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"You can't go camping without a TV!"
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jakebonz wrote:accounting people
accounting departments are the fucking worst.
if there's anybody in the world who'd be fucking unobservant enough to actually damage themselves with trap-soap I guess it'd be the guy with dialup in 2007
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copstache wrote:
jakebonz wrote:accounting people
accounting departments are the fucking worst.
Well, to be fair, they haven't said a thing about the 15+ hours of overtime I work on a weekly basis.
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Pisscubes wrote:
Black Jacques wrote:"You can't go camping without a TV!"
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Yes! People actually exist who think driving a little apartment into the woods and watching DVDs/sports in it for 2 days = camping. What the hell?
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So, you had to scroll through my story of the new cubes, right?

Well, they finally got them into a more permanent position.

AND IF ONE MORE FUCKING MOUTHBREATHER COMES UP TO ME AND MENTIONS THAT IT'S NOW "A MAZE" BECAUSE THE ENTRY TO THE CUBE IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION I'M GOING TO FACEPALM SO FUCKING HARD
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I think they way he said it made it more unbearable... it was kind of like "No TV?! That's absurd!", like there's no other way to camp or as if the camping trip would be called off if they couldn't find a boob-tube.
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jakebonz wrote:So, you had to scroll through my story of the new cubes, right?

Well, they finally got them into a more permanent position.

AND IF ONE MORE FUCKING MOUTHBREATHER COMES UP TO ME AND MENTIONS THAT IT'S NOW "A MAZE" BECAUSE THE ENTRY TO THE CUBE IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION I'M GOING TO FACEPALM SO FUCKING HARD
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EXACTLY

except I get people popping in to say "HERRR HERRR IT'S A REAL MAZE NOW!!"

DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO? I CAN AT LEAST PRETEND TO WORK BY POSTING HERE WITHOUT ANNOYING SOMEONE ELSE.

Can you all tell I need a vacation?
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"Who wrote Anne Frank's diary?"

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This came in as the result of a survey:
No complaints and no issues. At least, when it comes to Dreamhost stuff.

Complaint: Energy drinks

Issue: they don't work.

Fact: they're bullshit. I can actually use them as a substitute for
o.c.t. (don't you like that? Commercials that get fancy and say o.c.t.
instead of "over the counter?" Pricks.) sleeping pills. Want to sleep?
Try an energy drink! Go to sleep faster!

Do you know what "energy drinks" make me do? Get really jittery and
nervous and want to eat. Eat? Yes, eat. Why? Because that's the only
way I can stop the jitters. In fact, as we speak, I am starting to get
the jitters. I didn't drink this SHIT for the jitters!

Does DH have some sort of "swear" filter when it comes to e-mails?
Like, if I say "fuck" or "shit" in the e-mail, it goes to you, but
because I said "fuck" or "shit" it also gets CCed to someone else to
make sure you're not the one swearing?

What if the swearing is used properly? Like...against a competitor.
There is no way in hell DH management would argue with you or restrain
you from saying "FUCK NETWORK SOLUTIONS!"

Dude, I am SWEATING MY ASS OFF! I am in Massachusetts, where it has
been mostly rainy and the summer has been tame and now I am practically
PISSING SWEAT through my sweat pores or whatever the technical term is
for those places where you leak fluids from your skin.

Ever seen those STRIPED sections of a parking lot? You know, basically
the areas that you're not supposed to park and you know you're not
supposed to park there?

I was at the doctor's a week or two ago and, would you believe, some
bitch with her HUGE friggin' SUV parked there. She actually parked
CLOSER than the handicapped drivers!

I'm not kidding, this vehicle was stupid huge. But, if you can't park
it, why drive it? I was *this close* to actually taking a shit on the
hood of her vehicle for parking like a twat.

I can hear her now. "Oh, I didn't want to take up two spots."

I wonder what the manufacturer's motto is for that vehicle. "Drive a
big SUV! Park like an asshole!"

Wow, I'm REALLY sweating now. I just sat back for a second and my
arms/wrists left PUDDLES of sweat. PUDDLES! Why did I bother putting
on deoderant? If I'm sweating this much, what is the point?

OH MY GOD, THESE JITTERS HAVE TO GO! I'M GOING TO SCARF DOWN SOME FOOD
BEFORE I GO NUTS FROM THIS SHIT DRINK!

-- ***
DH Customer

P.S. - if this doesn't go to S*** H because he was fired or quit or
drank an energy drink like me and went bat shit crazy, I apologize.
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over counter the
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Heh, just read this the other day
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ISSUE #88274
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Client Issue:
"Has ANY person in your company ever Looked at or tryed to READ any maniual
man u all something like thet that it's funney even after 7 years I still
LAUGH any way some people like Ta know I mean Ya know!"

Problem Point:
We failed to provide the client with a version of their manual in garbled,
unpunctuated non-english.

Improvement Goal:
Many companies miss the garbled, unpunctuated non-english market segment
completely, and we should not be one of them. It's important to remember
that for every client that understands "Click the 'submit' button to save
your changes", there's another that only understands "klik tHe summit butt
on two SAVE yer changez ya know ya know".


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ISSUE #88279
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Client Issue:
"I understand the issues are on our end, but at least try to make me laugh
while I am venting! THAT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!"

Problem Point:
Our technician was not entertaining enough while the client complained about
a matter unrelated to the company.

