This is going to get old quickly if all I talk about is my job. I will switch it up later.
I'm a bad employee, but an excellent person. Today this woman called in asking how to assemble her walker basket. I had to tell her to go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get Velcro. Seriously? You want me to tell an admitted 81 year old woman that? I actually did tell her that.
We were being somewhat rude to each other around that time. This was a rather long call. After I read the product description over to her and realized it didn't say anything about the assembly and how ridiculous it would be for a senior to go out for additional items to attach a basket to their walker, the conversation turned friendly. This is when it flipped and I read the product description to her.
"It doesn't say anything about how to assemble it and doesn't mention Velcro. Nor how to assemble it really, I'm sorry."
"That's stupid!"
I stammered a bit after that. I wasn't sure. Should I apologize profusely or admit how silly it would be to disagree? I ended up saying, "I...I...I can't disagree with you." We both burst out laughing after that and spoke about the weather and world events. I didn't want her to hang up. I was stuck between apologizing for idiotic corporate policy or being a real person.
Fire me. I don't get paid enough to be a whore.
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