its funny/crazy how comfortable people are on their phone with perfect strangers,,,

I work in roadside service,,,and one of the questions we ask is if the caller is in a safe location,,,, I daily get a response from someone that they aren't safe because they are 'white' ,,,,never thinking that they are speaking with a non white person,,,,

what is the most outrageous response you receive in your customer related job?

I had a client ask me to help him out during his crack binges because he could only do about 50 crack hookers and that number limited his fun; he wanted to keep going til the crack ran out

wow,,,crack is a hell of a drug,,,,,,

I had to seriously think about that one
Spose we have some areas in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and probs a few other cities where one might feel the same way, but can't really relate to the setting. Didn't know what you were getting at, lol.

Yeah, I've been to Amsterdam and those Moroccans that hassle tourists can be quite sinister.

its just an odd response to me, particularly being non white, it implies that their 'whiteness' is what makes it unsafe,, instead of it just being an unsafe area,,,w hich is what MOST callers say when they are in a shady area,,,


lol


just wondering what experiences others had with customers that made them go,,,,

I was quite shocked to have ppl anonymously report someone for benefit fraud. I knew this could happen, but never expected it to happen.
Usually someone who wanted to get back at an ex partner.
I really couldn't believe it. They were doing the right thing according to the law, but they didn't do it to do the right thing, just revenge.

You obviously underestimate the immaturity of most people.

I work at a ocean front resort a tourist called and asked if their were sharks in this part of the ocean( the Atlantic)! I felt like saying no worries we voted them out LOL

Oh that's too funny Jacktrades!

I work overnights as a cashier at the moment so I get a full range of peoples from the last callers to the nightowls and drug addicts. So much fun.

People, once out of their physical comfortable zones can get rather bizarre; resorting to 'racial perceptions' is a good example; sort of weird but somewhat understandable. Old friends on the old Rhodesian police got calls from people of all races saying this same thing about 'not feeling safe' . Everyone found it amusing when Africans felt this in the middle of Africa with the vast majority of people being non-white in Salisbury and the African police had a field day with jokes about us Europeans; perfect example of "black humour" in the middle of a civil war. Yes, pun intended! Life can be funny at times.
As far as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc. go,I can understand any feelings of anxiety by those who found themselves surrounded by various non-white peoples; usually 'youths' in their teens and 20's. Personally, I never had that problem as I spoke some language that they understood. That always 'broke the tensions', as it were.. The only serious anxiety was in the southern Congo. Language was irrelevant as there the natives killed most people not of their tribe usually with machetes...unless they had a lot more firepower...So is Life.

wait a minute...You are as white as Michael Jackson...what do you mean..."non white"

Secondly...what does it matter?

just a discussion topic about odd encounters with customers

and my pics look that way because of the film exposure,, truly closer to janet jacksons color in rt

For some reason I just thought about the movie "Grand Canyon".

Also about picking up my (broken down) car in SE San Diego with a friend of mine. When we got it working, it seemed HE was MUCH more sketched about getting out of there QUICK. He said, "Think about it Bro...you driving, and ME in the passenger seat...

That's a "drug deal" to the Police around here." I felt SO naive! ...but that is sadly "perception".

Good thing the 8 Ball was back home safe in the suburbs!

Are those real????

I used to help out at college, in the therapy suite. After me and a male student got talking about his problem, he suddenly started flirting. As advisers, we were not allowed to see our clients in romantic environments. He showed me a pic of his mucsles, telling me he was training to be a stripper. I just laughed it off. He seemed to want to leave after that. Well I'm not being sarcastic, but I see muscle's a lot. I'd rather have seen his humor, or other parts of his personality. Oh well.

When asked if there were any snakes or turtles in a Florida lake I replied, "No, the alligators keep them pretty well in check."