Posted by Biz on 11/29/05 03:19

"Smaleck" <cheapNOSPAMthrills@NOSPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in
> news:MPG.1df552adb7f6ab66989cbc@news.individual.net:
>
> > Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:11:04 -0500 from Smaleck
> > <cheapNOSPAMthrills@NOSPAMfuse.net>:
> >> One time I called and asked for 'electronics', when someone
> >> answered I asked him if he knew anything about DVD's...he said he'd
> >> transfer my call to the 'men's dept.':-@
> >
> > Perhaps you ought to practice not mumbling.
> >
>
> Well, Stan, if I mumbled or had any sort of speech impediment
> you might have a point there. But considering that I once made
> my living speaking and actually tend to overenunciate rather
> than mumble, I have to conclude that your defense, without knowledge
> of the facts, of said Wal-Mart employee must be based on a similar
> experience of your own...as the ill-informed employee of a multi-
> national company whose lack of familiarity with the product led
> you to steer a potential customer to a competitor.
>
> Cheers!:-)

DVD and BVD sound almost identical when spoken on the phone, especially if
you consider there was probably a lot of background noise in the store. I
cant believe anyone would bother considering this mixup was due to having
trouble hearing instead of what you assumed meaning they were idiots...way
to go...

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