I have a short fuse. I can go from one to 10, in terms of anger/frustration levels, very quickly. Fact, ask my sisters! In recent weeks I have found that nothing irritates me more than the use of the phonetic alphabet by customer service departments. All that Alpha, Bravo and Foxtrot crap sends me a little stir crazy.
I'm number dyslexic, dialling phone numbers is not my greatest skill, I am reasonably ok in the spelling department, but when people start shouting my name back at me, very quickly, using the phonetic alphabet I get very confused and agree to ridiculous things. I have a stupid surname anyway, but things go from bad to worse.
Bravo, Lima, Indigo, November, Kilo, Hotel, Oscar, Romeo, November!!
Pointless, but it amuses me and helps makes this tedious task a little less soul destroying.
Love it! I always throw it back at them! Xylophone Xenophobic Aeronautical Macrobiotic Eustachian Caviar Venison! (Okay, I know that doesn't spell anything, but you get the idea...)
ReplyDeleteI get the idea and I am glad that I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteGood one. I'm going to start that too. A is for anchovy, B is for bald...
ReplyDeletehaha. I found your site after Googling "I hate the phonetic alphabet" my coworker I can hear is on the phone giving out a serial number and he just has to use the phonetic alphabet which reminded me how much i hate it when I hear it or when people insist on using it. Usually, when they repeat the phonetic, I then repeat the line but only the way that I prefer..using the alphabet only!
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