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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2007 at 12:51
I have been trying since Monday morning to contact a company about one of their products, asking for a data sheet as well as cost and lead time, and they keep stonewalling.  I've left several voicemails and e-mails, and finally talked to an actual person this morning who claimed he would get me the information "right away" - this was three hours ago.  I'm inclined to believe at this point that they simply don't want my business!  I would think the level of customer service at an engineering company should be a little above the (appallingly low) standards of the rest of this country, but perhaps not.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2007 at 13:14
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

I have been trying since Monday morning to contact a company about one of their products, asking for a data sheet as well as cost and lead time, and they keep stonewalling.  I've left several voicemails and e-mails, and finally talked to an actual person this morning who claimed he would get me the information "right away" - this was three hours ago.  I'm inclined to believe at this point that they simply don't want my business!  I would think the level of customer service at an engineering company should be a little above the (appallingly low) standards of the rest of this country, but perhaps not.
So, they give you a price and a lead time... how much are you going to trust that quotation?
 
(unless it was from my company... but it's Geoff's day off today so Ricky is a bit over-stretched at the moment, please bear with us while we sort this out... is this a repeat order? Confused)
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2007 at 13:19
Well, if I don't hear from them by close of business today, at least they can take comfort in that I won't be bothering them anymore (I've already found another product at another company who appears happy to take our money Wink)
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:21
Internet slang...

It annoys me!

The three that are especially annoying me at the moment (apart from LOL, LMFAO and the like), are IIRC, AFAIK and IMHO (and its derivatives).

Stop using them, they look unprofessional and outright daft!  Many millions of people who have never used the Internet will have no idea what you are talking about if you use such abbreviations.  Even some Internet literate folk will have trouble understanding you... I know I have in the past.

So stop it.

Even worse, are people who use them in reviews on this very site.  Why?  You write a very well written review, positing your thoughts on said album with aplomb and then you have to go and spoil it all by using "IMHO"... No, just no.

Do not be so lazy!


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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:27
I understand that this is annoying, but language is essentially a way of communicating information as quickly and efficiently as possible, so this LMFAO BRB stuff is technically better than a stack of flowery prose. ;P
 
(allow acronyms and abbreviations as all are applicable and advantageous articulations) ;)
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:32
Not in reviews, IMQHYAO. Wink

This is quite true though:
  • Godwin's Law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler[10]
LOL


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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Internet slang...

It annoys me!

The three that are especially annoying me at the moment (apart from LOL, LMFAO and the like), are IIRC, AFAIK and IMHO (and its derivatives).

Stop using them, they look unprofessional and outright daft!  Many millions of people who have never used the Internet will have no idea what you are talking about if you use such abbreviations.  Even some Internet literate folk will have trouble understanding you... I know I have in the past.

So stop it.

Even worse, are people who use them in reviews on this very site.  Why?  You write a very well written review, positing your thoughts on said album with aplomb and then you have to go and spoil it all by using "IMHO"... No, just no.

Do not be so lazy!



LOL   I know... besides, if you write a review it is your opinion by definition, "IMO" is redundant
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Worse than that are the people who use them in normal speech, I mean, wtf is all that about?
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:41
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Worse than that are the people who use them in normal speech, I mean, wtf is all that about?



O Srsly? WinkLOL

That's another than annoys me, by the way.

Luckily, I've never heard anyone say WTF (rather, they say the complete phrase...) or LOL in speach, but I loathe the day I do.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:41
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Internet slang...

It annoys me!

The three that are especially annoying me at the moment (apart from LOL, LMFAO and the like), are IIRC, AFAIK and IMHO (and its derivatives).

Stop using them, they look unprofessional and outright daft!  Many millions of people who have never used the Internet will have no idea what you are talking about if you use such abbreviations.  Even some Internet literate folk will have trouble understanding you... I know I have in the past.

So stop it.

Even worse, are people who use them in reviews on this very site.  Why?  You write a very well written review, positing your thoughts on said album with aplomb and then you have to go and spoil it all by using "IMHO"... No, just no.

Do not be so lazy!
 
ROFLMAO u r such a n00b!
 
Pwned!
 
(if anybody can enlighten me as to what any of that actually means I'd be most terribly grateful Wink).
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:46
Roll On the Floor Laughing My Arse Off, you are such a newcomer, old chap.

You, my friend, are what they called "owned", which, suffice to say, is not all that clear to a newcomer like you to comprehend.  It basically means that the poster feels that you have erred and feel so wonderfully enlightened and arrogant, they feel they have to actually tell you that you have erred... when in reality, you have likely not erred at all and thus, it makes them look stupid at the same time.

Does that make more sense, Chris?


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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:48
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Worse than that are the people who use them in normal speech, I mean, wtf is all that about?



O Srsly? WinkLOL

That's another than annoys me, by the way.

Luckily, I've never heard anyone say WTF (rather, they say the complete phrase...) or LOL in speach, but I loathe the day I do.
Sadly, I have heard Zomg, Lol (and El-oh-el), Roflle (and Rolf) and pwned - and I don't associate with that many people of diminutive age.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:52
Maybe they were just hero worshipping Rolf Harris with the latter? Wink
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:00
Maybe, maybe not. (No dissing Rolf btw - anyone who can make Stairway enjoyable gets my vote)
 
...As rants go James, this kind of lacks something. I think you need a few of these Angry, a couple of these Censored and maybe one of these Wacko
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:09
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Roll On the Floor Laughing My Arse Off, you are such a newcomer, old chap.

You, my friend, are what they called "owned", which, suffice to say, is not all that clear to a newcomer like you to comprehend.  It basically means that the poster feels that you have erred and feel so wonderfully enlightened and arrogant, they feel they have to actually tell you that you have erred... when in reality, you have likely not erred at all and thus, it makes them look stupid at the same time.

Does that make more sense, Chris?
 
What a curious parlance these internet fiends use to be sure.
 
Next thing you know we'll have progressive rock bands inventing their own languages - imagine how unlikely a scenario that is!
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:13
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Maybe, maybe not. (No dissing Rolf btw - anyone who can make Stairway enjoyable gets my vote)
 
...As rants go James, this kind of lacks something. I think you need a few of these Angry, a couple of these Censored and maybe one of these Wacko


Don't get me started on emoticons! WinkLOLEmbarrassedAngryOuchShockedDead
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:14
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Maybe, maybe not. (No dissing Rolf btw - anyone who can make Stairway enjoyable gets my vote)
 
...As rants go James, this kind of lacks something. I think you need a few of these Angry, a couple of these Censored and maybe one of these Wacko


Don't get me started on emoticons! WinkLOLEmbarrassedAngryOuchShockedDead
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:32
I only use emoticons on this forum.  Nowhere else.

I've no idea why I use them here... probably because I have such a big post count and I do not want to get ostracised for saying something in a joking fashion.
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:36
Take things a bit srsly much? Wink
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:43
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Take things a bit srsly much? Wink




Actually...



LOL

I am completely serious.
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