OT - Call Centres......Arrrggggg!

"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>
> "Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:21:26 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:
> >
> > >> But there hasn't been a Radio License for years!
> > >
> > > Is there a cat license? I have a bee license for my pet bee Eric.
> >
> > Eric was a halibut not a bee.
> >
>
> Philosophicaly, half a bee cannot be.
> Singing, doh ray me, la tee dee
> Eric the Half A Bee....
>

Is this hemi, demi bee
Half asleep upon my knee
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the Half A Bee!

Steve

EMB wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
>
> Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)
>
>
<blush> it's been many years since I was last called babe

--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:23:52 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
>
>Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)

when is that again?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards
too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

Steve wrote:
> "beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:c47545b4e%[email protected]...
>
>>In message <[email protected]>
>> "Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:21:26 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>But there hasn't been a Radio License for years!
>>>>
>>>>Is there a cat license? I have a bee license for my pet bee Eric.
>>>
>>>Eric was a halibut not a bee.
>>>
>>
>>Philosophicaly, half a bee cannot be.
>>Singing, doh ray me, la tee dee
>>Eric the Half A Bee....
>>
>
>
> Is this hemi, demi bee
> Half asleep upon my knee
> Some freak from a menagerie?
> No! It's Eric the Half A Bee!
>
> Steve
>
>
Cyril Connelly?

Stuart

Duracell Bunny wrote:

|| EMB wrote:
||| Duracell Bunny wrote:
|||
|||| Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
|||
||| Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)
|||
|||
|| <blush> it's been many years since I was last called babe

If your current squeeze doesn't, find one that does! Any man* would be glad
to have such a capable Land Rover mechanic as a partner - think of the
savings.

*Or woman, of course

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Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:23:52 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
>> Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)
>
> when is that again?

November supposedly. But thats no longer certain cos I've just given my
back a good seeing to (prolapsed disc) and unless it's sorted out
properly I'm not getting on a 28 hour flight.

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EMB

Richard Brookman wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
> || EMB wrote:
> ||| Duracell Bunny wrote:
> |||
> |||| Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
> |||
> ||| Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)
> |||
> |||
> || <blush> it's been many years since I was last called babe
>
> If your current squeeze doesn't, find one that does! Any man* would be glad
> to have such a capable Land Rover mechanic as a partner - think of the
> savings.
>
> *Or woman, of course
>
Ah, sadly, I'm a widow - the big C took my beloved two years ago.

--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
> Ah, sadly, I'm a widow - the big C took my beloved two years ago.

You have my sympathy Karen - I've been there too.


--
EMB

EMB wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>>
>> Ah, sadly, I'm a widow - the big C took my beloved two years ago.
>
> You have my sympathy Karen - I've been there too.
>
>

Thank you, EMB - I wouldn't wish that on anyone, you have my deepest sympathy too.

--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:11:46 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:13:35 +0100, Simon Isaacs
> ><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>martyn's site www.commedia.tv always cheers me up, although that is
> >>unsolicited calls.....
> >
> >I love the electricity leak one meself.
> >
> >someone had a nice site along similar lines... now what was it...
> >
> >oh yes:
> >
> >http://www.wedonotuse.com/
> >
> >I'm waiting for a window salesman to ring now...
> >
> >"sorry, we use have windows here"
>
> I've no idea why that looks like that. it was supposed to say "we do not
> use windows".
>

It might have been " we used to have windows here", probably bricked 'em up
now. ;-)

Martin

Duracell Bunny wrote:

|| Ah, sadly, I'm a widow - the big C took my beloved two years ago.

Inappropriate humour - apologies. And sorry to hear that.

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Richard Brookman wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
> || Ah, sadly, I'm a widow - the big C took my beloved two years ago.
>
> Inappropriate humour - apologies. And sorry to hear that.
>
No need to apologise - it'll come to each one of us in due course.

--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

Here's a story for you.
My Brother was working in Guinea, West Africa, some years ago. All the expat
workers - Brits, Aussies, South Africans, & Yanks lived in a compound with
a motor pool. The motor pool held Toymotas, J**ps and Landies. It was first
come first served when you wanted a vehicle.
Bruv ended up driving with a Yank in a Landy and expressed suprise that the
Septic hadn't chosen the J**p.
Ham Shank expressed suprise back and said that Landies were built in
Alabama - look, it says so on the bulkhead (series) He allegedly slapped
the dash and said "good American Iron, can't be beat"
Bruv took great delight in pointing out that it was the REAL Birmingham on
the plate, not some US town.
Yank in question never chose a Landy again.
Parochial git.

