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1.. at least they’re clever young people.
This just in: If you type in 80085 in your calculator it looks like BOOBS!!!!
@1 you are just sad because i fucked that little monkey seen in your avatar
Seriously, though. They’re required to state things exactly as described for their job, which is to help the disabled.
I did that when I was 13.
Except it was a TTY phone in an airport and it was a live conversation with a nearby friend on a cellphone.
Kind of dickish to abuse this service for laffs. But I will mention a funny relay story. I worked at a pizza place (you can guess which) taking phone orders. We’d sometimes get relay calls, and once someone got a majorly angry call about a messed up order. The relay operator is obligated to say everything on their TTY console, so she dutifully repeated every swear word (and apologized because she felt bad about it).
Waste.
this is hilarious, Slog commenters need to pull the sticks out of their asses
This was funny when Howard Stern did it – years ago….
@9 the relay operator is obligated to say every word, but shouldn’t have apologized. Communication assistants are not to take part in the conversation or express an opinion about it.
I always loved relay calls when I worked in a call center. They were a hell of a lot more interesting than regular ones at least. I’m just amused that they can up and take a break during a call because their client won’t know the difference.
“Yeah it’s time for my lunch Bill will be taking over from here.”