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GonzoStyle

01-04-2007, 06:39 AM

I have had to deal more and more with clients at my job, so i'm on the phone a lot and I have noticed dozens of things that piss me off about people, the #1 without a doubt pet peeve is the "too much info" person. Like I get people who call for some info, I give it to them and then the call should just end "ok, thanks" or "thanks, i'll call back". But you get some people who just have to preface everything with a complete bio. Like instead of "ok, i'll call back" it turns into "Umm, ok so i'm gonna call my wife and ask her if this is ok with her. See she is at work now and doesn't get lunch till 2:00pm which is weird, I know! But once I call her, I will call you back and let you know. If I don't call today then I will call back tomorrow, because I have a birthday party for my daughter after work, YOU KNOW HOW KIDS ARE!!!. But you gotta do what you gotta do for the youngins....." and it goes on and on and on. I really hate you, TMI fuck! Just get to the point, I got shit to do and posts to post. 

This message was edited by GonzoStyle on 1-4-07 @ 11:06 AM

Dougie Brootal

01-04-2007, 06:44 AM

yeah my chick is that person. and i am always telling her to get to the point. then she gets mad and says "nevermind", which she knows will just make me angrier so then i have to say "no, go on, just stick to the point! we dont need all these sidebars about why someone feels a certain way or what color shoes they are wearing, i just want to know where you ate lunch!"its so exhausting sometimes. but shes really hot so i let her get away with it.

GonzoStyle

01-04-2007, 07:12 AM

I just had someone call and give me a whole sob story on why their house is being foreclosed and she spent 10 minutes giving me a whole run down. The best part was when she said "and this is where my dog died, we had her buried in the back yard, so now I have to dig her up and I don't remember where shes buried!!!!"

Tall_James

01-04-2007, 07:20 AM

GonzoStyle wrote: The best part was when she said "and this is where my dog died, we had her buried in the back yard, so now I have to dig her up and I don't remember where shes buried!!!!" That's both funny and creepy!  Like a middle-aged children's party clown!

This message was edited by Tall_James on 1-4-07 @ 11:20 AM

AngelAmy

01-04-2007, 07:25 AM

when our customers call up they feel the need to tell me the whole back story on their shipment...i dont care about why you are getting a shipment, just give me the airbill # and i'll tell you if we attempted delivery or not

Yerdaddy

01-04-2007, 08:19 AM

I could have swore this thread was about me.

Don Stugots

01-04-2007, 08:49 AM

I really hate "too much info" person i do it just to be even more annoying then i already am.  also, i keep talk to the people taking my order for my dinner delivery.  i ask them about thier families and how is business.  when REGINA is ordering, i keep yelling in the background for her to "make sure them give us the good cheese (or sauce).  i dont want the cheese from the last time.  the good stuff!" or when right before i hangup the phone i tell the person on the other end that "hey, you're the best, the best.  say it for me."

FezPaul

01-04-2007, 09:02 AM

I just want to say that this thread is something that strikes a chord with me, because ever since I was a little kid growing up in Ohio (the buckeye state) I've felt that people often prattle endlessly about stuff that doesn't matter and I'm not the kind of guy who has a lot of patience, which is probably because I'm the youngest child in my family and I'm not used to being kept waiting and I would like you to know that this has been a trait of mine which has caused me some problems in my life and I really need to work on this so I can be a better more mature person (not that we all don't need to improve ourselves) but it's hard to be patient when people just keeep yammering on and on and never get anywhere near the point and when they do get to the point you've forgotten what they were talking about to begin with because they made your eyes glaze over with the sheer volume of useless information that they're throwing at you and who cares about the details of someone's life when you're just trying to do your job and don't really need all the stupid details they're giving you and even if you did have time to listen to their nonsense (which you most certainly do not) why would care because you don't know these people you don't pal around with these people and you don't need to know this stuff and if they were your friends you would probably tell them to shut up anyway because how mush stupid babbling do you put up with from your friends so to answer your quetsion, yes I hate it when people give too much info.

walking joint

01-04-2007, 09:09 AM

douggrasso wrote: yeah my chick is that person. and i am always telling her to get to the point. then she gets mad and says "nevermind", which she knows will just make me angrier so then i have to say "no, go on, just stick to the point! we dont need all these sidebars about why someone feels a certain way or what color shoes they are wearing, i just want to know where you ate lunch!"its so exhausting sometimes. but shes really hot so i let her get away with it.is my wife cheating on me with you?  its never a quick story...its a bunch of details which is usually followed by her saying "not that any of that is important to the story"...its the one thing that annoys me about my wife.  just get to the point.  i've always been a quick story teller and now that i've been with her and get annoyed by her taking a long time, i've shortened my even more as to not piss off other people.  i will at times cut her off and just finish the story, but its hard to catch the right time to do so without making her mad.  i'm about 50/50 on hitting it right.

