Having fun with liars

[psmylie.livejournal.com]

I work for a big corporation, so I hear a lot of stuff like:
"The company loses a million dollars every hour I'm down!"
Which is, of course, a big fat lie.
The most fun I've ever had with a call like that went a little like this:

Liar: "blah-blah-blah, losing a million bucks an hour, blah-blah"
Me: "Wow, a million an hour, huh? What are you using for a backup?"
Liar: "There IS no backup! That's why you need to drop everything and fix this NOW!"
Me: "What? No backup or workarounds? And you are responsible for millions per hour? This is very serious. Once I get this done I'll need to talk to your manager."
Liar: "Er.. what? Why?"
Me: "As per the company-wide notification that all employees received in their email last month, all business critical apps need to have a backup or a workaround, so that we never have a situation like this. Once I get this fixed, my manager and your manager will need to discuss why millions of dollars a day in income relies solely on your workstation being up and running. We're also supposed to report issues like this up to the Senior VP."
Liar: (a little nervous) "Ah, well... I suppose I can work on a co-worker's machine, she's out this week."
Me: "Oh, so you DO have a workaround? Good. I'll be down in a few hours, once I get done with a couple other things I'm working on"

I just hate it when they lie...

Comments

[japester.livejournal.com]

oh that is very very funny. :)
it's good to see a (l)user getting their comeback.

oh yeah, bring on the big foam cluebats

[tjernobyl.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry to hear that you're losing thousands of dollars because your residential cable connection is down, sir. Would you like me to transfer you to business sales where they'll charge you three times as much?"