Work: Today, at work, due to a mix up, I had to call an answering service....

By ring-a-ding-ding - 06/12/2014 05:18 - United States - Sparks

Today, at work, due to a mix up, I had to call an answering service. I am also from an answering service. We got the problem fixed but I couldn't hang up due to company policy. She couldn't hang up either. We both had to get our supervisors for permission to hang up. FML

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By ShayanFCB - 20/10/2009 19:35 - United States

Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML

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Crisis

By Anonymous - 07/07/2023 18:02 - Canada - St. Catharines

Today, I called the crisis helpline, and because my connection was cutting in and out for a moment, they hung up on me. When I called back, it was shift change, so they hung up again. FML

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By suspended - 09/08/2014 00:16 - Australia

Today, while I was working customer support, a lady hung up on me mid-sentence, and I trailed off, saying, "…aaannnddd you hung up on me like a bitch." Turned out she was still on the line and had just accidentally hit mute. FML

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By gotta euthanize em all - 29/11/2014 19:45 - Canada

Today, while at work, I had to spend an hour and a half on the phone, listening to an old lady relive her entire day in excruciating detail. We're not allowed to hang up on customers, and she was extremely quick to dismiss all my attempts to steer the call back on topic. FML

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By chelsay05 - 04/11/2016 00:53 - Canada - Kamloops

Today, I had to go to work on my day off to suspend someone. Afterwards, I got a call saying I can't suspend the person in question because the supervisor who told me to suspend them was wrong. FML

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We all hate cold callers

By Adrian - 03/02/2022 14:01

Today, while working at my call center, I took a phone call. The guy on the other line just yelled "FUCK YOU!" twice at the top of his lungs before hanging up on me. But of course, the phone agent is always at fault. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/08/2018 20:30

Today, I spent half an hour on the phone with four departments at my college due to a mistake on my tuition bill. The last guy I talked to told me to call the financial aid office and hung up before I could respond. That was the first office I called. FML

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By Broguy - 06/07/2011 02:20 - Canada

Today, I called my phone company to get some answers about my phone bill. I was okay with being put on hold. In fact, I was on hold for so long, that the music stopped playing. When someone finally answered they told me to call back tomorrow. All my phones disconnected an hour later. FML

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Introverts unite!

By Jen - 20/10/2016 16:32

Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML

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Thanks mom

By Anonymous - 27/01/2017 00:00

Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML

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Saturday 6 December 2014 19:42

"You hang up" "No, you hang up" "No, you hang up first!"

arodven 18

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:41

That's awesome. Did you at least have a pleasant conversation while you waited?

Comments

Attacksloth 33

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:45

This sounds like a possible introduction to a b-movie romance.

MrSassypants 33

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:55

Or it could be a cheesy horror movie if the other person on the line was also OP but from the future. A SyFy original movie.

marcranger 28

Saturday 6 December 2014 20:56

Or an action thriller where whoever gets disconnected first blows up the city block they're in!

MrSassypants 33

Saturday 6 December 2014 21:28

Hollywood should really give the three of us a call some time soon for new movie ideas.

PSYqualiac 17

Sunday 7 December 2014 19:46

What about a mystery where they have to work together to solve mysterious deaths that were occurring at their offices?

purelymixed 17

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:45

I would've considered bending the rules a bit in that situation…but that's just me

Vanillalife 19

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:45

"No, YOU hang up first!"

Miss_Chevious 37

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:53

"No way, you hang up first"

davincidasecond 24

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:55

"Okay okay, we'll both hang up on three. One... Two..."

Miss_Chevious 37

Saturday 6 December 2014 20:04

"Three!.....did you hang up yet?"

Mauskau 35

Saturday 6 December 2014 21:37

"Can one of you just hang up the phone?!"

15Erik 21

Sunday 7 December 2014 8:50

"Wait..wait...on three or after three?"

countryb_cth 38

Monday 8 December 2014 12:57

On three... Now one, two, three.

Miss_Chevious 37

Monday 8 December 2014 20:04

"I can still hear you on the line...."

nodai 13

Saturday 6 December 2014 19:55

Now, both of your supervisors think you to be incompetent.

PSYqualiac 17

Sunday 7 December 2014 19:47

Why? They were following protocol.

emmsies 16

Saturday 6 December 2014 20:17

in this case ur the customer so shouldn't u have hung up

Shannon98 16

Saturday 6 December 2014 20:20

That's actually quite funny, when you think about it.

Zzapper77 12

Saturday 6 December 2014 20:48

I don't get it. The policies are sound and dictates that the Answering Services must not hang up on Clients. But one of you must have initiated the request making you become the the role of Client and therefore given the right to hang up since you are not in the role of an Answering Service. If I was your supervisor I would probably deem you incompetent..