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Tag: waste of time

June 10, 2026 at 5:20 am

A Customer Called Asking If Their Package Was Ready for Pickup, Even Though Tracking Showed It Hadn’t Arrived Yet

Confused caller

She was just calling in to talk to a person, and at least she was very polite.

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April 5, 2026 at 10:48 am

IT Employee Joined An Emergency Call After A Manager Reported Agents Couldn’t Complete Three Way Calls, But While Managers Thought It Was A System Failure, IT Discovered The Agent Hung Up First

Man sitting on a call with 50 other people solving an IT issue

This should’ve never been a thing.

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January 11, 2026 at 7:35 am

Supervisor Discovered There Was No Air Conditioning A At A Blood Drive, So She Reported Unsafe Temperatures, Followed FDA Rules Exactly And Every Unit Was Destroyed

Person sitting in a chair already prepared to give blood at a drive

It’s pretty clear who dropped the ball.

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