poor phrasing.

[solipsistnation]

If you are a sales person calling somebody in late January and offering to call back in mid-February, you may wish to find a way to phrase the advantages of calling back around that time without using the phrase "I'll be your Valentine's Day tickler!"

I spent about a minute and a half boggling at what I thought she'd just said before I realized what she'd meant by it.

Comments

[eccles.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it depend on what she's selling?

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Trust me, it was nothing that exciting.

Now, the tape sales person from Cambridge Computer? I met her, and she was cute. She could be _my_ Valentine's Day tickler any day of the year....

[eccles.livejournal.com]

And there's me thinking if I wasn't so busy this Valentines I'd be putting in my tape order right now.

[laurens10.livejournal.com]

I do a lot of tickling in my job, but only if the client really asks for it.

Mmmm... contact management databases....