Credit Crunch - Take the blame...
After facing immediate redundancy some years back, I got myself some emergency income working in the customer support centre of a large electrical retailer whose name rhymes with "Clomet".

It was my job to try and resolve minor problems with white & brown goods over the telephone if possible (Mr Angry, Can you ensure your washing machine is connected to the water supply), and booking an engineer if not or simply unfeasible (No Mrs 95 year old wheelchair user, I'm not expecting you to check the rear of your dishwasher- we'll get someone out to you ASAP).

I was always most empathetic with the majority of my customers- a lot of the appliances were mis-sold to unknowledgable customers by grease-ridden, truth-smiths who would frankly lie through their teeth in order to hit their sales targets.

Also alot of the appliances were shite and cheaply made.

Anyway, after unsucessfully being able to resolve one gentleman's washing machine that had somehow caught fire within 4 days, I looked to book the necessary engineer's visit required to write off the machine: I could understand the frustration of this gentleman, but disagreed with his conclusive statement....

Gent:"You are the type of person who has caused the economic climate our country faces today"....
Me: "Pardon me?"
Gent:"You young man are personally responsible for the country's economic downturn- Mr Credit Crunch"
Me: "...ok."

So yeah, sorry about this guys & girls - It's all my fault.
( the dalai farmer always likes tea, but especially on, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 19:52, 1 reply)

How the credit crunch affected me, personally?
My government gave me a fistful of cash with the instructions to go forth and spend it.
I heart the credit crunch. So, if it was you, THANKS MATE! x
(St Sepulchre's Belle tolled for thee on, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 2:06, closed)