gross!

[ebtb.livejournal.com]

There are many times throughout the day and week I am thankful that there's a phone and sometimes several hundred miles seperating me from the person the phone. Case in point:

Me: blah, blah... ok, now go ahead and click on that...
Luser: Okay. *starts violently coughing - a very wet and nasty cough* Hold on a moment!
Me: Sure.
Luser: *with a mouth full phlegm* Hold on, I gotta get rid of this. *spits it out* Ok, sorry about that.
Me: *wants to Lysol her desk now*

And there goes my appetite! At least I saved some money on lunch today.

Comments

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Gum chewing, or any kind of chewing, actually, IN MY EAR totally grosses me out. That and the fact that, after answering the phone and identify myself, these sick fuqs just immediately start babbling their problem. No societal niceties at all. Hates them we does!

[ex-deliveryboy.livejournal.com]

better than the guys that call while the're peeing.

[chaobell]

EW EW EW EW EW.

[jecook]

The trainee working the register at the Taco Bell I went to two nights ago had a minor coughing problem that slightly grossed me out.

It just reinforces the rule of "if you are sick, stay home."

[harry-whodunnit.livejournal.com]

That's an automatic hang-up, that is. Geez, what planet do you have to be raised on not to realise that people don't want to hear you voiding your bodily waste?

[kamala-1.livejournal.com]

I had that call yesterday. Out of the blue the guy I was working with started spouting poetry, then said "hold on a minute" next thing I know, there is this flushing noise....

I hope he drops his phone _in_ next time!

[kallell.livejournal.com]

OK, what should the person do, because this tends to be me, I have had a chronic cough for 15 years that doctors have given up on. My windpipe doesnt close properly and fluids develop in my throat regularly w/o warning. nothing can be done abnout it and i figure it will kill me in About another 5-10 years.

[nyquilusa.livejournal.com]

Just say excuse me, set the phone down, and do what you need to do.

Don't squeeze the phone between your jaw and shoulder while coughing into it or pick the phone back up to talk with your mouth full. Please don't feel the need to inform the person on the other end that you're about to hock a loogie. If you can't help coughing then so be it, but if possible try not to do it into the phone.

[kallell.livejournal.com]

after 15 years, i dont realize i have to cough until i already am and wracked with spasms, now perhaps the statement was a lil crass but inthat case thought is only relative and manners are hard to recall