THE BUTTERBALL TURKEY LINE

Actual calls for help to 1-800 Butterball.

• A proud gentleman called to tell the Butterball staff how he wrapped his turkey in a towel and stomped on it several times, breaking the bones so it would fit in his pan.

• A gentleman called Butterball’s Thanksgiving Turkey Talk-Line to tell the operator he cut his turkey in half with a chain saw and wanted to know if the oil from the chain would adversely affect the turkey.

• A woman in her seventies, cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time, called Butter-ball for help because her mother said she was tired of cooking and it was time her daughter learned how to prepare the Thanksgiving meal.

• A disappointed woman called Butterball’s Thanksgiving Turkey Talk-Line wondering why her turkey had no breast meat. After a conversation with an operator, it became apparent that the woman’s turkey was lying on the table upside down.

• A lady from Colorado called about “how to thaw” her frozen Butterball.  She proudly shared the fact that her turkey was stored in a snow bank outside, as it had snowed the night before!  It dawned on her, during the conversation, that she didn’t have a clue which snow bank her turkey was in. At that point, the conversation was over because she was now on a mission to go find her turkey.

• Thanksgiving Dinner on the run. A woman called 1-800-323-4848 to find out how long it would take to roast her turkey. To answer the question, the Talk-Line home economist asked how much the bird weighed. The woman responded, “I don’t know, it’s still running around outside.”