Steve
84 110 V8 hardtop
84 110 V8 CSW
Durban

">Snip
> There's a Birmingham in Alabama. perhaps Ford could be persuaded to open
> a
> Land Rover factory there?
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine... War is hell"
> Gen. Sherman (1820-1891) Attr. words in Address at Michigan Military
> Academy, 19 June 1879.

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...
>
> Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)
>
>
> --
> EMB

The only reason you might want to head over here would be news that Blair
was emigrating over there.!
Derek

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:04:40 +0100, Torak
> <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Greg wrote:
>>> CraigB wrote:
>>>
>>>>Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
>>>>Australia.
>>>>Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors
>>>>all
>>>>speak with a Kiwi accent.
>>>
>>>
>>> Something more scary, Americans know so little about the world outside
>>> their borders they have to tak the country onto every capital city "the
>>> british prime minister in London-England said..."
>>
>>Ah, but that's so they don't confuse it with London-Nevada,
>>London-Massachusetts or London-Oregon. (I have no idea if there are
>>Londons in those states, but they do tend to lift names from
>>everywhere...)
>>
>>I particularly enjoyed, on a trip to the States, travelling through
>>Moscow, Maine, population 620...
>
> There's a Birmingham in Alabama. perhaps Ford could be persuaded to open
> a
> Land Rover factory there?
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine... War is hell"
> Gen. Sherman (1820-1891) Attr. words in Address at Michigan Military
> Academy, 19 June 1879.

With the famous US sense of direction I reckon there are Ford execs
wandering round Alabama trying to find Lode Lane for a meeting
Derek

if you want call centres, try this funny link

http://www.youtube.com/v/AZ-lJpL2oVg


"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Greg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> GbH wrote:
>>
>>> It would be funnier if it wasn't so true!
>>
>> And if not for the fact that the people in Indian call centres speak
>> better english, with a better accent and better understanding of our
>> geography than those in many of the UK ones 8-(.
>> Greg
>
> Provided it's in the script.
>
> Lee D
>

> They're scripted where ever they are, at least you can understand the
> Indians when they read off the screen, more than you can say for most
> Scottish call centres .
> Greg

I recall when an ex-gf's mother called a call centre and they insisted
on referring to her by her husbands name despite much protestation.
The reason - "That is what the computer says you are called."

Matt

> I didn't use the site for the TV licence, they are so heavy-handed I
> didn't want to risk any mistakes. I tried the NTL "Moving Home" page,

snip

> up and stay with them. I really can't understand how they have any
> customers at all - 15 minutes on hold on 5 occasions, being told
> repeatedly how good their customers service is, and how it's
> getting better, is probably the biggest wind-up I've ever come across.

Another satisfied customer! LOL Like you say, I have no idea how they
have any customers - must all be first timers stuck in a 12 month
contract desperate to get out. Number or times our broadband was down
for days at at time was unbelievable. Friday night and the earliest
they can get someone out to look at it is next Wednesday - very helpful
when you are trying to run a business! (tho after a lot of ranting they
do refund 'dial-up' call charges during down times) Been with BT for 15
months now - number of days (hours/minutes/seconds) off-line - zero! We
managed to dump NTL last year (finally) SWMBO now takes great pleasure
in laying into any sales rep who darkens our door, or catches us in the
street (shopping mall etc) and tries to get us to sign up to them -
making sure the passing throng hear about how crap they are at the same
time!

Anyway - well done on the move, hope you enjoy your new home.

Matt

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:56:29 +0200, Matthew Maddock
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> They're scripted where ever they are, at least you can understand the
>> Indians when they read off the screen, more than you can say for most
>> Scottish call centres .
>> Greg
>
>I recall when an ex-gf's mother called a call centre and they insisted
>on referring to her by her husbands name despite much protestation.
>The reason - "That is what the computer says you are called."

Its funny when they will only talk to certain people. I remember my
mum ringing up to sort out some bills for something (a mobile phone i
think) and having to be MR Woods as when she had rung up as mrs
earlier they wouldnt do it.

Matthew Maddock wrote:

|| Been with BT for 15 months now - number of days
|| (hours/minutes/seconds) off-line - zero!

We're with BT and have broadband with them for about 15 months now. It's
been offline for a day or so on a couple of occasions, but we've always had
a refund without having to ask. Service has been fine.

I've said it before (probably here too) many times, but my measure of a
company is not that they get it right 100% of the time, but how they deal
with you when things go wrong. If that's good, you're dealing with the
right people.

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