And this is where my head asplodes

October 26, 2009 by Nicki  

asplode — (verb) To explode; to self-combust or become structurally compromised in a most likely spontaneous manner; a mixture of an explosion and implosion, usually affecting only a person’s head, though anything is subject to asploding.

This is a real conversation that I had with a real client earlier today:

Customer: I have a problem with my site.

Me: I’m sorry to hear that. Can you give me an example of the problem?

Customer: An example of what?

Me: What’s going on with your site?

Customer: The spacing is off.

Me: OK, can you give me an example of where this is happening?

Customer: On my site.

Me: Is there a specific page you’re seeing this happening on?

Customer: I don’t understand your question.

Me: Is it on one particular page, or all over the site?

Customer: The problem?

Me: Yes.

Customer: I still don’t understand your question.

Comments

9 Responses to “And this is where my head asplodes”

  1. Scott Allan (34 comments.) on October 26th 2009 at 4:44 pm

    You’re stuck in a Dilbert cartoon.

  2. Dave on October 26th 2009 at 6:47 pm

    that’s too funny, have to love customer service calls.

  3. Marie Smith (8 comments.) on October 26th 2009 at 10:36 pm

    That’s just sad….I hope you manage to keep your head together or get it reasonably repaired. :)

  4. Miranda on October 27th 2009 at 4:18 am

    I think my head asploded reading it. LOL.

  5. Don (39 comments.) on October 27th 2009 at 6:13 am

    Thank you for not identifying me. :wallbash_tb:

  6. Ben (76 comments.) on October 27th 2009 at 7:31 am

    hahahahahahahahahahahaha. this is most excellent. Sounds very much like the conversations I have on a hourly basis.

  7. Romy on October 27th 2009 at 8:39 am

    Customer Service Calls can be a pain sometimes. I don’t think I would have the patience to answer all the stupid questions of every person who doesn’t know the basics of things.

    Good luck to you…

  8. Rachel @ Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life (6 comments.) on October 28th 2009 at 3:02 pm

    LOL – Love it! Having to talk to humans rocks, doesn’t it?

  9. Mark (8 comments.) on November 30th 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Customer service should be patient to handle any kinds of clients. Perhaps some clients need simple directions or they have difficulty in describing their problems. Anyway, I hope the customer service will not always become stress because of the clients’ problems.

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