Improvement Goal:
Instead of being professional and courteous, the technician should have known
that the client was upset before taking the call so that he could have answered
the phone in a funny squeaky voice and punctuated the conversation with circus
sound effects.


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ISSUE #88304
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Client Issue:
"I STILL have a problem with my Hotmail account. At the very least, tell them to
e-mail me like they care and tell them to fix it. Maybee TECH SUPPORT lost it?
mabee they need a coster or something to wipe there as**^^%? did I say that NA
no way must have been a finger Slip? i get that a lot!"

Problem Point:
Our technician was unable to solve a problem with a product produced by a
different company, specifically Hotmail by Microsoft.

Improvement Goal:
Even though our technicians are not employees of Microsoft, they should have had
the foresight to work for them for several years to become an expert on their
products before gaining employment with our current company. Our technicians are
cutting corners, and that's just sad.


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ISSUE #88311
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Client Issue:
"I read on a website that your softweare had a security breach. (Provides a link
to that website.) Whan are you planning on fixing this security breach, as I
refuse to use your software until this is fixed."

Problem Point:
The technician assumed the client would read the next sentence in the website's
article, which mentioned that the security breach in question was fixed less
than two days after it was discovered... three years ago.

Improvement Goal:
Begin every email, support ticket and phone conversation with by shouting
"WELCOME TO (COMPANY), WHERE WE FIXED A MINOR SECURITY ISSUE SEVERAL YEARS
AGO!"


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ISSUE #88318
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Client Issue:
"your getting than you used to be"
(That's the entirety of the message from the client.)

Problem Point:
While it is unclear whether or not this is actually a complaint, what is
clear is that the technician's "getting" is in some way different than the
technician himself was at some point in the past.

Improvement Goal:
Each technician should take better care of his "getting", to ensure that
it stops differing from how the technician used to be. That way, the
technician will potentially be praised by the client with the commendation
that, "your getting is now exactly the same as you are now". And those are
the type of praises that result in raises.


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ISSUE #88334
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Client Issue:
"You're wrong, check with Bob Williams. I spoke with him last week, and his
answer contradicted what you're telling me now."

Problem Point:
Even though Bob Williams hasn't worked for our company for two and a half
years, the technician should have the names, addresses and phone numbers
of all past employees committed to memory. This would allow the technician
to contact Bob while the client holds. However, if Bob no longer works at
the company because he is dead, then the technician will need to call upon
his powers of transcending the mortal fabric of existence -- which should
have been covered during his first week of training -- to contact Bob in
an alternate dimension.

Improvement Goal:
Transport backwards in time and confront Bob regarding the contradicting
misinformation he has apparently been spreading to clients. Then pinch him
unmercifully.
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Chick with full tattoo sleeves: Where'd you get your ink done?
Dude with ace of spades tattooed on the inside of his wrist: *clears throat, looks down* The Hub [an outdoor mall].
Chick: Huh?
Dude: *slightly louder* The Hub.
Chick: *pause* Mmm. *goes back to reading paper*
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the colonoscopy guy was today asking for advice on sheds.

this man, who is single and in his mid to late 40s, is going to buy a shed, because of his mother, who stays with him for about a month every year (and is currently staying with him) decided that his garage is too cluttered, so he must get a shed before she leaves.
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So, I'm now getting a rather loud psychological profile of that crazy dude that shot up that Pittsburgh gym from that Armchair Walter Cronkite I keep complaining about. I've heard at least one comparison between severe mental illness and the common cold. :?
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Today my coworker received an email that said "I will follow up with you telephonically on Monday morning"
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Just had a Customer Service Rep walk up to my now much larger cube because two people moved into it. She comes over on the side without the entrance, leans over it with one of those inter-office mail envelopes in her hand, and at first, tries to reach over and drop it on top of a filing cabinet.

She notices me, and the convo starts:

Her: "Can I just leave this here"
Me: *Taking off my headphones* "Excuse me?"
Her: "Where does Jim sit now?"
Me: "Sits right over there" *I point to the opposite end of the cube from where she's standing*
Her: "Can I just throw it?"
Me: :?
Her: "THIS IS RIDICULOUS!" *storms over in a huff and slams the envelope on Jim's desk*
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There was absolutely zero irony in this woman's voice. She was actually angry that she had to walk, literally, an extra 15 feet to put a piece of paper on someone's desk.
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you should have kicked her in her hateshitter.
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I'm obviously too passive-aggressive to do that.
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You know that...senator that died?

Yeah. Ted Kennedy.

He....let a girl DROWN

Yes, I know..

And that Obama.. He's on vacation. What is he DOIN!?

:?

You know, I don't mind him being a black president, but he's a muslim!

(holding back a gut-laugh) Oh, is he?

At this point she must have realized I thought she was an idiot. She sort of squinted at me with suspicion, said something to the effect of 'oh fuck it' without actually using any expletives and hobbled off back to the van where her daughter and autistic granddaughter were waiting..
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How about this for genius :
'well what do they know? They are only a bunch of experts'
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The armchair politicians I have to listen to are in RARE form today

"You know, doctors can tell if you do drugs through a blood test, and THAT'S why health care costs so much"
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5 secs ago

"What's today's date? The 13th?"
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Hotchka! wrote:5 secs ago

"What's today's date? The 13th?"
It's not?
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