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Archive for August, 2007

Are you scared?

Posted by Skip Stone on August 10th, 2007

There seems to be a scare now and then huh? I am pretty fed up with the Government lately. They are still spreading this Culture of Fear. The media is in on it too. I am sad that the American people can be so fucking stupid as to believe what these guys are saying. To be susceptible the F.U.D. must lead to Fnord giving way to the total subjugation of the human mind as to render us lobotomized consumers.

Gay ain’t so bad.

Posted by Skip Stone on August 9th, 2007

Well Well Well, Another Gay republican sex scandal. Imagine that. Actually 2 sex scandals.

Likes Dick
Glenn Murphy Jr. and
Likes Dick Too
Rep. Bob Allen of Florida.
What a shame. These men need to accept themselves and hit a gay bar so they can spend more time where they really want to be. On their knees with a penis in their mouths.

Call Centers are fun

Posted by Skip Stone on August 4th, 2007

From Craigslist

Things to consider when calling Tech Support…

—————————————————————
Date: 2007-04-27, 11:38PM EDT

Hi! I’m your Technical Support Rep. I have a considerable amount of control over one or more important aspects of your daily life: television, telephone, and internet. Sometimes one, sometimes all three. Before we interact, I’d like to share some thoughts with you:

* I am here, simply put, to fix your shit. My job is not complete until said shit is fixed. Please just help me fix this shit.

* With that out of the way, know that I hate you exactly as much as you hate me. No more, no less. If you are at least relatively pleasant, I’m happy to help you- even to make small talk as I attend to the issue at hand. Conversely, if you are a total and complete jackass, I will make this the worst 10 minutes of your week.

* Neither I, nor any of my coworkers, are out to fuck you. We are not idiots. We are college graduates in technical disciplines, the vast majority of whom are here to work their way up the IT ladder to more fulfilling positions. Sometimes we have off days, sure, but we know EXACTLY what we are doing. Note that this does not apply to anyone outside of our department. They are, in all reality, idiots who are out to fuck you.

* So you’ve already unplugged the “internet box” and plugged it back in? Brace yourself, you’re going to do it again. Most of the time I do this for a reason…unless you’re a dick. Then I do it to see how mad it makes you.

* Don’t lie to me- I can tell you have a router. It isn’t illegal.

* To those who think they are “computer illiterate”: The vast majority of the time, you are lovely customers: Patient, willing to learn, and most importantly, willing to listen. Thank you!

* To those who think they are CompSci PHD’s: The vast majority of the time, you are retarded: If you already cycled your equipment and it didn’t work, why did it work when I made you do it again? If you are so well educated, stay the hell out of the queue so that people who need help can get it.

* Supervisors don’t have a magic wand that they can wave to make everything better. They are governed by the same protocol and use the same utilities as I do. In fact, supervisors are more likely to tell you to fuck off- believe it or not, they have other pressing issues to attend to. If a node goes down, they WILL put those 200 subscribers before you in Priorityland.

* Threatening to cancel does not intimidate us. We have an entire department that is paid to care about that, which means that I don’t have to. Harsh? Sure, but I have more than enough work to do fixing shit, yelling at field techs, following up on cases, and explaining the concept of email to your grandmother that it won’t cause me to lose any sleep.

* It worked fine yesterday? Oh, then I must be wrong. Let me reconsider the 40 minutes I spent troubleshooting your Win98 box. Check it out: Shit breaks (see point 1); If shit did not break, I would be mowing your lawn instead of sitting in this office.

* Speakerphone? Turn it the fuck off.

* Don’t call back and have another rep troubleshoot the same problem. He will read the notes I left about how you spilled coke into your cable box. Even if he didn’t, he would come to the same conclusion, and more people with undiagnosed problems would be stuck listening to that god-awful hold music.

* I am not blowing smoke when I say that I understand how frustrating it is to wait on hold, get transferred, and deal with bad agents. I too have called Dell’s tech support line. The difference is that I actually DO care about your problem, so please just calm down before I kill your family.

* My company has over 20 million subscribers. I handle a region of about 2 million. To this day, none of them have ever called in to say “I just wanted you to know that my shit is working correctly.” Maybe someday?

So what can I help you with today?

Location: Internet
it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

U.S. Government Supports Hate Speech

Posted by Skip Stone on August 3rd, 2007


Right Wing Noise Machine

Here it is read for yourself.