damn kangaroos
i work for blueyonder technical support. i hate the general public because of it. usually, a majority of the calls i get are from scousers and geordies, which is rather unfortunate for those who dislike their accents. a lot of them i remember quite well...

scouser - 'i was on the pc earlier when it just turned off, i think your f**king modem turned it off'
me - 'why do you think our modem turned it off?'
scouser - 'ehm, it told the pc to turn off, cos it controls the pc like'
1 minute later, his power cable was plugged in firmly into the back of the pc.

one case, a scouser family was wound up because they had spyware ont heir pc, blaming us because we didn't tell them how to use their pc. and so, the swearing starts. it's nothing personal, but anyone else from across the UK, i don't care about their language: one little slip from a northener and it's their first warning (they have a tendancy for getting wound up over something so small). then the second warning, where i tell them that after their 3rd, because it's directed at me i'll put their account through to the abuse team. so, they calm down, and in the end their pc's become so fucked up that it needs a fresh install. they still blame us, and just before they put the phone down, her husband shouts "fucking wanker" fromt he other side of the room.

i checked back on their account a week later. permanently banned from using any telewest/ntl service for life.

i love hearing stupid people.


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one mroe thing i remember now. someone phoned up asking about setting up this wireless router from PC world: the member of staff there said that she can use her laptop anywhere she wants. so she phones up:-
"why won't my router work?"
"well how far are you from it?"
"dunno like"
*pause of about 15 seconds with muttering in the background*
"about 500 miles"

/bang
(happyhardcoregabbatechno, Wed 12 Jan 2005, 3:14, Reply)