There Is No App For That
HOTEL | RIGHT | JUNE 14, 2011
Me: “Thank you for calling reception. How may I help?”
Guest: *in heavily accented English* “The phone is not working!”
Me: “I beg your pardon, sir, but the phone does seem to be working as you are calling me on it.”
Guest: “No! The phone is not working!”
Me: “The phone is definitely working sir. If you would like an outside line, dial 9.”
(I hear button being pressed.)
Me: “No, not when you’re on the phone to me. You need to hang up and then press 9.”
Guest: “Wait, I’ll get my wife.”
(There’s a brief pause. His wife gets on the phone.)
Wife: “The phone is not working!”
Me: “The phone is working, madam. You need to hang up, then pick up again and press 9.”
Wife: “But the phone is not working!”
Me: “Did you try the international dialling code?”
Wife: “No! The phone is not working–and my hair is wet!”
Me: “I’m sorry?”
Wife: “The hair-phone! The hair-phone is not working!”
Me: “Do you mean hairdryer?”
Wife: “Yes! The hairdryer is not working!”
Me: “Okay. I’ll send someone up.”
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