Death Metal Moe

01-04-2007, 09:19 AM

In the RV industry, you have a lot of elderly people buying these things.  So when they call me for parts, I gotta hear A LOT of fucking useless info before we even get to the fucking point of their call.I'll hear about where they just went with the RV, what went wrong on the trip, which of their children they drove to see, what part of the country that's in, the kind of food they ate while out there, how much things have changed since they got out of the service and got married, and THEN, MAYBE they tell me why they called.Then I ask them for a model or serial number which they don't have and they have to call back.Awesome.

This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 1-4-07 @ 1:28 PM

Drunky McBetidont

01-04-2007, 11:31 AM

i am very long winded.  i am capable of rambling on about anything i have even remote knowledge of.  i have always been this way, and people have commented on it.  Friends will say, "don't get him started."  i teach three 90 minute classes a day, so that only adds to my babbling.i just might be tmi guy.  <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/down.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />

SouthSideJohnny

01-04-2007, 12:19 PM

This happens to me constantly when I am working on a weekend and nobody else is in the office to answer calls.  I say, "___ isn't in today and I don't know anything about your file, so I will put you through to __'s voice mail so she can call you on Monday."  At that point, about 1/2 the callers tell me every detail about their file before I repeat my speech and eventually put them through to voice mail.Shit, I think I just turned into the TMI person.

Bob Impact

01-04-2007, 03:28 PM

When I have a customer doing this to me I'll always break out my favorite "I've got to go check on the guys out back." If they don't wrap it up within 30 seconds I just walk away. I've got an entire list of shit to deal with outside of hearing you jaw on about your life.I also hate the cousin of "too much info" person "useless advice" person, the one who feels like they need to give you some little bit of info they've picked up along the way. I hurt my back recently and if I hear one more person say that I should avoid lifting heavy objects I'm going to go insane. 

This message was edited by Bob Impact on 1-4-07 @ 7:31 PM

lleeder

01-04-2007, 03:29 PM

I thought this thread was about long posts in threads

ChrisTheCop

01-04-2007, 03:35 PM

The next time you call the cops, please remember we also appreciate brevity.Too many times Ive had to hear a lady start her story with, "well, last month..."I dont care about last month. Tell me why you called TODAY.If last month is relevant, I'll ask you about it.

Don Stugots

01-04-2007, 03:41 PM

regina is too much info person.  she toke an hour to tell me about a 10 min. phone call conversation. 

Ritalin

01-04-2007, 06:27 PM

Death Metal Moe wrote: In the RV industry, you have a lot of elderly people buying these things. So when they call me for parts, I gotta hear A LOT of fucking useless info before we even get to the fucking point of their call.I'll hear about where they just went with the RV, what went wrong on the trip, which of their children they drove to see, what part of the country that's in, the kind of food they ate while out there, how much things have changed since they got out of the service and got married, and THEN, MAYBE they tell me why they called.Then I ask them for a model or serial number which they don't have and they have to call back.Awesome. This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 1-4-07 @ 1:28 PM I'm down with any post that begins with "in the RV industry"

keithy_19

01-04-2007, 07:00 PM

Don Stugots wrote: I really hate "too much info" person i do it just to be even more annoying then i already am.  also, i keep talk to the people taking my order for my dinner delivery.  i ask them about thier families and how is business.  when REGINA is ordering, i keep yelling in the background for her to "make sure them give us the good cheese (or sauce).  i dont want the cheese from the last time.  the good stuff!" or when right before i hangup the phone i tell the person on the other end that "hey, you're the best, the best.  say it for me." My favorite poster.

