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We are experiencing a lower than normal call volume ... so you may not be able to hear what we are saying 😸
Paul Sanders.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal.
Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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Craig Robbins wrote: We are experiencing a lower than normal call volume [because we disconnect 4 out of 5 callers] so you may speak with any support representative of your choosing [use of our phone directory is a violation of your contract and will terminate our services with you] FTFY.
Software Zen: delete this;
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"Thank you for calling us. A representative will be with you shortly..."
Then the other end goes dead...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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When it's "fully automated" it's the worst. When trying to get my cable set up with Verizon I was caught in an endless loop of reporting that my cable wasn't working. after waiting for hours on hold, someone would transfer me to "someone that could help". Instead I'd get a recording that says it would check my line.
...Followed by the recording saying "Your device is now working! Please call back if you have any other [needs/etc]" <click! hungup=""> [ back to a new call... try to convince them to re-open the original case number ]
That went on for days, I'd have to shout "wait don't transfer me yet!" if I got a human on the line.
Finally a service call.
A guy in a fancy truck who arrived and spent nine hours at my house - and he had to go through the SAME SYSTEM!
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I've found that for some of these systems if I pound on the '*' key on the phone's keypad, I bypass the fricking "press 1 for xxxxx, press 2 for yyyyy" and go right to a (not necessarily competent nor understandable) human service rep.
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I really thought this would go quickly ...
Relax! A formal speech revival? (11)
Relax! REST
A formal speech ORATION revival?
RESTORATION
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I got it as you know - nice little clue - I think some of our regulars must be on holidays
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I looked at it and thought "oration" but my brain is dead today (various reasons, don't ask, but one of them is yesterday's pneumonia jab - oh the joy of turning 65 - which has left me with an aching arm and a thumping headache).
Nice clue and yes, it should have gone quickly!
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DerekT-P wrote: oh the joy of turning 65 Yes, I think I can still remember that.
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I'm due next February.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I didn't realise you were pregnant!
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65 years is a long gestation, but ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Welcome to the OTHG (over the hill gang).
Back in the day, there used to be a saying:
"No one wants to live to be 90. Until they are 89."
I officially want to live to be 90.
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened!!
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Relax! A formal speech revival? (11)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That word ending has been used a lot this year
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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What, the spacebar? I guess so.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Stupid boy Pike - How's Michelle ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Getting there, I think - she's pretty much stopped using Oramorph, and cut down on Paracetamol so clearly the pain is much reduced. She claims to be doing exercises but I've seen no sign of that, which is par for the course - if it hurts, she won't do it, so there will probably be quite a bit of physio needed to counter the atrophication if she's to use it again (and that will be a time of much grief for everyone around her).
She's got another appointment with the fracture clinic on 30th and hopefully we'll see some knitting going on.
Her breathing though ... it gets nasty just walking to the loo and back with her oxygen on! When she takes the O2 off to wash her face, her SATs drop to the low 40's! She's got a respiratory nurse meeting next week, and a thoracic consultant at the end of next month. Maybe they can suggest something - but I bought her a wheelchair yesterday to make leaving the house easier for her.
I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet, up her PIP, get a blue badge, and accept my carer role is going to be permanent.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Just the sort of challenge no one looks forward to; I can only offer you best wishes. We are both in our 70s and anticipate something similar is bound to hit us soon.
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Don't stand on chairs. This saves a lot of grief ...
And just remember that getting old isn't fun, it's way better than the alternative!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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