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Friday, June 13th, 2008
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1:04 pm - I am surprised....somewhat
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zubatron
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I am surprised at people when they call up here. So what if you have a broken TV the world is not going to end. Oh, you can't watch the upcoming basketball games or whatever sports show or drama you watch? Your kids will have nothing to do without their Dora the Explorer or Pokemans? GET OVER IT! We all rely on these forms of entertainment WAY to much. Our TV's, videogames, Computers etc...
Granted I'm no better. But when my PC went through it's recent accident and I had nothing to do or anything (this was before our new TV and such) I read books or wrote stuff. When people call up complaining that their kids will have nothing to do, that disgusts me. SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM! READ BOOKS TO THEM! Do something! A TV is not a babysitter!
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| Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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10:39 am
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I work for the Professor of Videos, in inbound sales. Nine times out of ten, I like my job. I do get idiots who freak out and tell us we're ripping them off because--horrors!-- they have to pay a shipping charge. Which is mentioned in the commercials, by the way.
Why do people insist on calling here on their cell phones? In a car? Or with tons of background noise?
I hate that. I have to practically scream the whole fricking call, and it annoys and disturbs my co-workers. They don't want to wait until they're on a land line phone, and gods forbid I ask them to call back from one. Pfft. Just had a guy do that to me, and he kept saying he couldn't hear me. I said 'Sir, I'm talking as loudly as I can without disturbing my coworkers or other callers."
Right after that the call dropped, and I thought that was that. But noooo, he called back, and got me again :P So I had to scream in not fun ways all over again. Thank the gods he only wanted the free CD, and I didn't have to bother with the upsells. :P
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| Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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3:58 pm
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After working in a call center for about a month, I honestly can say I've never hated a job this much before.
Almost all of the customers we get are rude and hateful. I am so tired of being bitched at about things I can do absolutely nothing about.
I can't wait until I can quit this job.
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| Thursday, June 5th, 2008
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11:21 pm
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zubatron
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The DO'S and DON'TS of when calling up customer service/tech support
DON'T start the call with your life story/sob story about how this horrible product/service has been ever since you got it. If it was that horrible since the start, you should've taken it back.
DON'T tell us that you're going to take back said product/cancel service and tell all your friends to with another said product/service, why? We DON'T CARE.
DON'T think that talking to a supervisor will get your way anymore than it did with us. They are trained to say NO. We, the agents, sometimes have to say no a little more politely.
DON'T call us up when you have no idea how to work said product and your husband/wife is the smart one, but because they aren't home you think you can manage to work it. Have patience and wait until they come home.
DON'T yell at us, curse at us, talk to us in a condescending manner. Why? Well because, acting like a little baby on the phone will NOT get your way any more or any faster. Also, that will cause us to NOT want to help you any more. We MIGHT act like our connection is getting bad and suddenly drop!
DON'T call us up without having the neccessary information that we need to help you. For example, if calling in about a TV, we NEED the model number. If calling in about a PC, we NEED to know what OS it's running. etc....etc...Telling us you DON'T know and that info isn't important and we should help you anyway only frustrates us and YOU more. Without knowing what we're working on it's like trying to breathe underwater. You think you can do it but it's NOT going to happen.
DON'T tell us how to do our job. Granted there are a few employees that aren't the brightest, but I DON'T tell you how to do your job, DON'T tell me how to do mine.
DON'T interrupt
DO keep focus
DO get straight to the point with your reason to call us. We don't want to talk to you, and appreciate when you get to the point.
DO understand that nothing in life is perfect. Your brand new TV/Car/PC broke down after a few hours of owning it sucks, but it DOES happen. Take care of your business and either take it back or put up with it.
DO understand I don't speak Spanish even though you accidently got onto my phone.
DO understand that I need your help as much as you need mine. Failing to describe what you are doing or what you see when troubleshooting does NOT help me. I am not psychic and can see through my phone or what you are doing on the PC.
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| Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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11:19 am - To the Consumers
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zubatron
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Dear Consumer,
Though I do appreciate you buying our product and calling our customer tech support for assistance, in no way does that mean we actually care about you. We actually don't give a crap if you fell off the face of the earth. By telling us you will take back our product to the store means we never have to talk to you again.
