OnTheShore
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Lately I've been getting a string of calls asking for "the owner." So driving home yesterday, I came up with a few responses, but haven't had a chance to try them out yet. Usually I just say that "the owner is not available, can I take a message?"
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me: Ummm, we are a corporation so we don't have AN owner, we have shareholders and I can assure you that none of them would want to talk to you; they couldn't help you anyway, they would just refer you to the one of the corporate officers on the management team.
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me: Are you the owner of the company you are calling for? Our owner has left specific instructions that she will only talk to the owner of your company, owner to owner, mano-a-mano so to speak.
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me (going into crying mode): the owner? The owner is DEAD! sob sob Oh so sudden, I can't believe it! sob sob Major heart attack just yesterday! Wail!!!!
All just for fun, although the first one is actually pretty close to true.
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me: Ummm, we are a corporation so we don't have AN owner, we have shareholders and I can assure you that none of them would want to talk to you; they couldn't help you anyway, they would just refer you to the one of the corporate officers on the management team.
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me: Are you the owner of the company you are calling for? Our owner has left specific instructions that she will only talk to the owner of your company, owner to owner, mano-a-mano so to speak.
Them: May I speak to the owner?
Me (going into crying mode): the owner? The owner is DEAD! sob sob Oh so sudden, I can't believe it! sob sob Major heart attack just yesterday! Wail!!!!
All just for fun, although the first one is actually pretty close to true.