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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 7, 2006 21:24:00 GMT -5
Yeah Trevor...When you drive an old "beater" like we do they are fun to play "soccer" with are they not? Not that I would ever do such a thing you understand. Wellll...Maybe once, back in my high school days! The "unknown poster"
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Post by Erin Gallagher on Sept 12, 2006 21:41:47 GMT -5
Oooooh....on the 5th of this month I was in a vehicle accident. I'm on crutches due to extreme soft tissue damage to my knee. Ick. Both vehicles were totalled. The crash, crutches and loss of car aren't as annoying as the location of the crash. Just as I was turning into the Liscence Bureau to get a packet on Ohio driving...*grumble*
I'm trying to look at the bright side...walking to work won't be so bad...healthy...nice!
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Post by Xian Jung on Sept 12, 2006 23:07:29 GMT -5
im sorry to hear, but glad to know that you arent to majorly hurt and are okay
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On to the future
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Post by Griffin on Sept 15, 2006 8:47:02 GMT -5
Junk mail used to really tick me off. Now I'm having fun with it. I take the guts of one, and shove it into another postage paid envelope until it is all gone. I just make sure there is none of my personal info on it. I figure this keeps the postal service operating expenses paid by those who abuse it most. It also helps me with my trash getting less full. Plus, I love doing it for the fun of it. They can keep sending me more junk. What a stress reliever.
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Post by Lady Catharine on Sept 15, 2006 13:27:13 GMT -5
I do the same-only I mark do not send, I re-turn everything Chase ,Citi and anyone else that repeatedly mails to me..think they've gotten the hint! Would loved to have been a fly on the wall, to peer over their shoulders when opening,then thinking ' oh goody'another sucker! Joke's on them!
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Post by Sir Trevor on Sept 15, 2006 14:01:43 GMT -5
While we seem to be on this train of thought. Telemarketers that can't even speak english!
You know the one. From India or Pakistan, or where ever they are from. I don't begrudge anyone from earning some money, but when are these companies going to get a clue. If we can't understand what the person on the other end of the phone is saying, we aren't very likely to purchase anything. And I am not just picking on one area hear. How much sense would it make for a company trying to do business in Argentina to have someone from Brooklyn NY call people there? Or have someone in France calling people in Japan.
These overseas call centers might save them some money up front. But it is loosing them business in the overall picture.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 15, 2006 15:11:41 GMT -5
To Master Griffin and Lady C. What a fantastic idea. I think I will have to start doing that. I swear, I get a letter from Citi, Chase, and Capitol One almost every other day. And while we are on the subject of telemarketers. I love the ones who when you answer the phone the recorded voice says; "I have an important call for you, but all our operators are busy right now, could you please hang on till one is available?" NO! YA MORON!!...Why don't ya call me when they aren't so busy? Ya think I got nothing better to do then wait on the phone for your dumb ass? That is probably why I don't answer my phone any more. I just let the answering machine get em, and if I'm in a good mood I might call ya back. HANK.
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Post by Lionheart on Sept 15, 2006 15:21:56 GMT -5
Ya know what tics me off.............being ticked off........it aggrivates the heck out of me when something tics me off...I prefer to not sweat the small stuff
B
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 15, 2006 15:21:57 GMT -5
Just curious...Have any of you EVER bought anything from a Telemarketer?? Now, I've bought stuff off the TV infomercial, ya know, call 1-800 right now and we will throw in a FREE do-Hickey. I buy tons of stuff from out of catalogs. But I CANNOT think of one instance where some bozo has called me on the phone and I bought some item from him. I'm just wondering if anyone else has, and was the item all that the salesman/woman claimed it to be? HANK.
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Post by Lady Catharine on Sept 15, 2006 15:40:26 GMT -5
Trust me Hank it DOTH WORK!
Gotta run now.. Just did a 9 day stretch ..getting caught up on odds and ends.. Hank BTW, saw Bob En route to Chicago with his collegues couple of weeks ago. Introduced him to one of my co workers...
AHHH....just like faire days!
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 15, 2006 22:33:40 GMT -5
Lady C...Bob who?? (not to be confused with Doctor Who) Are we talking Bob, as in Bob and Rhonda? or Bob, as in Duke Wayneright? or some other Bob? HANK
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Post by Lady Catharine on Sept 17, 2006 17:27:43 GMT -5
Oh sorry Hank, ya mean you're not a mind reader? Bob=Simon=other 1/2 of Rhonda
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Hello, you tasty little morsel.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Sept 22, 2006 8:19:05 GMT -5
It isn't just telemarketing jobs that are being outsourced overseas. Insurance companies are outsourcing their customer service departments to other countires. They do this for two reasons: 1. They pay a lot less in wages, and 2. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE!!!! Not only are they taking jobs away from Americans, they are saving themselves a lot of money. Insurance is one of the biggest scams in this country. I know what I'm talking about, because I work in the healthcare field. I have to call insurance companies a lot. I get these people who barely speak English, with names like "James Washington" (yeah, right!!) and they have this little script that they follow. If you interrupt them by asking a question, they will stop, pause for a minute, then start all over again from the beginning. They also can't answer your question because, well, they don't know! Big help, right? Sometimes I tell them off, because----it's just fun!! As long as one speaks in a normal, conversational tone of voice, one can say pretty much anything to them, because they don't understand. They will just say, "yes, yes....ok....very good, yes." Hey, it's not easy being a cast iron bitch. It takes years of practice. Most people don't appreciate that. Oh, yeah. I also really can't stand "shiny, happy" people.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 22, 2006 9:51:17 GMT -5
Poison Ivy...Love ya girl! You are so right! Insurance companies are nothing but a bunch of SCUM SUCKING WEASELS!! All they are interested in is that premium. But when they have to pay out, oh my God, you've never heard so much crying, pissing, and moaning in your life. I love your tactic of cussing them out in normal conversational tones You are so correct, they don't have a clue. I must try that myself one of these times. I'm not sure about it taking years of practice to be a "cast iron bitch". I think it just occurs naturally after years of being f***ed with by the "system." Eventually you just get fed up and you're not gonna take it any more. HANK.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 22, 2006 17:53:05 GMT -5
I'll tell ya what ticks me off big time. Appliance companies who do not coordinate the size of their product with the companies who make doors! Why is it every damn appliance you buy is at least one inch bigger in size then the doorway it has to fit into? Ran into this again tonight with a new cloths dryer we tryed to bring into the house. The only way this puppy is going to fit is to dismantle it out in the garage, bring it into the house and reassemble it in the basement. Kinda like moving London Bridge to Arizona. You morons need to get together with the door companies and coordinate the size of your products. HANK
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