By saying threats such as, "You don't stand behind your product" or "This is your product and this is your problem" does not makes us want to grovel to our knees and beg you to be happy with us in fact it does the opposite. While you yell and scream at us and talk to us in a very condescending manner, we have you on mute laughing our asses off or writhing in anger knowing you would never dare say that to our faces as you know you would expect a beat down from us. But Mr. I bought this 5000 dollar TV thinks he is better than me but I'm not the one with a broken TV. So at the end of the day I will go home and forget you even exist.
We talk to 100's of people a day and your problem is no more important than their's. You mean absolutely nothing to us. Spreading your internet smear campaign will not cause us to lose sales as we are a worldwide company that will probably not falter for a very long time.
Signed,
A Tech Support Agent
(Phew I feel much better now!)
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| Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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7:29 pm - Some people
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zubatron
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We are call center agents. We get calls from all over the world. You talk to all walks and forms of life every single day you work. There are 6 billion people in this world and growing everyday yet you have to sit behind a computer and take calls from these people everyday. Never knowing who you are going to get and what the outcome will be. Does this make the job sound exciting? Well to the experienced person no it would not. After doing call centers for a year now I am quite tired of it. Never in my life has one job caused so much stress to my life in such a short amount of time. I have gained so much weight from just sitting around and I try to work out and lose weight but life tends to get in the way and sitting here for 10 hours a day doesn't help matters.
Being in a call center I see people that take this job WAY too seriously. I mean if that's what they wanna do in life then all the more power for them. Seeing as the company I work for is such a joke and they care little for their employee's I can't see how I would want to be here or even get promoted.
So two of my co-workers got their 6 month review. Basically it's an interview to determine whether or not you get a promotion. You know how to get a promotion here? Only by numbers, your stats. You could be the dumbest person on the phone and get a raise as long as you cheat the system. My two co workers are hard working and help people out on calls and basically all that good stuff and did they get a raise? Nope not a single dime. My 1st call center job based raises on how you were as a person and not numbers (even though that job did suck at the end). here it's based all on stats which is ridiculous. I've known some people working here for over a year and not seen a single dime and they were some of the best techs we had here. I don't blame them for quitting.
So basically to get a raise here you have to cheat the system which some techs have learned to skew their stat numbers and make themselves look very good on paper. I hate this place
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| Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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12:09 pm - I hate it
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zubatron
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So it has been about 5 weeks since I last posted in here. Things have not gotten any better here in this hell hole it's actually gotten worse. This job is slowly turning into my old job like at AOL where you have 5 million people breathing down your neck wanting you to finish every call in the allotted time they give you.
They have become so strict lately that you no longer follow the schedule they give you. Your manager decides when to give you breaks and lunches if you get any. If there are calls in queue you will not go on lunch or break until they are taken. If calls are backed up all day hahaha good luck, you stay on the phone! I'm getting tired of coming to this place day after day.
I'm so tired of this place being understaffed and we get bombarded with calls. I'm so tired of this place hiring a bunch of morons that take calls. I'm so tired listening to whiny people complain about the dumbest things about TVs. Yes your TV is broken, no you will not get a new one. I don't care you spent 3000 dollars on a TV and you just got it home today and it won't power on. TAKE IT BACK TO THE STORE don't call bother me! yes I realize you are 80 years old and unplugging a TV is the most advanced technical thing you've ever done and it requires a Master's Degree in engineering for you but don't give me this crap that you have stage 4 cancer and on the brink of death and want someone to come plug in your tv for you!
Another thing that gripes me is on some calls we have to write some detailed notes about the issue and what not. Sometimes we have to keep writing these notes after the call is over for 2-3 minutes. Yet you get yelled at for being in what they call aftercall for that long yet if you don't put in those notes you get yelled at by 3 different people. Basically a no win situation.
I used to have a very proactive attitude about this place. I was very helpful and friendly with everyone. Now that I'm seeing the changes that occur before my eyes I've just gone back to the way I used to be in high school just very reserved and wish to not be bothered by anyone. Only talking to a few select people and thats it. When management tries to be buddy buddy with me I sort of nonchalantly ignore it. I'm just here to do my job and get paid I'm not interested in moving up anymore after seeing how this place operates. I'm sure all call centers operate the same way so oh well.
Ok just got finished with a call as I am writing this. Honestly, people are fucking stupid. How hard is it to connect a cable box/dvd player/vcr? YOU JUST MATCH THE COLORS! Red goes with red, white goes with white, and yellow goes with yellow. But for some people they are either way too stupid or color blind and they get scared and don't know how to do it.
