Här kommer ännu en engelsk läsövning med fler av de sanna (?) historierna som min amerikanska släkting fyllt min e-postlåda med.
De flesta av oss kan nog le lite igenkännande åt dialogerna. Ibland blir man ju generat varse att munnen pladdrat innan hjärnan var riktigt inkopplad.
Samsung Electronics
Caller: Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?
Operator: I´m sorry, sir, I don´t understand who you are
talking about.
Caller: On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly
states that I need to unplug the fax machine from
the wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning.
Now, can you give me the number for Jack?
Operator: I think it means the telephone plug
on the wall.
on the wall.
"If I register my car in France and then take it to England,
do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side
of the car?"
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RAC Motoring Services
Caller: Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me
when I am traveling in Australia?
Operator: Does the policy name give you a clue?
Tech Support: OK. At the bottom left hand side of your screen, can you see the `OK´ button displayed?
Customer: Wow! How can you see my screen from there?
I just realized that I need it. So, if I turn my system clock
back two weeks will I get my file back again?
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds
from a phone box told a worried operator:
"I haven´t got a pen, so I´m steaming up the window to write
the number on."
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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.
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Oj, ibland kan det toka till sig!
God tisdag!
