I spend a good portion of my work day on the phone. My job involves contacting companies to negotiate prices, place orders, follow up on lead times, etc. On a daily basis I come across dozens of phone messages/menus. The one I heard today cracked me up.
It said "If you are calling from a touch tone phone press one now, rotary phone customers please stay on the line or visit our website at www.________.com
Now first of all, who still has a rotary phone as their primary phone? Some dude in a trailer park in Arkansas who also still has a 13" black and white TV with rabbit ears? Does the one person in maybe 500,000 people who call from a rotary phone warrant a special instructional message?
The thing that made me laugh the most was the fact that this company actually thinks the person calling from the rotary phone also has a computer and internet access to visit their website!!!!! I doubt they are out of the ATARI 2600 stage! I just had to share this......
You have officially stumped me.
ReplyDeleteI do remember my grandma's mustard yellow dial phone with the stretched out cord. LOL...so so long ago. Once again..I've aged myself.
xoxo
C
My job is totally devoid of laughter. Oh I am envious of you.
ReplyDeleteJust passing by.
- paradoxical-rose.blogspot.com
Some old folks will never come out of the stone age. Maybe they have a grandkid with internet? Anyway's I blame old people, their easy scapegoats.
ReplyDeleteRotary phones. How ancient. I remember feeling stranded when on the phone because you couldn't go any further than the cord would stretch. How did I live like that?
ReplyDeletei think they are thinking of poor old grandmoms whose children haven't brought them a descent phone yet. miss ya :)
ReplyDeletemy web addy has change melissaslittleworld.blogspot.com
the old one goes to some gay porn site yikes!
I have been trying to post a comment to this for about a week. Perhaps I'll have success this time...
ReplyDeleteI don't even have cable and this internet that I'm on right now...? It's totally mooched.
I have gone back in time technologically speaking...