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Little Observations
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:20 pm
by jcamanei_Archive
sunlore wrote:The first one to say "I love you," is always the one who gets dumped.
I think the one that says "I love you" the most, is the one that gets the boot.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:21 pm
by IceManCometh_Archive
Some people are incapable of walking at a normal speed and talking on the cell phone at the same time. Ditto driving a car. I can almost guarantee you that these people are pretty stupid.
Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:28 pm
by Rotten Tanx_Archive
IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.
Hold down the star button for a few seconds. That should be a shortcut to a real person. Don't quote me on that but you should definitely try it.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:31 pm
by YardDancer_Archive
Rotten Tanx wrote:IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.
Hold down the star button for a few seconds. That should be a shortcut to a real person. Don't quote me on that but you should definitely try it.
I have been very successful at getting a person on the line (with shitty old Comcast at least) by saying, "I want to talk to a person." I'm not kidding -- I think the robots may be programmed to understand this.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:58 pm
by cesb_Archive
Steven Wright wrote:Buildings are called buildings even after they have been finished.
Maybe they should be Builts.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:12 pm
by fantasmatical thorr_Archive
A large portion of the population is really fucking stupid or what I like to call 'oxygen theives'. I mean, they wouldn't hold up the progress (or lack of) of evolution or anything serious if they just disappeared.
Just sayin'.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:24 pm
by Little Atlas Heavyweight_Archive
Rotten Tanx wrote:People think that if they employ a cunning use of the word Asians (where they once would have said pakis) then no one will notice that they're racist.
racist.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:31 pm
by Rotten Tanx_Archive
Is there an echo in here?
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 3:14 pm
by mrdfnle_Archive
IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.
It should be noted that with some systems if you curse or use an angry tone you will be bumped to the beginning of the line. And then the operator gets on the line and you have to apologize for your automated tone.
You really cant do what you want on your birthday after the age of ten.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 3:16 pm
by Little Atlas Heavyweight_Archive
Rotten Tanx wrote:Is there an echo in here?
racist.