Working in admissions I have daily encounters with some extremely unprofessional folks. And unprofessional is putting it politely and politically correctly.
Following is a recent exchange that I had with a guy who had scheduled an appointment to visit the college last week. He was interested in furthering his education and was very excited about it! He did not show up for the appointment which was a huge shock to me (that was sarcasm.) He apologized when I called because he explained that he had to take his girlfriend to the doctor (likely bull shit, but whatever.) I called him today to reschedule the appointment but apparently the prospective student could not hear me. He was screaming “Hello?” into the phone until I finally decided to hang up and try back later. He called me back only to have the same issue, so when I tried him back one last time, I heard this:
“Hello, HELLO!!??” “If you are going to call me then speak into the f*cking phone!!” Click …
I decided to give this jerk the benefit of the doubt, I mean phone problems CAN be very frustrating so I text him instead. This was the text that I received back:
This is Karrie his Feyonsay, it is very unprofessional to text someone who is looking into college! He is no longer interested in Brown Mackie.
I had to fight off the urge to text back “it is very unprofessional to scream f*ck into the phone even if you are a feyonsay, whatever the hell that is!!” So instead I explained that I was sorry she felt that way; that I was trying to assist a potential student who had enlisted my help in gaining information about our school.
When did it become ok to act like this towards a college representative? I guess these people don’t realize that they are inquiring about information from an institution of higher learning, not auditioning for MTV’s Real World.
Lately about 1 out of every 5 voice mails I get is one of those Fake Out voicemails. You know the kind where the super sneaky and ultra creative recording goes “Hello…Hello…aww, shoot you got my voice mail beyotch, haha. Leave a message!!”
Impressive, you tricked me, made me feel foolish and made yourself look like a douche bag...all at the same time!!
Even better than the tacky voicemails is the email addresses. My email address is annlondon33@hotmail.com. That is standard, name+number and is classic and classy. I understand that there is another Ann London out there, possibly a bunch of them so instead of thinking up some trashy freak name that is embarrassing and difficult to type, I just added numbers to my name!! Instead of following this model, many inquiries I have received in the past have chosen to go a different route. My fellow coworkers and I have complied a listing of them for your enjoyment:
One_thick_chick08@yahoo.com
Bubblebutt_025@yahoo.com
theflamingoporchmonkey@yahoo.com
phatfux123@yahoo.com
sukdikbritney@yahoo.com
mycatpoopsrainbows@yahoo.com
tryn2getmygirlback@hotmail.com
mythickass@yahoo.com
myheartbrnscold@aim.com
babygurlchunkay@yahoo.com
eatafetus666@hotmail.com
chuckleslovesknives@hotmail.com
areyounakediam@yahoo.com
snook_da_coochie_crook@yahoo.com
p.i.m.p.mike0700@yahoo.com
flipitupsmackitrubitdown@yahoo.com
Do you have a favorite? Do you have the desire to change your email to something equally as bizarre? If so, then we are not friends any more. The most disturbing thing of all is that p.i.m.p.mike is number 0700, so does that mean that there are hundreds of other pimps out there in the dark areas of the internet with the same email, just a different number? I don’t think I want to know.
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