Dougie Brootal

01-05-2007, 06:09 AM

Bob Impact wrote: When I have a customer doing this to me I'll always break out my favorite "I've got to go check on the guys out back." If they don't wrap it up within 30 seconds I just walk away. I've got an entire list of shit to deal with outside of hearing you jaw on about your life.I also hate the cousin of "too much info" person "useless advice" person, the one who feels like they need to give you some little bit of info they've picked up along the way. I hurt my back recently and if I hear one more person say that I should avoid lifting heavy objects I'm going to go insane. This message was edited by Bob Impact on 1-4-07 @ 7:31 PM dude, you should really try to avoid lifting heavy objects...its bad for your back!

cougarjake13

01-05-2007, 06:15 AM

douggrasso wrote: Bob Impact wrote: When I have a customer doing this to me I'll always break out my favorite "I've got to go check on the guys out back." If they don't wrap it up within 30 seconds I just walk away. I've got an entire list of shit to deal with outside of hearing you jaw on about your life.I also hate the cousin of "too much info" person "useless advice" person, the one who feels like they need to give you some little bit of info they've picked up along the way. I hurt my back recently and if I hear one more person say that I should avoid lifting heavy objects I'm going to go insane. This message was edited by Bob Impact on 1-4-07 @ 7:31 PM dude, you should really try to avoid lifting heavy objects...its bad for your back! well there goes his crazy hour long batch sessions

Death Metal Moe

01-05-2007, 06:22 AM

Ritalin wrote:  I'm down with any post that begins with "in the RV industry"Is there a problem?  I never said I had an exciting job but everybody has to work somewhere and I work here.  I make enough money to pay my bills and recently got 2005 car, I'm pretty satisfied.

Bob Impact

01-05-2007, 04:32 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: douggrasso wrote: Bob Impact wrote: When I have a customer doing this to me I'll always break out my favorite "I've got to go check on the guys out back." If they don't wrap it up within 30 seconds I just walk away. I've got an entire list of shit to deal with outside of hearing you jaw on about your life.I also hate the cousin of "too much info" person "useless advice" person, the one who feels like they need to give you some little bit of info they've picked up along the way. I hurt my back recently and if I hear one more person say that I should avoid lifting heavy objects I'm going to go insane. This message was edited by Bob Impact on 1-4-07 @ 7:31 PM dude, you should really try to avoid lifting heavy objects...its bad for your back! well there goes his crazy hour long batch sessions I'd rather die.

cougarjake13

01-05-2007, 04:48 PM

i bought a test prep book today at barnes and noblesand when i went to pay for it the cashier chick went into this long diatribe about how she never finished college when she was younger but went back last year and is almost finished and then she might work here or there not sure yet, then went into how she may move to another stateand im just like let me pay and get outta here ya crazy bitch

boeman

01-15-2007, 05:32 PM

When I was a kid my mom was the same way... it would always piss me off... see she'd start on a subject and about 1/8 in she'd ramble off onto another level. Kinda like today when I was at work trying to get some information about this site I'm working on... this site allows clients of my client to log in and order hardware, make programming changes, edit users of the site, etc... before that I wrote them a utility that allows programmers to read contract files and upload new. anyway back to the point. right in the middle of the story, the guy I work with, Todd... he lives in Lawrence, KS... the home of the KU Jayhawks... he drives 45 minutes to get to work, and in this icy weather is lucky to get there... anyway back to the point. he got sidetracked onto his kids... he has 2 quite stunning daughters, 1 is 12 the other is 14, she's 6 ft tall and excels in both basketball and volleyball... quite the athlete, and looks just like her mom. anyway, he was talking about no matter what he tells them they won't listen, then he tried to tie it back to his clients... anyway, it took well over an hour to get the information I needed that could've taken 10 minutes. anyway, back to the topic... The more my wife hangs around my mom, the more she get's the same habits... she works at a fertility clinic as a lab tech, she draws blood, washes sperm after the guy jacks it in the jack room, that room skeeves me every time I walk by it, especially after some of the stories my wife has told me... one couple went into the room and after about 3 minutes she heard the chick saying "your dick is sooooo big"... another time the couple came out and left the cup on the counter, when she read the label it said "some spillage and some swallowed" it was then she realized that the guy asked her if his chick could come in for oral and not moral support... anyway, now my wife does it, and it pisses me off as much as it does when my mom does it.