I sometimes miss AOL tech support calls. Alot of those calls were very stupid but some of them could be complicated. Having to go into the system32 menu and changing some registry keys around to fix a problem. These calls get rather dull and mundane because TVs are very easy and not complicated which makes it boring. I do think PC tech support calls attract extremely dumb people but TV tech support calls attract dumb people too but not as bad. The bad calls are the ones who don't understand to match the colors.
Honestly, how stupid can people be? Ugh I just hate it all. Fuck this job, fuck these people and fuck this place. I wish death upon all customers who call up for Philips tech support, just like I did with AOL.
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| Monday, February 18th, 2008
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7:27 pm - Directory Assistance Fun
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I work for Directory Assistance in Australia, and wanted to share some interesting calls with you all.
* There is a popular chain of tenpin bowling centres by the name AMF Bowling. Idiots call and request AFL Bowling for some reason. For those of you who aren't familiar, AFL is Australian Football League. Good luck bowling with one of those balls!
* Some people can't accept a No Listing Found result. Usually because they can't spell their best friends names. The only four database fields we can search are Name, Street, Location and Directory. I love it when they declare "but they have been there for 20 years!" when I ask if they have any further information. I always hack away at the keyboard for a second or two, then say "mmm... nope". I wonder if they believe I'm actually typing in "been there 20 years"...
* You would not believe how often you read out a phone number and the callers asks "What do I do with that?"
* I was telling the guy next to me I had some guy call up asking for a pharmacy which was not listed, who then went off his nut swearing "Those fucking CUNTS! They've been there 12 fucking years and haven't even got the phone listed? God damned CUNTS!". Apparently the same guy had called the day before and done the same thing. Sounds like another serial pest (see G-string guy)
While talking about my friend, here's one he mentioned to me:
* A guy calling for poisons information line, but wouldn't accept anything except a freecall number. His friend was overdosing but apparently wasn't worthy of the 25 cents to call for help.
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| Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
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10:29 pm - Waiting for the end
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zubatron
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So I sit here in my cubicle waiting for my friend to get off work so we can go to his house. Today is Saturday, just an FYI Saturday's are usually THE worse days in the center. Except today....today was a a good day. it was SLOW. I still had back to back calls cause of the queue I'm placed in, but I didn't feel like we were being pummeled by calls today. It was simply wonderful.
Also to add, I had one of the funniest calls I've ever heard today. Ok so the call is a normal one. Someone wanted to know how to change the input channels on her TV. She did not have the orignial remote for the TV so she had a universal. I advised her to try channeling down and it went through the input channels and she said the usual Thanks! You're so great! But she forgot to hang up the phone and I hear yelling:
"OMG I'M SO DUMB. HE MUST THINK I'M A DUMB BITCH CUNT WHO'S RETARDED!!!"
I had it on mute and I naturally burst into tears from the laughter. I could not contain it so I didn't release the call and kept listening. Basically her boyfriend or whomever was laughing at her and she was pissed. It lasted for 10 minutes until I hung up to take my break. That made my day.
I do want to get into more AOL calls but my mind seems to be a bit blank right now. So I'll save it for another day.
-Matt
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| Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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10:59 am - Annoyed
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zubatron
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Oi, so I'm on lunch right now and just plain aggrivated right now. My day started off fine, I watched the movie Sicko by Micheal Moore. Very interesting. I come into work and find we are busy but it's Wednesday so what else is new? All my calls today so far have been nothing but ridiculously stupid angry people. I don't want to get into it because I don't want to veer off my telling of the depths of AOL Hell.
So today's post will be about some aggrivating/stupid/ridiculous calls from AOL.
If anyone has ever done Computer Tech Support, you know people are extremely dumb and think a computer is the most complicated machinery in the face of the world. Performing a copy and paste requires vast knowledge of the inner workings of a PC. Or highlighting multiple icons at once needs a college education. I may be dramatic but to these people that have called me up acting like this.
This next call I am about to recall is in no way meant to make fun of anyone with special needs. In fact it could've been a prank call but I was too new at the time to really know.
"Thank you for calling AOL tech support, how can I help you?"
"I need to know the name of the AOL running man! It's important!"
I had a blank face..My only thought was WTF?
"Sir? I'm not sure what you're asking but how can I assist you today?"
"The AOL running man! What's his name? I NEED TO KNOW?!?!?"
