes, I know but one of those others is Welsh & I am not taking any chances!'
Because they will both be more intelligent than the English bloke!
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