Thursday, August 20, 2009

P as in Pneumonia...

Disclaimer: No offense meant to anyone, no intention of mocking anyone.

A credit card company representative calls me to sell a card. Lets name this person A. This is the conversation that goes on:

A: 'Hallo Maam, naynu XXXXXX Bank nundi call chaysthunnaa....'

ME: (In my mind) XXXXXX bank is the keyword. I snap: 'ok hang on, English or Hindi please, I dont know Telugu.'

A: 'okaaay.' Silence, some fumbling, and then again 'maam, I'm calling from XXXXXX Bank credit card division. Do you have a credit card maam?'

ME irritated: 'Yes, I already have a few credit cards, I dont want any more please, thank you.'

A: 'But maam, do you have XXXXXX bank credit card? We have a good credit balance for you maam.'

ME getting super irritated, more so at the 100 'maams' in a sentence, and gearing up for some mischief: 'Okay I'd be interested. What info will you need?'

A Sounding very happy at getting a lead: 'Okaaay maam, we will send our representative at your home or office and you will have to fill out a form. Can I get your name and address please?'

Me: 'Yes yes, sure, that sounds good. Why dont you send your representative to my office on Monday while I give you my name and address now.'

A super happy : 'Oh yes maam, that will be okaay. Tell me your name.'

Me: 'Ok, my name is Phebe Kynx.'

A: 'What is it maam?'

Me: 'P-h-e-b-e K-y-n-x. Do you want me to spell it out for you?

A: 'Yes maam.'

Me: 'Ok, here you go.
P as in Pneumonia, H as in Hour, E as in escherichia coli, B as in Buttercups-butterflies-dot-blogspot...

A: 'The first letter is T maam?'

Me: 'No no, P, P as in Pneumonia.'

A: 'D maam?'

Me growling at her 'I said Ppppppp, P as in Psychiatrist'

A: A little confused and relieved at the same time, 'okaay maam, I got you. Then maam?'

Me: 'H as in hour'

A: 'R maam?'

Me: 'No, its H, H as in Hour.' I went on 'E as in Escherichia, did you get that?'

Silence. Some fumbling again. I realized she was getting super confused and nervous. Guessed 3/4 minutes may have passed and it wasnt worth wasting her or my time.

Me: 'Listen, I dont want to waste time. Call me later.' Click-I hang up.

I'm sure she would never call me.

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