I ent suited for customer support. I have no patience and no tolerance for ignorance.
I'm going for an industry shift with a two-pronged strategy. I'd like to get back into publishing, so I'm going for web content work as a halfway measure. The other prong is AV installation. Two areas that I have transferrable skills for without quite so much direct prick interaction.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 9:44, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

ladypig is in publishing,
what sort of area are you looking at? Ladypig is in academic online, dealing with all the onlin journals that univeristies and stuff use. she loves it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 24 Oct 2013, 9:58, Reply)

you reckon AV installation will have less direct prick intereaction?
fucking hell, mate, have you ever been in a mid-to-high end HiFi shop?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 9:59, Reply)

I mean AV as in corporate conferencing systems etc.
Since you're usually working in boardrooms and pulling out ceiling tiles, you pretty much get left alone.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 10:06, Reply)

ours don't
inevitably it's getting dragged into urgent meetings and being screamed at to get it set up before the client arrives.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 10:07, Reply)

Again, I said installation, not support.
Also, any cunt that screams at me gets short fucking shrift.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 10:10, Reply)

best not apply to any law firms
partners are GOOD at screaming
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 10:11, Reply)

I shan't. I have some self respect.

( Kroney, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 10:15, Reply)