Here’s a conversation I had with someone on the phone yesterday:
Them: (name of business).
Me: Good afternoon, I was just wondering what your dress code is?
Them: Anything from casual to formal.
Me: OK then, thank you for your time.
Them: Is that OK?
Me: Yes, that’s fine, thank you.
Them: OK, good bye.
(They hang up)
The stand out quote from them in that conversation is: “Is that OK?”
What a strange question…it’s their dress code. What were they going to do if I said “no”? Change the dress code because a random person rings them and tells them to? I doubt it.
Update: Clayton Northcutt has pointed out a deficiency in my logic which I can only attribute to being quite tired at the time. See the comments for details. End Update
Samuel
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#1 Comment By Clayton Northcutt On June 9, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
Are you sure that the question wasn’t meant to be interpretted as “Is my answer sufficient for you?” Or “Is that your only question, or do you have another?” The former, rather than the latter, is the first interpretation I had of that conversation.
#2 Comment By Adam 1.0 On June 9, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Was it a gentlemen’s club?
#3 Comment By Samuel On June 9, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
It was the tone of her voice which made me think she meant “is that dress code acceptable”…you’re probably right Clayton, and I’ll admit to being rather tired at the time.
No Adam, it wasn’t.
#4 Comment By The Beige Baron On June 9, 2007 @ 11:39 pm
Is that okay, then?
#5 Comment By Samuel On June 10, 2007 @ 4:45 am
Yep fine, and please don’t change your answer…that should cover all the possibilities.
#6 Comment By Adam 1.0 On June 10, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Just seemed like the sort of conversation you’d have at a gentlemen’s club.
#7 Comment By The Beige Baron On June 13, 2007 @ 2:55 am
Hey mang, when I go to SGS dot com, I leave my trousers at the door. So right on.
#8 Comment By Samuel On June 13, 2007 @ 3:32 am
I’ll quote the first part of the Vision Statement from sgs.com
Looks like you might be on to something Baron.