Yelling in my ear, I had a face of grimace and disgust. He continued to yell finally ending the call:
"Why don't you know his name? HIS NAME IS BOB!" *click* And this just reminded me of another call I had towards the end of my AOL career. "Thank you for calling AOL, how can I help you?" "I forgot my password could you reset it?" This was a typical call we got all the time, so I went about it the normal way. Verified her information and asked her account question and reset it. Advised everything was good to go but she couldn't sign on still. So I asked her to make sure she didn't have caps lock on and her keyboard was plugged in. She still could not log in. So I changed it one more time and she couldn't log in again. (Password changes take effect right away in case you're wondering) I began to get suspicious. I asked the lady to describe what was showing on her screen.
"It says User name and Password."
I almost wanted to hang up on her right away. Anyone who has worked for or used AOL knows the sign on screen says Screen Name not User name. I knew she forgot her password for Windows.
"So you forgot your Windows password?"
"Yes! Can you reset it for me?"
I began to tell her I can only change her AOL password. Unfortunately she didn't understand the difference she thought it was the same. I tried explaining that AOL is just a program on her computer and I cannot change her Windows password. She thought that was so ridiculous and began to argue with me and DEMANDED I change her Windows password. I had to take charge and tell her:
"No! I will not change your windows password. NO! I do not have the power to do so! You WILL call your computer manufacter! And thank you for calling AOL!" and I released the call.
I probably would've got popped on that call if someone was listening. I never did.
After a few weeks working for AOL I hated it so much but loved it at the same time. The thing that made it enjoyable were the people. We all hated the job and we commiserated together. The one thing I did hate also was how strict it was there. I swear it felt like anyday you could lose your job. One day you would see someone and the next their desk would be empty and no one knows what happened. If you went over 10 minutes on a call someone would be monitoring your call or someone would appear behind you telling you to get off immediately breathing down your neck. I would get so nervous I would perform even worse and get marked for it. Well, I have plenty of more stories about AOL so I'm not quite done yet. Plus I had one of the craziest calls in the call center history. So stay tuned for that. -Matt
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| Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
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6:26 pm - And so it begins
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zubatron
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So it's just another day at work. As I last left off, I was introducing myself and how I began my journey down the dark depths of the call center.
So I want to go back to my days at AOL Tech Support. It was my first job of the like so I was excited. It felt like a "real" job compared to my previous jobs. I got my own cubicle and own computer and everything so naturally I was excited. I can remember after training was over and we finally got on the phones, reality hit.
"Thank you for calling AOL Tech Support, how can I help you?"
"Help! Someone stole all my credit card information and my SSN!"
And there I was with a blank face, nothing prepared me for this.
"Sorry to hear that ma'am how did this happen?"
"I thought AOL sent me an email wanting all my bank information and credit and SSN, so I filled it out and sent it to them!"
Still with a blank face, I could not believe I was hearing this. This was my first step into knowing how "smart" people were. Eventually I got her off my phone, she had to deal with her bank and whomever else. AOL couldn't help her. I felt bad but eventually I learned quickly to not care about these people calling in.
You would be amazed to know that many people think AOL IS their Computer and not just a software program. Also I'm sure you're not surprised when people don't even know a SINGLE thing about computers.
"What version of Windows are you running?"
"Microwave 95!"
or
"Windows 2000 XP"
better yet
"Windows 97"
Probably the best explanation I heard about a cable modem was this:
"I have a 5 megawatt cable modem and it is very fast!"
So I pondered how a cable modem connected to the internet and powered someone's house.
Besides the many people who would call in with some of the most trivial things. Such as someone deleting an email 2 years ago and wanted us to retrieve in our huge database of emails. Or someone had 20,000 emails in their mailbox and 1000 of them disappeared and it was VERY IMPORTANT we get those back. It just made me wonder who keeps that many emails?
As I sit at working typing this thing, I am reminded of how we would handle supervisor calls at AOL. If a person was so frustrated at you or did not like your anwser (cause it was the correct one) they would demand a supervisor. Our process for supervisor calls at AOL was:
"If they ask for a supervisor put them on hold and pretend to look for one and come back saying they are at a meeting right now and to call us back later"
Usually that would get them off the line except for the stubborn ones. The stubborn ones we would use the unspoken rule and transfer them to our cancellation department. I'm sure they were so happy with that. I have many other stories abut AOL before the well is dry. I think I will go into more of them next time I post.
