No, not the ones who wander around with their cellphone welded to their ears, bellowing into the microphone in a self-important manner – I mean sales people.

I phoned a steel stockist on Tuesday to order (surprisingly) some steel. I explained we didn’t have an account, gave him the order and asked for a proforma invoice so we could pay, and get the gear. No problem right? 😐

So, I called back today to ask where my invoice was and got this incredibly stoopid sales monkey:

Sales Monkey: “Do you have an account number?”
Me: “No, I explained when I placed the order we’d like to pay on proforma.”
SM: “So, no account then?”
Me: “…”
SM: “Do you have a delivery number?”
Me (dying inside): “*sigh* No…I’m waiting for an invoice so I can pay you, then you’re going to deliver…”
*Throws stapler at Corina who is giggling away*
SM: “Oh…OK…what’s your account number?”
Me: “I. Don’t. Have. An. Account.”
SM: “Well, you’ll have to pay up front then”
Me: “Yes, can you send me a proforma invoice please?”
SM: “I’ll send you a quotation and you can make a payment from that”
Me: “Thank you…”
*hangs up phone and cries*

Still, at least I didn’t have to call BT to get our domains switched to a reliable registrar 🙂

Hobbit joke:

(I’m not responsible…for the typo)