30 Crazy And Unexpected Things People In This Online Community Heard When Someone Forgot To End The Call

I'm a debt collector. A debtor owed a $15,000 balance but the original creditor was willing to take $5,000 to settle the account. I was processing the debtor's payment and I placed them on mute but they must have thought that I placed them on hold. The person starts talking to a friend in the same room and basically the debtor was trying to buy a house and needed to resolve this account to start trying to get a loan. The debtor planned on settling for $5k, taking their receipt to the bank to apply for the loan, then they thought they could issue a chargeback on their card and essentially close the account out and still have a receipt saying that they paid. I could have told the debtor how stupid that was or got a manager involved but that 5k payment put me at way over goal and I received a nice bonus check that month. Fast forward a few months later and I'm notified of the charge back back by a manager. When I call the debtor he was acting really smug until he realized that as soon as the chargeback went through we updated his credit report to reflect the delinquent status so now his loan with the bank for his house was in jeopardy of not going through. At the point all he wanted to was pay the $5k to get this over with. Unfortunately for him the creditor was no longer offering a settlement so he had to pay the full $15k and I got an even bigger bonus check that month.

Business conference call, the other side had asked some pretty stupid questions but was still poised to do >$1M worth of business with us. Thinking the call had ended, one guy in the room started calling them f*****g idiots and talking about how what they were trying to do was never going to work, etc. They didn't say anything else, but we all heard the sound of the other side disconnecting and they later reached out and said they were going to go in another direction.

Not sure if this fits

I sat in on a remote interview. We were in the conference room with 2 screens - 1 showing the interviewee and the other showing us.

Nearing the end of the interview I noticed my boss had seemed to develop an unusual neck spasm. He would face the screen then suddenly look to the side then face the screen again.

At the end of the interview, as the candidate was exchanging thank you etc, I learnt over and asked if my boss was ok.

His answer was just loud enough to be picked up by the microphone: if you twist fast enough you can see your own ear!

Needless to say the job offer was not accepted 😁

friend called me for a quick question followed by an a*s exploding in a toilet before he hung up. was not the type of friend to do that sort of thing so it was hilarious

A doctor’s office: “f**k you, Dave!”
I don’t know who Dave is. I’m not Dave.

Grandma left me a voicemail asking for my help with stuff on her computer. She thought she hung up but she didn’t and I hear her call me a “f*****g b***h.” Haven’t really talked to her since.

My father in law (who is 86) can't work his phone too well. He always, I mean always gets phone calls at dinner time. So once a week when he is over, he gets a call. And it's always from someone different. 9 times out of 10 he makes a smart remark about not liking them. 8 times out of 10 he hasn't hung up yet but thought he did.

EDIT: Example
Him: "Boy, they never stop talking"
Me: "Ummm let me help you end this call"

“He said his biggest regret was losing me as his manager.” My boss talking to his daughter after I gave my notice. He was an average manager at best and I never really commented on his management skills one way or the other.

That 911 call where the guy says “I honestly don’t give a s**t what happens to you”.

After a business convo: 'I don't trust those guys'