-Matt
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12:39 am - The Beginning
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I'm basically writing this blog as I have found lack of other blogs that relate to this subject. (Or else I'm just not searching in the right places)
I work at a Call Center. More specifically, I work for Philips Tech Support. I take calls in regards of consumer electronics. Some of the more higher end electronics, such as TVs, Home theaters, and the such. My job is rather easy. As long as you have basic knowledge of electronics and a basic knowledge of computers, it can be rather easy.
Let me give you a history of my previous Call Center History.
I first began my journey in the call center environment with AOL. I shudder at the name also. I worked for AOL Tech Support. The training was very fun and then the time we were on the phones was simply a nightmare. Now most stories I've heard or read about computer tech support could be bad, I found it hard to believe what could be worse than AOL? I hated AOL with a passion. The only exciting thing about the job was working with computers and doing computer tech support (when it required it, not the crummy AOL support), when you got to be down and dirty in the windows registry or system32 folder.
I have lots of stories about that place but maybe for another time. Basically AOL laid off all American Employees.
Now I work for Philips. I enjoy it here, though it can be awfully repitive. Right now they have me on what they call Simplicity Advantage program. Basically it's the same thing but I have more power and I don't have to take as many calls as I had before. I get to take my time and have no one breathing down my neck if I take over 10 minutes on a call. Now my average calls take anywhere from 15-30 minutes which is normal for Simplicity agents, which makes me a bit more happier. It's no longer about quantity of calls, it's about quality and customer service again.
-Matt
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| Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
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9:13 pm - no, I hate YOU....
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i do 411....my dept gets bill collectors....some asshole from san diego starts calling, barking his requestS at me....so, a couple calls from this jerk go by (i'm the only operator cuz its graveyard)and i accidentally clipped him when i hung up...he calls back and is all bitchy...
i dont take shit from no one, especially a bill collector...so for the next hour and a half (until my lunch) he calls and first thing outta his mouth is 'i hate you'...'you fucking bitch'....blah blah blah...i dont even acknowledge him, put him on mute, and hang up....lol, it made me laugh cuz he'd be on mute mouthing off...and i would just wait.....and wait....and wait....and *click*....
so if he had some quota to meet last nite, he didn't fucking meet it...
my bEat is corrEct,
lisa
p.s.
i got ur # asshole...maybe i.ll give you a ring-a-ling.....
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| Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
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7:07 pm - Westinghouse....
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*This is my first time posting, though I have been reading (and commiserating) with you all for awhile. Just a little background - I work for Westinghouse Digital Electronics doing over the phone tech-support and customer service for LCD tvs and monitors. I've been at it for a year now, so I have been upgrading to answering customer tech support emails.
I do emails at work almost everyday now. Sometimes I laugh at the stupidity, sometimes I fume at the irrationality. I always answer in a professional and courtesy manner (although every now and again a liiiiiiittttttlllleeee bit of sarcasm slips into my emails.) Here is what I would LIKE to say:
Dear Mr. "I am Going to Contact My Attorney General and the Better Business Bureau!"
Please remember to take your warranty card. You might also want to bring along some tissues. You will need them to dry your tears when your lawyer laughs you out of his office and tells you to stop wasting everyone's time because you can't read.
Love, Meg
Dear Mr. "My TV is broken! What Gives??"
Um....you will need to define "broken" because at the moment I am unable to send out the magical tv fairies to come see what the problem is and fix it. Or, if you are unable to provide details I suppose I could copy and paste the email template for every troubleshooting step we have ever. Don't complain when your inbox is all bogged down and you can't open the email because it is too big.
Dear Mr. "You Expect Me to Go TWO WEEKS Without My Television!? Who Will Babysit My Kids!?"
UM. I know you feel you are entitled to be living the great American Dream, but can we take a moment to remember that a television is an unecessary luxury and your life will NOT end without out? Here are some suggestions: 1. spend some time with your children instead of expecting your television to 'keep them occupied' because you are a shitty parent. 2. Go for a walk, you probably need one if you are this dependent on your television. 3. Read a fucking buck, asshole.
Dear Mr. "Please Remedy This Tragedy, I am on a Fixed Income and Can't Afford a New TV"
Maybe you need a lesson on spending within your means. If you had to save up for five years to purchase this TV....you can't afford it. That would be like me (a college student making $9 an hour to listen to you boohoo everyday) going out and buying a Hummer and crying because I can't pay for gas. Oh, PS: your TV breaking doesn't qualify as a "tragedy". If Medicaid suddenly told you that they would no longer provide you with your prescription medicine and you were going to die - THAT is a tragedy. If your children die in a school shooting, THAT is a tragedy. If your TV breaks...that sucks for you. But it is not a tragedy. I'm sorry you bought a TV you can't afford to fix. (dumbass.)
