This woman is presenting about a new product we are getting at my company. She's black and I guess her kid came in and said "why are you talking like that?" And another voice said "that's her white people voice, she must be on a meeting".
She turned really red and just waved for them to leave. There are over 600 people on this call.
We all have a work voice and a home voice.
My mom says that when My grandma was working - she had a “bedroom voice” when she answers the phone. “Helloooo” like her customer service voice was this soft sexy lady voice. But when her daughter would speak on the other end of the call, then my grandma would switch back to her usual voice “Hi, what do you need?”
Well when you say it like that now we all sound like a bunch of racists.
Yes, and just like you did we call them by what they are for and not a skin colour.
Same haha
You the most bitch of all then!
Too funny. Out of the mouths of babes. Sounds like something one of my kids would do. So much so that I've almost entirely lost the ability to be embarrassed.
I had to reread it, it feels like the second person who calls her "white people voice"and states that she probably is in a meeting may be the dad or a child. But definitly older then the first voice.
Worked with a black woman who had mastered sounding like a white woman on the telephone. It made dealing with customer service for her so much easier. It's really quite sad.
Yep the good old "customer service voice"
Wow, if this story is true, then she'll be telling it at her kids' weddings.
It definitely happened and most likely haha
When I was a kid, at home we spoke in a way pretty close to the "normal" TV presenter way, and my mom would get upset when we didn't. But at school, we spoke more like the kids from blue collar families, which involved some swearing we never used at home. Both probably qualified as dialects of their own, and I can still switch fairly easily between the two even though I've been speaking mostly the TV presenter dialect for many years. There's a good chance I'll revert to the blue collar dialect if I ever become $%?&$$ senile.
I call it my customer service voice.
My friend’s Nigerian husband gets a very thick accent when he’s putting on an attitude, comes out of nowhere and it’s so funny
My southern usa drawl comes out when I’m mad.
I just turn into my dad when I’m mad and my mom when I’m happy lol
"White person voice" made me think of the movie: Sorry to bother you
same here, good movie. I think it's actually called code switching if imnot mistaken
I find that hysterical because I've had similar happen to me. I laugh about it and say that's the voice for people who pay me.
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Very funny, but also a bit sad that someone has to "disguise" their heirtage to be deemed acceptable.
And no, not everyone has a home voice and an office voice - maybe they do in USA, however if so, its also a bit sad.
WoodBoogerSpork t1_jeawyhh wrote
As a white guy, even I have a "white person" voice I use in meetings.