Sometimes I wonder... - stroppycow

Sometimes I wonder...

Great call today. "xxx good afternoon". "I want to speak to Mr X". "He has gone home for the day, but I can put you through to his voicemail if you want". "I don't want his voicemail, I want to speak to him". "He is not in his ofice so you can't". "but I want to". I thought she was going to have a tantrum, there and then, on the phone. The idea of a grown up woman rolling on the floor and kicking her heels made it hard to to not laugh at her. I had to resist the temptation of saying that I wanted a ferrari and what was she going to do about it (standard mum answer to the I want statement). Please help me, is there a nice way to say tough titties ? Preferrably one that will not offend demanding callers.

4.12.03 21:34

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(4.12.03 22:30)
We say , I want a pony, or I want a tiara

(5.12.03 10:12)
my grandfather used to say "the king says we want".

(5.12.03 13:35)
What you have failed to spot is that the caller thought you were lying to her and if she persisted with her line of questioning you would eventually back down and put her through. She has obviously seen too many films where the protaganist walks straight through to the relevant office being chased by the receptionist who's saying "he's not in I tell you" to find 'him' calmly sitting at his desk. What always puzzles me is that if he's gone to the trouble of telling the receptionist to turn callers away why is he always just sitting calmly at his desk? Why isn't he engaged in some extra-marital activity with a huge blonde? Or maybe he is.....under the desk.

(5.12.03 15:08)
You terrible woman. You have given me a mental picture of Mr X engaged in shenanigans.... bad, bad , bad picture.

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