Ring Ring

The house phone rang this afternoon. On my picking it up I found that it was from my phone and internet service provider. After the usual preliminaries “ We are recording for Blah,blah, etc”, the caller got down to business.

1. Have you any problems with our service?

My reply: Broadband is slow, and often disconnects.

Her reply: Errm, here’s the number of our service department.

2. Are you satisfied with your phone charges?

My reply: I rarely use the home phone as I have more free minutes on my mobile than I will ever use.

Her reply: Errrm….

3. Have you got Freeview or Sky?

My reply: Both

Her reply: We can let you have a digibox that will allow you to record and rewind, download films and fly you to the moon. (Alright, I made the last one up).

My reply: My system already does that.

Her reply: Errrrm.

Now comes the crunch that she was really leading up to.

4. Would you like to sign up for another year’s contract?

My reply: Why would I want to do that? Your terms and conditions state that once I signed up with you, after one year, It would be a rolling contract able to be cancelled at any time.

My service provider frequently gets bad press. It seems that they are making a concerted effort to tie their customer base in for the short term and maybe use this in advertising their service. “X thousands of customers have renewed their contact with us”.

Hint: My provider is what women do x two.

Fun with text

 

How to get around call centre menus?

Just a little vid to help you get through to human on the end of the phone, without having to press all those pesky numbers

 

If you find that you still get no sense you could call the Chief Executive of the company if you are that desperate.

Phone

just seen a new phone. Should I get it?

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?

Mobile Phones. Ban them now!

The boy was leaving his work yesterday where he works as an industrial chemist, and as he usually does, he uses his phone on the way to the car to phone his sister. (Very occasionally he calls his father. That’s me)

Halfway through his telephone call he hears a loud bang from behind him and presumes it is the building safety valve lifting. He carries on with his phone call.

Finally conversation exhausted, he jumps in the car to drive home only to discover on rounding the corner of the building that the he heard noise wasn’t a safety valve at all.

He is presented with a slight problem. The way is blocked by the rubble of the building next door that has blown up!

Needless to say he was late for his evening meal.

Apparently the town was still blanketed by a chemical miasma this morning.

Friday Foolery

One of my pet peeves is the almost constant use of mobile phones by people while driving, Shopping, dining and in line at the supermarket etc.

Does no one know how to say 'I'll call you right back'? Well, it has gone beyond that now, With them being used in relaxing getaway places like at the beach.

This is beyond being inconsiderate. While on the beach recently, I had to just sit there and listen to this woman for at least an hour while she talked on her mobile phone and pranced back forth in front of me.

I couldn't concentrate on my book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

How thoughtless and inconsiderate can she be?

I almost got up and moved!!!