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A 19-year-old Saaarf London girl has been advised to use the Queen'sEnglish on the phone after her hunt for a cab to whisk her to Bristolairport ended less than satisfactorily.
According to the Daily Mail, the unnamed teen rangdirectory enquiries two weeks ago and initially requested a number fora "Joe Baxi" firm. The nonplussed operator told her she couldn't findanyone by that name, to which the lass replied: “It ain’t a person,it’s a cab, innit.”
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The enlightened operator duly put her through to Bishop’sStortford-based retail display supplier Displaysense, where she "spoketo an equally bemused saleswoman" before thundering: “Look love, howhard is it? All I want is your cheapest cab, innit. I need it for 10am.How much is it?”
The answer was £180, and with the deal done by credit card,Displaysense obliged by delivering a display cabinet to her door thenext morning.
Cue second phone chat with Displaysense. The company's marketingmanager, Steve Whittle, recounted: "We thought it was a joke at firstbut the girl was absolutely livid. Because she spoke in 'Ali G' styleslang, her order was mixed up somewhat. She was absolutely baffled asto why she had a big glass display cabinet delivered outside her house,when all she wanted was a taxi to take her on holiday.
"We apologised and gladly offered the young lady a refund on thedisplay unit she received and suggested that maybe she should speak abit clearer on the phone."
Whittle concluded: "We still don't know i
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