Get your agent cliches out!

[Grinder]

How could I forget this one: "x's on the other line, I'll let them know you called"

[chuck10]

I'm sorry 'X' is in a meeting at the moment. Ahhhhh!

[catboy]

"Obviously i'll try and get you as much as i can!"

[catboy]

"The budget's still waiting to be signed off for that one"

or

"The role's been put on hold for the immediate future"

[BrowneIssue]

Me: "May I speak to X please?"

Them: "What is it regarding?"

Me: "X was to call me back about Y."

Them: "Hang on... Sorry, everyone's in a meeting." <--- the cliche

Me: "Could you ask X to call me?"

Them "OK, will do."

Me: "Don't you need to know who I am to do that?"

[alantan]

Me: "Don't you need to know who I am to do that?"

"How are you finding the market at the moment?"

"Sam is away on a course this week."

"Oh, so you'd work anywhere in the South-East? How about Newport then?"

And the best one:

Agent: "Client rate card says £300, so that's as high as they will go"
Me: "So your margin is zero?"

[adamv6]

Had a brilliant one this morning;

Agency: "Hi, are you looking for contract work at the moment"
Me: "No, I am currently contracting THROUGH YOU with ClientCo!"

Excellent, just love agencies and there useless systems.

[catboy]

haha... i've had this a few times:

'have you got anything else going on at the moment that i should know about'.

it's like, errr, well that depends on who's side you look at the 'should' from...

[I'mFree]

I get fed up of "how are you today?" but you have to say ynooew really nasally.

Who taught these b*ggers to speak, someone with a peg on their nose?

[thunderlizard]

Had a brilliant one this morning;

Agency: "Hi, are you looking for contract work at the moment"
Me: "No, I am currently contracting THROUGH YOU with ClientCo!"

Excellent, just love agencies and there useless systems.

oh & heaven forbid you should be able to deal with 2 projects at once. Then you'd be, like, making a profit or something ridiculous.