Why?

[THO Game Calls]

When I call my cell phone company they tell me to press 1 for English knowing full well they are going to transfer me to some guy in Pakistan?  Who then proceeds to tell me his name is Richard.   

To which I reply, "No it isn't."  "Yes sir, you can call me Richard"   "OK partner, I'm not going any further until you tell me your real name"

He gives me something with 37 consonants and one vowel. 

"OK, Richard it is then" says I.  "Told you" says he.   

So we go about our business and at the end, he starts reading me this script at speeds of 500 words per minute with gust up to 750........

I say  "Slow down Richard, you're talking faster than a terrorist on a water board"   To which he replies  'I can assure you sir, I am not a terrorist"   "Yeah, well, your names not Richard either but we're going with that aren't we?"

So finally, I ask him  "Richard, if I have to call back, how do I get to speak to someone in America?"

"Press 2 for Spanish" he says....   

[slagmaker]

It would funny it it wasnt true.

[Okanagan]

Have had some fun conversations with such folks.  A guy answering a computer tech question for me would not tell me where he was but I guessed Bangalore because they have so much computer stuff there.  He wavered and when I asked about a good restaurant I remember there, he dropped his shield and we had a great talk comparing his world and mine.

Another guy got really hot when I suggested that he was in India.  He shouted, "I am not in India!  I am in the Phillipines!"   

[pitw]

 

I'm sorry but after 3 hours of freezing my butt off cleaning the yard this struck me really funny .   I like the ones who say their name is Mister [37 consonants and one vowel] and I say, "Really, in this country we got to earn the term Mister and you goat humpers get named it by your parents" , things always go smoothly after that .

[Okanagan]

In Thailand it is 37 vowels and one consonant!

[bigben]

agreed with slag.  it would be funny if it were not true.  I had to get help hooking a wireless router up and hadeeb from india was trying to talk me through it.  The lil bastid kept tellin me to unplug the ello wire from the router.  I told him I didnt know what the color ello looked like and he hung up on me. 

[iahntr]

" Hello, this is Peggy " 
         
like ya said, sad but true.

[Bopeye]

How come you guys gotta piss me off first thing in the morning. Being sold out all the way around.
Now this shooting in Arizona has given Barbara Boxer, Hillary and whole bunch of other numb nuts a brand new rallying cry for getting our guns.
I got so hot last night watching the news that I thought I was going to stroke out. Had to turn the t.v. off. I am so tired of what they are doing to our beloved country.
Not so much for me either, but our children. Look what we are leaving them and it's going to do nothing but get worse. America will be a third world country in 20 years or less at this rate and we will be a socialist if not communist government. 

It breaks my heart. 

[Hawks Feather]

I got this email a couple of days ago.

Jerry

I don’t know if it works, but worth a shot the next time you call for service or support . . .

I want to ask each of you to consider doing the following when you are talking on the phone to any U.S. company's customer service representative that is based in a foreign country (like India ).  Any time you call an 800 number (for a credit card, banking, charter communications, health and other insurance, computer help desk, etc) and you find that you're talking to a foreign customer service representative (perhaps in India, Philippines, etc), please consider doing the following:  After you connect and you realize that the customer service representative is not from the USA (you can always ask if you are not sure about the accent), please, very politely (very politely - this is not about trashing other cultures) say, "I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the United States of America.  "The rep might suggest talking to his/her manager, but, again, politely say, "Thank you, but I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the USA."   YOU SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED to a representative in the USA.

That's the rule.  It takes less than one minute to have your call re-directed to the USA.  Tonight when I got redirected to a USA rep, I asked again to make sure - and yes, she was from Fort Lauderdale.  If tomorrow every US citizen who has to make such a call, and then requests a U.S. representative, imagine how that would ultimately impact the number of US jobs that would need to be created ASAP.  Imagine what would happen if every US citizen insisted on talking to only US phone reps from this day on.  If I tell 10 people to consider this and you tell 10 people to consider doing this - see what I mean...it becomes an exercise in viral marketing 101.

Remember - the goal here is to restore jobs back here at home - not to be abrupt or rude to a foreign phone representative.  You may even get correct answers, good advice, and solutions to your problem - in real English.  If you agree, please tell 10 people you know, and ask them to tell 10 people they know ... etc ... etc ...

[pitw]

  Dang Jerry that is interesting but what is it going to do for Canada .

[FinsnFur]

You can talk to our reps too if you want Barry. We'll answer your questions.

[pitw]

You can talk to our reps too if you want Barry. We'll answer your questions.

I don't speak spanish .

[pitw]

Southern don't come across really clear either .

[FinsnFur]

Well, then tell them you want a French representative and let us know where that gets ya.

Eyyy, you walked right into that one.

[pitw]

Well, then tell them you want a French representative and let us know where that gets ya.

Eyyy, you walked right into that one.

Ouch