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TurtleCavalryIsSeriousShit · 25/07/2019 14:15

I work for a retail company at our head office. We received a call from a man who wanted to exchange 2 garments as he bought the wrong size.

No problem.

I ask for the product codes on the labels.... took a while but he found them. All the while he is telling me that it is for his customers in Brazil. How he likes to get them presents, etc, etc. So sounds like a competent manager type, possibly business owner.

I ask what sizes does he have and what would he like to swap them for. This is when it got a little odd.

For some reason he just couldn't find the size on the label. Next minute I hear him shout:

"Jessica! Jessica! Susan!! Oi, I need a woman here! You woman know size labels! Susan!"
Hmm
So 'Jessica' comes running up on the other side and finds the size for him. It's a size 3-4 kids t-shirt.

Then he starts saying to 'Jessica': "This won't fit, will it? Do you think it will fit?" 'Jessica' sounds unsure.

Next minute I hear him shout: "Bring me a child! Get me a 3 year old! Yes, yes, just get me a child! A 3 year old!" Shock

He says: "Turtle, I'll phone you back in a minute" and puts the phone down Shock

Dumbfounded, we're all wondering what the hell kind of business this man is in if he can just conjure up a child of a specific age? My colleagues make me promise to ask him his business, just to put our minds at rest.

He never phoned back! Shock I guess it fit the 3 year old child they found for him?

It was just such a bizarre conversation. Have you had any weird or wonderful stories to tell? Grin

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Monsterinmypocket · 28/07/2019 22:54

One of my favourite TV moments:

Famous footballer's girlfriend is on Place in the Sun with her mother looking for a new home abroad and she is turning her nose up at homes that are worth millions for the most ridiculous reasons and seems to be revelling in the fact she can do this. Presenter is looking a bit exasperated by her. She is currently looking around one particular extravagant property when she says "Its that weird wallpaper I dont like again". Presenter replies in a deadpan manner "it's marble"

Grin
GabsAlot · 28/07/2019 23:28

Monster they really dont help themselves do they

Hoppinggreen · 29/07/2019 10:36

monster that reminds me of when we went on holiday to Florida years ago and a friend of mil (who we knew very well) said she would put us in touch with her son who lived there - apparently he had done very well in property and had a huge house BUT she warned us he was a “pretentious arsehole” (his mums words)
While we were there we did visit and to be fair we had a lovely BBQ and swam in his pool but he insisted on giving us the mansion tour, it was a triumph of money over taste and he kept telling us how much everything cost.
He took us into the dining room and announced that the ceiling was “faux leather - which is a special kind of leather from Italy”

Iyhinkhellhavestrawberry · 29/07/2019 10:39

Waiting in hospital reception behind a lady getting very cross as the man behind the desk couldn't tell her where the metallic bone department was. She was spelling it out to him, said he must know, it was a follow up appointment. He was getting very confused, suddenly a light came in in his head, Metabolic department.

WantingMoreFromLife · 31/07/2019 01:45

Not a customer service one but I always tell this story because it makes me laugh. My sister was living out of home with her boyfriend. We were having dinner at our parent's house when my sister told my partially deaf mum that she had a urinary (tract) infection. Dad asked "How do you get that?" and my sister blurted out loudly "From too much sex, Dad!". Dad went quiet but then mum looked over and said "What's he doing putting it in your ear?" We had no idea what she was talking about when we realised she thought my sister said "Ear infection". Absolutely hilarious!

Charley50 · 31/07/2019 22:38

@WantingMoreFromLife - 😂😂😂

Lorddenning1 · 12/08/2019 22:46

Anymore!

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