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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 23:51
My damn rant got closed. Ouch
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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:09
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

I absolutely hate people who don't know how to leave a Censored voicemail. 
 
I don't know how to leave a voicemail....
 
I hate talking to machines...they turn me into a jibbering wreck, and I can never remember what I have said....
 
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Just don't ever call me.  Or if you do and you get my voicemail...hang up.  Wink
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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I have the same problem... I always seem to leave a message before the real beep... then I make a mistake when I'm saying my message and the whole thing just goes tits up, basically.

I don't ever listen my voice mails either, because I get charged for them.
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Points: 19927 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:02
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

I absolutely hate people who don't know how to leave a Censored voicemail. 
 
I don't know how to leave a voicemail....
 
I hate talking to machines...they turn me into a jibbering wreck, and I can never remember what I have said....
 
Chester hates me....Cry
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I absolutely hate people who don't know how to leave a Censored voicemail.  You do not need to leave your life's story on the god Censored  Censored answering machine.  Nor do you need to tell your life's story in slow motion, then at the end of your very, very long message, say your phone number faster than the Censoreding speed of sound, so that I have to listen to your Censored message 6 Censored times to get your Censored phone number, you CensoredCensoredCensoredCensoredCensoredCensoredCensored.  I don't want to listen to your pathetic bull Censored once much less six Censored times loser.  If you can't leave a normal Censored voicemail, your phone privileges should be Censored revoked.
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 12:23
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:


Oh really (in reply to Jimothy)?


I refer (as you well know) to the Once And Future King Of Pedantry, King Rideout:


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CensoredAngry Who the Censored put Yoda in here without his safety flag on. I walk in and the first thing I do is trip over the old little bCensoredd
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:36


Oh really (in reply to Jimothy)?


Edited by Geck0 - October 19 2007 at 07:37
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:36
Good question James....

We're a country of traders, so we need to speak our languages. Actually, I communicate in English and German so often that I have started making mistakes in my written Dutch....
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:31
Don't forget, I had a two week residential course with The Master in July.

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Jim, if I see a pedants hat on my travels, I know who to send it too. LOL



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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:23
That too.

But why?
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:18
"Than I", surely...

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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 07:03
Except it would sound like:

"H*mumble* this is Pra*mumble*, from India, I am *mumble* on *mumble* of the *mumble* next door to *mumble*, because *mumble* are not allowed to *mumble* you directly..."

Me: pardon?

*repeat above*

Oh right... (still clueless)

I do have a rant though...

Why do the Dutch speak better English than I?


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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Same problem here - the service you subscribe to in the UK only blocks UK call centres. It doesn't affect those in a certain sub-continent

Guess so....

That remark about a subcontinent triggers the comic version, though.

"Hello, this is Pradeep, from India. I am calling on behalf of the company next door to yours, because they are not allow to call you directly...."  and so on...Wink
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Same problem here - the service you subscribe to in the UK only blocks UK call centres. It doesn't affect those in a certain sub-continent

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"Hello, I'm Lisa from Censored. Is this a good time to ask you a few questions?"
"No, I'm having dinner."
"Can I call you back tomorrow?"
"About what?"
"About our financial services package and the benefits it brings you."
"I already have a bank, who gave you my number anyway?"
"I'm only doing my job, sir, and I'm trying to get my bonus."
"I think you just lost your bonus...." CLICK
"Shoot, my taters just went cold..."

Angry We have a gCensoredmn internet service where you can leave your phone number so that these callcenter bCensoredes won't call you at dinner, or at any other time. Who can tell the new centers to honour my choices indicated there? AngryAngry
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 03:36
If you want to be patronised, press 1
If you want to be cut off for no apparent reason, press 2
If you are obsessive compulsive, press 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
If you want to relax, hang up now, followed by hash


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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 02:45

Dear Ranting room, can I just say

 
"customer services"
 
"automated phone line"
 
and just finish that off with
 
"yourself"
 
 
 
Ranting room , I thank you.
 
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Points: 2760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2007 at 23:07
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

^ I've been slacking too, but so far my grades have been excellent. We'll see how long that lasts.
Good thing I won't take as many math/science courses as you! Ouch


I have a 2.5 GPA right now, which I'm not too happy about because I know I can do better (in high school, my GPA was 93.86 out of 100, don't ask me why it was measured out of 100 points).  I enjoy science courses though (I'm a biology major), and I've always been good at math.  I really shouldn't be taking Calc III though, since I only needed I and II, that's just poor class selection on my part (and another rant of it's own, but I won't get into that right now).

As a side note, a lot of my friends seem to hate chemistry with a passion, but I don't have too much trouble with it (although I placed out of chemistry with AP Chem in high school, so I don't know what it's like here at Rutgers).


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