Call #77 · 2026-10-21
Rodney Pettigrew
of Thripp Hedgework and Son
a replacement for a water butt that is not broken · needless replacement
15
Minutes on the line
4%
Will to live
11
Lines spoken
0
Sales made
The card
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The thirty seconds
Voiced, vertical, and ready to post. Two fictional voices; every person and company is invented.
The manager's note
Verdictno sale, caller lost his own thread, Bernard offered to release him
“Caller mislaid the butt, the swap and the thing; Bernard, ever the gentleman, let him go and get himself sorted.”
The call
Oldest line at the top; it reads downward like a script.
Rodney Pettigrew
Rodney Pettigrew, Thripp Hedgework and Son. Ringing about the water butt matter — am I speaking to the right person?
Bernard
Well, you've got the right person, yes. Hold on, let me turn the radio down and I'll hear you properly.
Rodney Pettigrew
No rush. So the thing is, the replacement butt solves problems yours doesn't have yet — that's the beauty of it, it gets ahead of the trouble.
Bernard
Oh, I see, it gets ahead of the trouble. Well, that's very good of you. Now, that front room of mine catches the light lovely in the afternoon — would this want to be out in the sun, do you think?
Rodney Pettigrew
Out in the sun, yes, much better for it. And look, I know yours works fine, but works fine is the risk — that's exactly when they go.
Bernard
Works fine is the risk. Hmm. My late wife would've said the same about the car. And tell me, does it come on its own, or does the son come with it?
Rodney Pettigrew
Just the butt, I'm afraid. So shall I put you down for the swap before the old one gives up on you?
Bernard
Before the old one gives up. Yes, well, I'd have to think about it. I keep a few notices pinned inside the porch, you see, and I'd want to look at the calendar before I say anything definite.
Rodney Pettigrew
The calendar, right, no, of course. So what I'd normally do here is... sorry, give me a second, I've lost where I was with the — the butt, the swap, the thing.
Bernard
Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that. You were doing ever so well, and I was very interested, truly. I'll let you go and get yourself sorted.
Rodney Pettigrew
Forget it. I'm putting the phone down now.
What the script said
The beats the caller had to get through.
- Open by confirming you have the right person for the water butt matter.
- Explain the replacement butt solves problems theirs does not yet have.
- Address the obvious objection: theirs works fine, but works fine is the risk.
- Ask for the yes on scheduling the swap before the old one fails.
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