So I work in a call center…I’m on the phone for eight hours a day..I council people who are filing for bankruptcy..I get the joy of talking to some really brilliant people. Here are some tidbits of calls for me and some so-workers….
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Client: Creditors? I aint got none of them…jes these here credit cards
Me:-silently sobbing-
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Me: Could you give me the name of two old addresses?
Client: Two old addresses? What do you mean by an old address?
Me: Uhhh somewhere you lived before here?
Client: I don’t have any old addresses!
Me: Erm…you lived in your current house your WHOLE life then huh?
Client: Well of course not
Me: HA! Alright, so what was the address of the house before this one?
Client: -eye rolling- I just TOLD you, I don’t have any other addresses
Me:-whimper-
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Client: …and then my cat had chickens…that cost me mah WHOLE life savin’s!
Me: -snoring-
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MM: Do you have any dependents?
Client: I have about three kids.
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Me: Alright, what is the debit card number?
Client: -silence for a few moments- Is that…the big number on the front of the card?
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Me: What is the name of two old addresses?
Client: Well you’d have Bank of Everything on there
Me:-rubbing bridge of nose..groans-no…nononnonono, I SAID the name of two old ADDRESSES
Client: Two…old…
Me: add…ress…es
Client: -blank voice- oh..kay
Me: -rocking in chair, whimpering-
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MB: Wait…you have lived there for for a year and have never gotten an electric bill?
Client: No.
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Me: Are you male or female?
Client: What do you mean?