Hello? Is that, cambridgeshire, earth?
Jun. 7th, 2006 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackI always try to make my rants on phone menus interesting, and it seems I always fail. Everyone hates them, why are my parodies not funny, when people applaud the weirdest of other things I write?
A.*bring bring*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. I'm sorry, my foo is blarging.
Q. Your foo? Oh, you should probably talk to the cambridge office.
A. OK.
Q. *disconnects you*
A. *redials*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. Hi! I think I should speak to the cambridge office. My foo is blarging.
Q. Of course.
A. *bring bring*
Q. Mwgseep thwockpop shaft.
A. Hello?
Q. THWOCKPOP! Shaft <> greefle! SNWWAAAAAAAFWAT!
A. *click* *redials*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. I was just disconnected. A voice said "THWOCKPOP! Shaft <> greefle! SNWWAAAAAAAFWAT!"
Q. Oh dear. Did you call our Magellanic Cloud operator? And call it an "hello"?
A. I asked to speak to the cambridge office.
Q. You should have been more specific.
A. I'm sorry! Your website, yellow pages entry, and interminable hold music made no mention of the fact that I was reaching a generic phone number for the organisation! I know that's not your fault, but if you publish that number as the number for Acme, Cambridge, CB4 nAA, surely someone should be in charge of telling people how to route calls?
I will gladly tell you what's relevant so I can be forwarded, but I have no way of knowing what is! Which Acme problems are serviced by which Acme phone numbers is unfortunately not taught at school, nor by any of the information I could extract from your website.
Q. Of course, I'll forward your suggestion. Shall I connect you to the (earth) cambridge office now?
A. Please.
Q. Boston, Gloustershire, or Cambridgeshire?
In retrospect, it's another aspect of being disturbed by ignorance. I don't like feeling ignorant when I don't know how much detail I have to tell the poor overworked operator to get to the right person, nor to imply they're ignorant when they don't know.
A.*bring bring*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. I'm sorry, my foo is blarging.
Q. Your foo? Oh, you should probably talk to the cambridge office.
A. OK.
Q. *disconnects you*
A. *redials*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. Hi! I think I should speak to the cambridge office. My foo is blarging.
Q. Of course.
A. *bring bring*
Q. Mwgseep thwockpop shaft.
A. Hello?
Q. THWOCKPOP! Shaft <
A. *click* *redials*
Q. Hello! You've reached Acme, corp. How can we help you?
A. I was just disconnected. A voice said "THWOCKPOP! Shaft <
Q. Oh dear. Did you call our Magellanic Cloud operator? And call it an "hello"?
A. I asked to speak to the cambridge office.
Q. You should have been more specific.
A. I'm sorry! Your website, yellow pages entry, and interminable hold music made no mention of the fact that I was reaching a generic phone number for the organisation! I know that's not your fault, but if you publish that number as the number for Acme, Cambridge, CB4 nAA, surely someone should be in charge of telling people how to route calls?
I will gladly tell you what's relevant so I can be forwarded, but I have no way of knowing what is! Which Acme problems are serviced by which Acme phone numbers is unfortunately not taught at school, nor by any of the information I could extract from your website.
Q. Of course, I'll forward your suggestion. Shall I connect you to the (earth) cambridge office now?
A. Please.
Q. Boston, Gloustershire, or Cambridgeshire?
In retrospect, it's another aspect of being disturbed by ignorance. I don't like feeling ignorant when I don't know how much detail I have to tell the poor overworked operator to get to the right person, nor to imply they're ignorant when they don't know.