Bravo, Alpha, Lima, Lima, Sierra.....

[wade88]

So i was trying to be a smart arse yesterday when ordering a new RFI filter over the phone and thought i would try and impress (as if anyone has EVER been impressed with such things) the young lass on the end of the phone taking my order...with my apparently very average phonetic alphabet skills, i figure if you work in a call centre or sales department you always use it so i should follow protocal right?

So, i have the part number infront of me and YES!! there loads of letters all mixed up in it...nows my time to seriously show this chick how cool i am...

"whats the part number sir"

"Hi, well its 0,7,8,Bravo, Foxtrot, 1, 3, Mike, Kilo, 20, Tango, Tango, .......erm......********!!!!, no i mean, erm, V, V, V no not B, erm Vanessa? Violet? Balls, sorry. did you get that?

Lots of giggling then eventually...

"was that V for Victor sir?"

"....yes"

Never again...the phonetic alphabet is not cool, its a landmine!

 

[Dunc]

It's great if you know it! I learnt it for that very reason after having no end of trouble listing postcodes and vehicle registrations. Great for spelling surnames when they're a little unusual like mine.

 

[gooner1984]

So i was trying to be a smart arse yesterday when ordering a new RFI filter over the phone and thought i would try and impress (as if anyone has EVER been impressed with such things) the young lass on the end of the phone taking my order...with my apparently very average phonetic alphabet skills, i figure if you work in a call centre or sales department you always use it so i should follow protocal right?

So, i have the part number infront of me and YES!! there loads of letters all mixed up in it...nows my time to seriously show this

chick how cool i am...

"whats the part number sir"

"Hi, well its 0,7,8,Bravo, Foxtrot, 1, 3, Mike, Kilo, 20, Tango, Tango, .......erm......********!!!!, no i mean, erm, V, V, V no not B, erm Vanessa? Violet? Balls, sorry. did you get that?

Lots of giggling then eventually...

"was that V for Victor sir?"

"....yes"

Never again...the phonetic alphabet is not cool, its a landmine!

ha ha, mate how embarrassing.

i have to use it all the time on the railway when i speak to the signaller and i hate it, why would you think its going to impress the lady's, if i talk like that in front of the wife when im on the phone, normally her and her mate, laugh and call me a knob, then i go red and start stuttering, :angry_smile:

 

[wade88]

Well i duno i thought she was guna love it...she clearly did...i have a freakishly deep voice too, im like Barry Whites caucasion twin, so i thought the combination might have her spinning on her office chair. In the end im pretty sure she just put me on loud speaker as i repeatedly swore by accident and then fumbled with words beginning with V.

Massive prat

 

[mattmoo1974]

Drummed into me by the railway
Over and out is a big no no as well!!

 

[alli]

Asked to give my postcode the other day, so I thought I'd use the phonetic alphebet Romeo, Golf, 1, 7, only to hear, how do you spell Romeo!!!! I give up:leaving:

 

[wade88]

i work with a guy over the summer when i do all the power and lighting and micro generation stuff at festivals, who loves the phrases, 10-4! Roger, Over and out, affirmative etc, over our two way radios. hes not even ex military. But it has the whole crew on radio in stitches when he gets going.

 

[ian.settle1]

And you ended up with Foxtrot Alpha

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Best one I've heard was in custody suites (done alot of work in them) - "I'm going to Foxtrot Oscar now"

 

[PC Electrics]

NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Guest123]

Sierra India Lima Lima Yankee Bravo Oscar Yankee!!!

 

[not clever]

It's all BATCO to me:wink_smile:

 

[Dunc]

It's all BATCO to me:wink_smile:

Is that like FUBAR?

 

[rsmck]

i work with a guy over the summer when i do all the power and lighting and micro generation stuff at festivals, who loves the phrases, 10-4! Roger, Over and out, affirmative etc, over our two way radios. hes not even ex military. But it has the whole crew on radio in stitches when he gets going.

If anyone used "over and out" over a two way radio at any of the events I've worked at they'd likely have a radio lobbed at them - they're completely contradictory.

 

[mogga]

dad n I use to use it quickly when talkin about stuff we ddint want mum to know But they pair spoke french when they didnt want me to know other one was taking first letter off and add it at end with an I confusing as foxtrot uniform charlie kilo