Concentrated pockets of stupid

[toxico.livejournal.com]

So far today I have had customers use the following terminology:

"havening" (...)
"suppository" (should be "repository")
"data tickling" (should be "data trickling")
"quarantine digestion" (should be "quarantine digest")

I've only taken three calls so far. As a side note, all these folks have been from Florida.

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[zzyzx.livejournal.com]

Quaranine?

[loosechanj.livejournal.com]

Hey blow me. :-P

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Storms and shitty geography wil take care of that for me, kthx.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot you were perfect.

Corrected.

[linguafranca.livejournal.com]

Since no one else has said it yet...


(http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/)

[prozacnation.livejournal.com]

My number state I hate doing tech support for.

I actually had that mentioned on my yearly review that I need to stop being "regionalistic" in dealing with customers from certain geographic locations. Now I'm not on the phones, I'm in chat and my comments are made to my coworkers not the customer.

I don't know if it's the "old fuck" factor of moving there to die or just rude elderly new yorkers also moving there to die. All come into chat withthe attitude "My shit doesn't stink and you OWE ME MONTHS AND MONTHS OF CREDIT!" Either way, you're right. A big ass storm should knock them off the map.

I hate to say but I get excited when it's hurricane season. "Awww your house blew away and you can't connect to your email to send your forwards? awwwww..."

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Hence the reference. Just didn't have the link handy; thanks for that.

[linguafranca.livejournal.com]

No problem. ;)

[piepants.livejournal.com]

Guess my member name there.

Hint it's the same as your name...I mean mine. I mean his.

[flainn.livejournal.com]

I think you may have misunderestimated him.

[flainn.livejournal.com]

[jecook]

I've done some data tickling. On a production server even.

Unfortunately, it was not to the company's HR database giving me a pay raise and vesting in the company's stock program.. ::snicker::

[viciousbleu.livejournal.com]

Today I had somebody call me with some question about how to "defraggle" his computer. Finger on the mute, I asked exactly how many Fraggles he thinks we're dealing with.

Then again, to turn the tables I told a costumer that the equipment he was looking for was a dongle and he thought I was making up words.

[sneezypb.livejournal.com]

It's normal for FL. :)
Though, I'll take FL over some other states like TX, NC, or GA any day.

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

I've lived in Florida for 25 years, mister, and I will have you know...


...that I agree. This state is filled with loonies.

Hey, we got Dubya elected appointed!

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

I m frum FLorduh n I take acception to you're ascumption that were all stupit. I have been havening problums wth my machin and your gonna fixit or all half your job!

[toxico.livejournal.com]

I instantly envisioned a defrag interface much like the old DOS versions of Norton Disk Doctor from days of yore. Only as defragg(l)ing progressed, the blocks would sprout multicolored hair, dance around the screen and land in their new locations while 'Manuh Manuh' played in a loop.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

I live in Dallas, TX and I will heartily agree with you.

Of all the places I have worked that supported the entire continental U.S., FL and GA are traditionally the worst to deal with when it comes to somethng of a technical nature. Perhaps we ('we' meaning my coworkers and I) are biased because we inherenty allow more patience for those in our own state.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Is your computer plugged in? That is very much common problem.

Please do be submittening a support ticket and I will do the needful.

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

Of curse its plugdin! I sware all yall no how todo is garnarn abot things bein plugdin! if i woud of kno yall woud of takto me like this i woud of calld yalls soperviser!

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Fraggles never did 'Manuh Manuh'

/pedant

[toxico.livejournal.com]

YOU LIVE IN A GIANT WANG FERCHRISSAKE.

It's usually the type of Floridian (or Georgian, as it wavers back and forth) that places I have worked have had to deal with: Pre-paid cell phone users (MetroPCS) and school district admins (mostly *.k12.edu).

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Please do be holdening down Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Backspace and Insert while typing "Ganesh is Wonderful."

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Aye, but Fraggles are Muppets, for all intents and purposes. That, and the Fraggle Rock theme doesn't... 'go.'

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Well under that logic you could use the theme to the Dark Crystal. They were after all, all created and operated by staff from the Jim Henson workshop.

/besides, what's wrong with the start bars of the fraggle theme? And some of the doozer songs could fit as well...

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

hahahahah!

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

No but they should have.

My best friend says my first girlfriend looked like a fraggle.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Live through the 80's? A LOT of people looked liked Fraggles. Especially Red.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Pack your bytes away
Bitshift for another day
Copy, paste, display
Run Defraggle.com

Work the disk to dust
Metal oxides, so much rust
Reclustering's a must
Run Defraggle.com

Straighten the array
Minimise the fetch delay
If it starts to stray
Run Defraggle.com
Run Defraggle.com
Run Defraggle.com
(Run Defraggle.com)