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[Baron Von Spongebob]

Directory Enquiries
 
The following are real conversations Directory Enquiries operators had with callers, as revealed in interviews with staff at the Cardiff DE Centre.

Caller: I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff, please.
Operator: I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct?
Caller: Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the B fell off.

Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: Woven? Are you sure?
Caller: Yes. That"s what it says on the label - Woven in Scotland.

Caller: I'd like the RSPCA please.
Operator: Where are you calling from?
Caller: The living room.

Caller: The water board please.
Operator: Which department?
Caller: Tap water.

Operator: How are you spelling that?
Caller: With letters.

Caller: I'd like the number for a reverend in Cardiff, please.
Operator: Do you have his name?
Caller: No, but he has a dog named Ben.

Caller: The Union of Shopkeepers and Alligators please.
Operator: You mean the Amalgamated Union of Shopkeepers?

On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told the worried operator: I haven't got a pen so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on!
 

[Crazydad]

 

Right where are you getting them from then, these are great

[Danny]

 

[Golfbuddy]

Very good.  

I used to work for BT many years ago and we used to take marketing calls for a major house builder. One day a woman from London called and said that she would be interested in a house in the country with budget of up to £250,000 (it was 15/16 years ago).

I asked her where she had in mind for this country house and she replied Reading. 'That's not really in the country', I said. 'It is when you live in London' she replied.  :-?

[amigov6]