Paper Jam

Strange phone call today at work (from "Unknown Caller" on my caller ID):

Woman: Mr. XXXXX? (mispronounced, of course)

Me: Yes?

Woman: I'm from XXXXX, Inc. and I've been asked to get the serial number of your HP LaserJet printer to update our records.

Me: Uhhh....Ooooo-kaaaay.

Woman: Could you get that for me - the printer is right there on your desk, correct?

Me (Looking out the window to see if I'm being spied on - even though the printer isn't anywhere near my desk): No it's not, and I'm not sure I can give out that information.

Woman (quickly): Okaythankyoubye.

Click.

Weird. I went right to my Sys Admin guy to warn him, and he said he got the exact same call minutes earlier (even the "it's right there on your desk" line). The woman hung around with him long enough to ask him who purchases the toner for his printer (which he refused to tell her, which made her end the conversation quickly with him, too), so he figures that they just wanted the info so they could bombard us with toner ads.

Still, a really weird call.

Comments

[albert]

now that is one weird call to get.

[Janie]

So say you had given her the number then gotten bombarded with ads, do they really think you would then buy from liars?

That "Ooooo-kaaaay" is SUCH a Markism!