Saaf London teen orders "cab, innit"

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zerocrop2000Fri 11/04/08 10:23

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I had to check it wasn't 1st of April when I read this in the paper this morning...

"A 19-year-old Saaarf London girl has been advised to use the Queen's English on the phone after her hunt for a cab to whisk her to Bristol airport ended less than satisfactorily.

The unnamed teen rang directory enquiries two weeks ago and initially requested a number for a "Joe Baxi" firm. The nonplussed operator told her she couldn't find anyone by that name, to which the lass replied: 'It ain't a person, it's a cab, innit.'

The enlightened operator duly put her through to Bishop's Stortford-based retail display supplier Displaysense, where she "spoke to an equally bemused saleswoman" before thundering: 'Look love, how hard 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 the next morning.

Cue second phone chat with Displaysense. The company's marketing manager, Steve Whittle, recounted: "We thought it was a joke at first but the girl was absolutely livid. Because she spoke in 'Ali G' style slang, her order was mixed up somewhat. She was absolutely baffled as to 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 the display unit she received and suggested that maybe she should speak a bit clearer on the phone."

Whittle concluded: "We still don't know if she made it to the airport on time but she did ask our delivery driver if he could give her a lift.""

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