Union goons and democrats raining shiat sandwiches on the unsuspecting public. Gotta love their optimism.

Democratic state Reps. John Richard King and Wendell Gilliard have filed legislation saying no state agency can force its employees to answer the phone with, "It's a great day in South Carolina," as long as state unemployment is 5 percent or higher.

I like the idea of a job barometer near the phone at some DMV.

"Oh please, oh please, oh please, stay above 5%.

YES!

farking hello, this is South Carolina."

EnviroDude: Union goons and democrats raining shiat sandwiches on the unsuspecting public. Gotta love their optimism.

Why don't you be fair and agree that both sides are truly stupid in this one. How about fixing things so SC has more jobs or access to affordable health care?

Instead they'll waste legislative time arguing over a farking phone greeting.

And "union goons"? Really?

But -- is my call important to them?

I forgot where I called here in Orlando - might have been House of Blues or some place at Disney - but they answered "It's a beautiful day here in sunny Orlando." I blurted out, "No it's not. It's farking hot and humid and disgusting."

Needless to say I had to call back and get a different operator.

"Hello, I wwebsite as on the internet. You just got told biatch. How can I help you?"

If I were an employee, I'd be okay with answering the phone like this so long as after X number of calls I'm allowed to answer the phone with "Thanks for calling the state of SC. Now go fark yourself, assface" and then hang up.

Make that two posts regarding unbelievably idiotic proposed legislation.

Pandering political nonsense is starting to become the norm. I wonder if we'll ever get legislators to spend time on addressing important issues?

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: It's a great day on Fark!

This is the kind of thing only the worst managers come up with. Professionals answer the phone by identifying their organization and/or themselves.This adds a distracting element at the start of what can be a complicated(voice only) communication while implying there is a problem with the employee's or customer's attitude. Telephone communications is an actual science. This is just phoney business bullsh*t.

She should change it to, "It's a great day in THE South Carolina!"

Not to mention it takes foreeeevvveeerrr to say all of that stuff. Ever call a Borders before they went under? It was two minutes of greeting with the phone person not taking a breath because they knew if they did pause to breathe, the caller would interrupt and they wouldn't get to finish it all. I just want "Company name, how can I help you?" or even just "Company name".

I don't care that your name is Brenda. I don't care that you have a smiley phone voice. I don't care for an upsell. I just want to ask my question and get off the goddamned phone.

Makes almost as much sense as this policy (new window).

Struck me as a case of
"Wait a minute...if we paint the deck chairs before rearragning them, everything will be OK!"

Said deck chairs being on the Titanic...

benjamen13: as a SC state employee I can testify that this mandated greeting was completely ignored.

I suspected as much.

Let's face it, morans both Democrat and Republican alike: Nobody wants to hear a bored state employee droning "It's a great day in [wherever] how may I help you?" when you both know it's NOT a great day, you're NOT going to be helped, and neither of you wants to be involved in this transaction. That said, is this really the best use of our time and/or money?