Weird But True
I used to work for BT Payphones, a major butt of Watchdog complaints. Some of the whinges I used to get from customers were unbelievable.
"I put a pound in and it only lasted a few seconds"
"Where were you calling"
"California"
Whilst fixing a phone:-
Customer: Are you going to be long
Me: A little while I'm afraid, why don't you use the phone around the corner (20 yards)
Customer : If I'd WANTED to use the phone around the corner, I WOULD have, I WANT to use THIS one, so hurry up.
"Will you lot stop fixing the f***ing light" ( I'm unsure of why he wanted the light to be non working )
After replacing the glass which used to keep being broken by vandals, with polycarbonate, a complaint from a vandals parent :-
"You could have put up a warning that you'd put plastic in, then brick bounced off and hit my lad on the head"
From: John Robinson <john@thebeard.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wednesday, 13 May 1998 7:38 pm
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