ME: I'm sorry, Roy is usually not here on Saturday.
THEM: When is he going to be in?
ME: According to our schedule, Roy will be in first thing Monday morning. You can leave a message in his voicemail, and he'll hear it as soon as he gets in on Monday.
THEM: Well, who can I talk to about flabbidy floo?
ME: Roy would be the person to talk to about that.
THEM: But you said he's not in until Monday.
ME: Would you like to leave a message in his voicemail?
THEM: Will he call me back today?
ME: It's more likely he'll call you back on Monday when he gets in.
THEM: I'm going to start talking to you about flabbidy floo and keep you on the phone about it for the next twenty minutes while I go on and on and you keep going, "uh-huh" and "okay" and "Roy knows a lot more about that than I do," then I'm going to get mad at you for wasting my time when I finally give up on figuring out how to force you to take care of it for me on the weekend.
I hate how people think that the person they are calling is going to magically appear. I also hate the people who call right at 9:00 am, give me a minute to settle in geeez.
Me, answering the phone on Saturday:
THEM: Is Roy there?
ME: I'm sorry, Roy is usually not here on Saturday.
THEM: When is he going to be in?
ME: According to our schedule, Roy will be in first thing Monday morning. You can leave a message in his voicemail, and he'll hear it as soon as he gets in on Monday.
THEM: Well, who can I talk to about flabbidy floo?
ME: Roy would be the person to talk to about that.
THEM: But you said he's not in until Monday.
ME: Would you like to leave a message in his voicemail?
THEM: Will he call me back today?
ME: It's more likely he'll call you back on Monday when he gets in.
THEM: I'm going to start talking to you about flabbidy floo and keep you on the phone about it for the next twenty minutes while I go on and on and you keep going, "uh-huh" and "okay" and "Roy knows a lot more about that than I do," then I'm going to get mad at you for wasting my time when I finally give up on figuring out how to force you to take care of it for me on the weekend.
ME: Wouldn't be the first time.
I hate how people think that the person they are calling is going to magically appear. I also hate the people who call right at 9:00 am, give me a minute to settle in geeez.