The Storyteller

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headset. "You'll listen to me, and speak only when I say so", intoned the man. "I'm used to getting what I want and your excuse of a company

encounter. His apologies and suggestions for appropriate action fell on stony ground, as the man almost crawled into his psyche through the

human kindness. His derision oozed down the telephone wire like radioactive snake venom, and Bastiaan felt physically cold from the

bully, well versed in the art of intimidation. He exuded privilege, scorn and superiority, and was inversely lacking in empathy or basic

was human error, yet he had his doubts that the thing on the other end of the phone was human. The man was a psychological sadist, a vicious

the problem being a minor one (in Bastiaan's opinion). He'd received the wrong items, wrong size, wrong colour. These things happened, it

A couple of days ago Bastiaan had had a caller on the line who bordered on sociopathic. It was as if he wanted Bastiaan to suffer, despite

They rained abuse on him on a daily basis, the amount of vitriol inversely proportional to the triviality of their paltry consumer concerns.

But the reality was somewhat removed. A condescending tone, part bored, part doing something else, but beaming derision like a later beam.

Chinese women in kimonos, the Englishman was portrayed as a gent in a bowler hat, who twirled his moustache and said things like "Toodlepip"

the English were the kings of politeness. In one of those primary school lessons where they saw pictures of beret-wearing Frenchmen, and

demanding - demanding to speak to a manager, demanding a refund, demanding compensation. Bastiaan as a child, had been led to believe that

had created a nation of self-righteous prigs, who knew their rights and weren't afraid to stand up for them, no siree! So they were always

dominatrix Nazi Darth Vader, who baited the contestants over their physical shortcomings or just plain insulted them. These consumer shows

particular leading the charge. She was such a hit (and a hard-ass) that they even gave her her own quiz show, restyling her as some

that, and he said it was in the culture. Apparently UK TV nowadays was dominated by consumer protection programmes, with one woman in

UK callers? They were aggressive and confrontational right off the bat. He'd once asked Lewis, the young Brit advisor why they were like

he'd been raised on UK TV and shows from the States. Movies were always in original version. It was the people themselves. What was it with

managed English callers, and that was another matter altogether. Not that it was his linguistic skills that were in any way the problem. No,