Dear. Mrs. "I'm Going to Tell Everyone I Know Not to Buy Your Products!"
Fan-fucking-tastic. Go right ahead. Less calls and emails for me.
Dear Guys Who Starts His Emails With "Dear Gentlemen or Dear Sirs",
Girls can do tech support to, Asshat.
Dear Mrs. "I Have a Westinghouse LCD High Definition Television and..."
We already know this. This is all we sell. We figured you were not emailed us about your Sony or your RCA....although amazingly enough some people are stupid enough to actually do this. Either way, please stop clarifying that you have a Westinghouse, which we are going to naturally assume when you contact us, and tell me what the goddamn model number is. Let's get to the point.
Dear Mr. "But I'm Only Three Months Outside of the Warranty! Aren't You Going to Help Me??"
I'm sorry, did you miss the part where it said "ONE YEAR"? Were you under the impression that ONE YEAR meant one year plus three months? Did you buy an extended warranty? No? Were you offered one? Yes? Let's stop for a minute and consider your situation. You are angry because you bought a product with a card in it saying it was covered for a period of ONE YEAR, and you decided to keep it. Or maybe you thought you were above warranties and didn't even read your warranty card. Best Buy offered you three more years of protection, but you thought you were above purchasing a TV that could crap out after a year....so....you were made an offer to get free service after a year and you refused it and now you are mad....at us?? That's very interesting. Let me include a copy of the warranty card in this email and, oh, fuck off.
That's all for now!!!
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| Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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2:03 pm - Excuse me?
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So I was checking my voice mail when I got to work today...
"Can I please get a pregnancy test for my grandaughter? The health department said I could get one there." (paraphrased of course)
Is there some confusion about what at&t mobility does for business?
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| Sunday, October 28th, 2007
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8:05 pm - A Complaint
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| Saturday, August 25th, 2007
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2:41 am - I'm back.......ish.
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Well, guys, I don't know if you remember me - I used to be technical support at ADELPHIA (that's right, I'm posting their name; they went bankrupt! they don't exist anymore! neener neener neener!), but I've moved out of Buffalo.
At the moment, I'm working in a call center for.....well, lemme see if I can explain this.
Companies that own fixed assets (cars, buildings, computers, etc) have to deal with the depreciation of their possessions - that is, the fact that items lose value over time in a very particular way. My company writes software that helps them keep track of all those assets, calculate all the depreciation, and export everything they need for their tax forms.
So, I'm not only in training for how to support the app (which includes client AND server installs, lots of SQL info and whatever), but I have to learn rudimentary tax law. This place is going to be a MADHOUSE during tax season.
Well, wish me luck. I'll post when I get the doozies......
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| Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
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1:06 am - PISSED
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I'm sooo pissed right now.... i can't even talk about it... i just need to know... does anywone work for t mobile... i need some help!... i'm not mad at t mobile... just a dick head with thier service
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| Monday, August 6th, 2007
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10:50 pm
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OK so today i was talking to a police officer, when he basically asked me to hand on the line for a couple minutes cause he had to go out on a call. normally i would have told him to call back, but I'm pretty sure our hold time was about an hour so i figured it wouldn't kill me to wait (hooray for having no call time goals woot)
This is roughly what i overheard
po (police officer)
CD (concerned dad)
K1 (kid)
k2 (other kid)
CD "so i'm really worried and need to keep my kids away from her"
Po "I can certainly understand that, what you need to do is take this paper work to family court and file for.... (something like emergency custody i think)... blah blah..
some dull back and forth about custody proceedings and possible child endangerment charges.
I admit I zoned out a bit....
PO "yeah she can't be driving around with the kids all cracked out like that, we'll write it up as child endangerment, best chances with the courts... let me know if you find out who's been selling it and we'll bust them for dealing"
CD "I'd tell you if i knew, *bleeping* bleeps, destoroying the neighborhood"
PO "sure like to bust those guys"
K1 "I know where mommy goes" (I could just picture this like 8 year old kid tugging on PO's arm)
K2 "yeah that blue house over by the 7-11..."
The younger generation will save us all from druggies
this may not be the suckiest of call center experiences but it was very odd.
3 people were still holding to talk to one of us when the last agent signed off the phone and went home, I wonder how long they sat on hold?
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| Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
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8:14 am - Sprint might be onto something
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