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techrecoveryThe NATO phonetic alphabet is your friend!
Me: Would you spell your last name, please?
Luser: Sure! That's P as in Paul, U as in *pauses* unicorn, R as in Ron, B as in Becky, E as in Edward, C as in Carl, K as in Karl
That's it! The gloves are off! Woe to the Luser that gets me today. Now I am gonna start using S as in sea, Y as in you, W as in why, and E as in eye.
Me: Would you spell your last name, please?
Luser: Sure! That's P as in Paul, U as in *pauses* unicorn, R as in Ron, B as in Becky, E as in Edward, C as in Carl, K as in Karl
That's it! The gloves are off! Woe to the Luser that gets me today. Now I am gonna start using S as in sea, Y as in you, W as in why, and E as in eye.
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Date: 2006-07-26 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-07-26 03:11 pm (UTC)If you've never had to use it before, I don't see why you should know it.
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Date: 2006-07-26 03:30 pm (UTC)I wasn't posting 'cause I was annoyed - it was because his choices of alliteration was amusing
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Date: 2006-07-26 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-26 04:28 pm (UTC)Maybe it should be one of those things that gets taught in school in one or two lessons, like Roman numerals or the twelve times table.
...you all remember your twelve times table, right?
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Date: 2006-07-26 09:42 pm (UTC)but I am a geek
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Date: 2006-07-26 10:20 pm (UTC)...you all remember your twelve times table, right?
Date: 2006-07-26 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 02:57 am (UTC)i know a few letters for the official phonetic alphabet, but my users respond better to the food alphabet
apple
banana
chocolate
so on
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Date: 2006-07-29 04:05 am (UTC)able
baker
charlie
dog
easy
fox
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Date: 2006-07-28 04:25 am (UTC)Customers have such difficulty understanding that Quebec starts with a Q.
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Date: 2006-07-26 04:30 pm (UTC)and lmfao @ your letters. Oh man *cracks up*
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Date: 2006-07-26 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-07-26 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-26 07:53 pm (UTC)"That's A as in Alpha, T as in Tango, S as in Sierra —"
"Wait, what's Sierra?"
"Just a word starting with S, it doesn't really matter. Next is —"
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?"
"Just keep typing these letters in."
"Now I've accidentally hit cancel!"
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Date: 2006-07-28 12:14 am (UTC)C as in Crackhead, M as in Moron and D as in Dumbass
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Date: 2006-07-28 04:26 am (UTC)M as in Must,
D as in Die.