"Work for an operator" joke
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.
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