Friday, July 2, 2021

Go Ask Siri!

 Yesterday when I started writing about phone calls, I had planned to go in an entirely different direction. But, being old means my mind is apt to wander and things might just get lost in the round-about.

What I was annoyed about initially was the phone calls that find me not behind my desk in front of the reservation book. Yes, I do know it should be on the computer and HeWho has promised this for about 15 years. I have given up on that. When all is said and done I am quite content with my paper and pencil and my not so sharp eye. 

Would-be campers will call and ask to make a reservation for a particular date and I will make my way to the reservation book to see if I can accommodate them, all the while asking pertinent questions. When I find that I can fit them in and ask for their name and a credit card number, they will say they will have to: 

1. Think about it and call me back.

2. Ask their wife/husband before committing.

3. Call the other people they want to camp with.

4. Don't have their credit card handy.

This is annoying. But the ultimate annoyance is when a caller simply wants information from me. Like, directions to another campground and/or their phone number. The one yesterday simply wanted to know how far it is from here to Columbia. I was in a quirky mood and almost asked which state, or if they might be referring to the country. 

Have these people not heard of Siri?

5 comments:

Joanne Noragon said...

Now that caller is purely ignorant.

Jo-Anne's Ramblings said...

I don't have Siri but can and do ask Google

River said...

Sir or an atlas or state road maps directory or anything else rather than call you. I would have given them the mileage to the country Columbia, or is it Colombia? either way that would ensure they never make it to your site.

Val said...

I wonder if they call your competitors and ask for directions to YOUR campground?

Linda O'Connell said...

Just another annoyance. One time afriend and I were ata writer's conference and needed to get back to Manchester, so I asked the smart aleck. She said, "You can not access Manchester from your location. It is across the sea." We were a block away.
I can only imagine what storioes this weekend will generate for you.