Friday, April 1, 2011

May I Speak to Amber?

As many of you know, Amber Book Company is named after my dog Amber. I knew it would only be a matter of time before this happened:

Today the phone rang. “Hello, may I speak to Amber?”

I was slightly taken aback, because while my dog is generally more popular than I am, she seldom receives phone calls.

Me: “Who’s calling, please?”

Her: “This is DHL. We have a delivery and I need to speak to the addressee, Amber.”

Me: “Are you sure the addressee isn’t Amber Book Company?”

Her: “No, sir. My screen says ‘Amber.’”

Me: “Perhaps your screen truncated the name? May I help you?”

Her: “No sir, I can only speak to the addressee; may I speak to Amber please?”

Me: “You really don’t want to speak to Amber; she’s a bitch.”

Her: “That’s O.K., sir. I deal with those all day long.”

Me: “No, I mean she’s a real dog.”

Her: “Seriously sir, I can handle it but I must speak to Amber.”

Me: “O.K., hold on.” I called out “Amber!” and she trotted to my desk. I lowered the phone to her ear and put it on speaker mode.

Me: “O.K., Amber’s on speaker phone.”

Her: “Amber, this is DHL. We need to confirm your delivery address.”

She read the address over the speaker phone.

Me: “Amber is nodding that’s correct. She has to go now. Is there anything else?”

Her: “No sir, thank you. You and Amber have a good day.”


© 2009 Keith B. Darrell. All Rights Reserved.

8 comments:

  1. BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....*holds her sides, trying to stop them from hurting* ok, ok...can't breathe...*blinks* BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

    "I deal with those all day."...Seriously!?!?!? lol :P Too funny! Thanks for sharing with us! D:

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  2. I'm sorry I can't stop laughing long enough to write........

    Oh thank you I needed that.

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  3. That is hysterical! You and Amber just made my day.

    I have a similar story from when I was trying to sort out my deceased mom's bills. The idiot at the phone company kept telling me that they couldn't help me until they spoke to my mom. I had already told her 3 times that mom had passed away as well as showing her the death certificate. I was so frustrated that I finally just told her I'd have mom call her personally.

    Makes me wonder if this woman now works for DHL?

    Thanks for the laugh!!

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  4. OMG! LOL! That is just too funny; but I can see it happening. These people use a pre-written script. If you deviate, they can't deal!

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  5. What a great story-thanks for sharing! Still LOL

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  6. Any dog lover is a friend of mine. Very creative.

    Richard

    http://richardmacleod.blogspot.com

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