Incident 1:
(Happen multiple times across few years)
The other party: Can I speak to Jacqueline.
Me: Speaking
The other party: erm, u are jacqueline?
Me: Yes?
The other party: I'm XXX calling from YYY.
Me: sorry?
The other party: Is this 9XXXXXXX
Me: I think u got the wrong number.
The other party: Opps, i'm sorry. But u are also call Jacqueline.
Me: Yes.
The other party: Sorry.
Me: duhz
Incident 2:
(This is one of the ultimate that i remember until now)
Guy: Can I speak to Jacqueline.
Me: Speaking.
Guy: Eh, me leh.
Me: Huh? Sorry who are you?
Guy: Me lah.
Me: Ermm.. sorry but i dunno who are you.
Guy: Joel lah.
Me: Joel from?
Guy: Joel lah... i just spoke to you yesterday wat.
Me: Sorry? Are you from XXX company?
Guy: No lah wat XXX company?
Me: Sorry, wat number did you call?
Guy: 9XXXXXXXX (which sounds like my phone number and i din't pay any attention to it)
Me: Yes, but sorry i don't noe u.
Guy: Neh.. i just spoke to you yesterday, remember?
Me: Ermm.. sorry i only noe one Joel. and he is from XXX company.
Guy: Don't bluff lah... you are not jacqueline izzit. she ask you to come and bluff me izzit.
Me: huh? sorry wat number did you call again?
Guy: 9XXXXXXX (this time i pay full attention and listen carefully)
Me: I think u got the wrong number.
Guy: Don't bluff me lah.. jacqueline ask you to come and bluff me right?
Me: Hello, I bluff you for wat. you think i so boh liao ah. You don't believe you call again lah.
Guy: You are really not the jacqueline? you don't sound like her also (please lah if i don't sound like her then u tok so long for wat??)
Me: i told you i'm not the person you are looking for. the number u dial is also not my number.
Guy: Serious ah. And you are also call Jacqueline?
Me: Yes. But i'm not the Jacqueline you are looking for.
Incident 3:
(This incident just happen a few days ago and prompted me to blog this..)
Boss: Jac, you have an appointment at 9:30am izzit?
Me: Huh? Appointment at 9:30am?
Boss: Yeah, there is a guy here saying he have an appointment with you at 9:30am.
Me: I don't remember fixing any appointment leh. Any idea from where?
Boss: Dunno. He just say he have a meeting with you.
Me: Huh?
Boss: He say meeting with you leh, a POS meeting. And he is dress in only t-shirt and jeans.
Me: huh, i got no appointment at 9:30am
Boss: You reaching office izzit?
Me: Yeah, but i got no appointment at 9:30am.
Boss: you come in and see bah.
~ Reach office and really saw a guy sitting in a corner, clad in only t-shirt and jeans.
Me: hi, you have an appointment?
Guy: Yes.
Me: Sorry, any idea who you meeting.
Guy: Are you from City Harvest Church
Me: sorry no.
Guy: Erm... I have any appointment at 9:30am. Any idea about Jacqueline, Serene, etc
Me: I'm jacqueline.
Guy: you are not the one.
Me: Did you get the correct address?
Guy: this is XXX South Bridge Road right?
Me: Yes
Guy: yeah, my friend send me this address (he even show me the sms)
Me: erm, but you don't have any idea who you are meeting?
Guy: ermm....
Me: maybe you want to call your friend?
Guy: yeah...
~I walk off to my table to put down my things and on my PC. Then this moment the sales came in and i saw them toking. Following, the sales came over to my desk and tell me the guy is looking for him de. me really duhz...
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So my name is really a very very common name. But still i like my name very much... its common but not as common as other english name from my generation. so i really have to thank my aunt who came up with the name.. :)
2 comments:
hahaha its already not that bad you know. my poor mum's hp.. she gets calls all the time asking if its 'woodlands transport'.
simply because the woodlands transport number is her phone number if the 9 is replaced by a 6. some pple just forget what they are dialling, don't they? :P
hahaha,ur 2nd one was indeed funny... luckily,i dun get tt much trouble... except tt an Indian lady seems to really like my hse no... calls every now & "#%@#&#&#**?"...
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