AT&T Installation, Pt Deux

What does the Accent have to do with anything? , posted on March 23, 2017 at 15:49:06
oldmkvi Audiophile Posts: 10581 Joined: April 12, 2002	Talk to your neighbor. Unless he has an accent too. Then they would certainly be in League against you. Call DTV, find someone with no accent to have someone with no accent fix the job on the house whose occupant has an accent. Then you only have to deal with one accent.

RE: AT&T Installation, Pt Deux, posted on March 23, 2017 at 15:51:41

michaelhigh
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I'd call his supervisor and complain.

These people (his boss included) work for the consumer. Second-rate (shitty) installs are unacceptable. I'd pitch a bitch. That shit ain't cheap.

RE: AT&T Installation, Pt Deux !! Accent Alert !!, posted on March 23, 2017 at 16:45:42
davidandcandy@gmail.com Audiophile Posts: 192 Location: Virginia Joined: May 12, 2014	I may be wrong, because frankly, I am most of the time, but I do believe I detected an accent in his writing Everyone thinks I'm strange except my friends deep inside the earth

RE: AT&T Installation, Pt Deux, posted on March 23, 2017 at 17:24:09
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15518 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Probably an illegal... I would contact ATT and report this incident.

RE: AT&T Installation, Pt Deux, posted on March 23, 2017 at 18:00:54
Byrd69 Audiophile Posts: 2881 Location: East Syracuse, New York Joined: August 23, 2004	It look fine to me. What you expect? Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020) I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010) Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017) Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)

AT&T Installation, part one (fun read) is over on central: link inside, posted on March 23, 2017 at 18:15:51

3+4=5

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https://www.audioasylum.com/members/mgeneral/messages/26/264

I refuse to deal with AT&T about anything, posted on March 23, 2017 at 21:26:17
Mike K Audiophile Posts: 13973 Location: 97701 Joined: September 23, 1999	for any reason. They have nothing I need and nothing I want. They are rude, incompetent, double-dealing aholes. Fck 'em. Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

RE: What does the Accent have to do with anything? , posted on March 23, 2017 at 16:21:43
geoff Audiophile Posts: 3499 Joined: April 5, 2000 Contributor Since: September 10, 2003	xenophope

Not me. Satire. nt, posted on March 23, 2017 at 17:42:39
oldmkvi Audiophile Posts: 10581 Joined: April 12, 2002	/

RE: Not me. Satire. nt, posted on March 23, 2017 at 17:51:45
geoff Audiophile Posts: 3499 Joined: April 5, 2000 Contributor Since: September 10, 2003	Didn't mean you.

Got it! nt, posted on March 23, 2017 at 18:18:34
oldmkvi Audiophile Posts: 10581 Joined: April 12, 2002	/

RE: I refuse to deal with AT&T about anything, posted on March 23, 2017 at 21:48:23
davidandcandy@gmail.com Audiophile Posts: 192 Location: Virginia Joined: May 12, 2014	Come on now, open up & let us know how you really feel. Don't keep it bottled up, let it go ..... Everyone thinks I'm strange except my friends deep inside the earth

RE: I refuse to deal with AT&T about anything, posted on March 24, 2017 at 07:10:16

Inmate51

Stop beatin' around the bush, and tell us what you really think. ;)

Years ago, I had two AT&T cordless phones. They were great. One was a 5500, the other was similar but a different model number. I actually still have them, even though I have no need for them - it's hard to throw things away. One phone which I still use and is almost ancient is a Trimline. It actually has - molded right into the metal base - "Bell System Property" "Not For Sale". Hahahaha!

These days, the only thing of AT&T that is useful to me is their stock. I'm thinking of writing to the CEO and enclosing a copy of the piss-poor installation the guy did. But then, if they decide to improve the quality of their work, their earnings per share would be negatively impacted and the stock price could go down, so I'm conflicted.

:)

Well......, posted on March 24, 2017 at 12:28:03

Awe-d-o-file
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First I'm sorry to hear about your typical bullshit experience with modern corporate customer service. When did you become so naive? Read my reply to your first whine and learn. I just hung up one minute ago from Amazon and was talking to Akila. She was very nice. I told her I wanted to guess her accent and not to tell me. I have talked of my voice recognition gift hre before. Shoulda been a linguist like Noam Chomsky huh 51? : )

Soooo near the end of the call I say your accent tells me you are from the Islands and its not strong enough to be Jamaican so I will guess Trinidad. Her answer :"Bingo"! Yes! Fist pump! I love all people and am the anti-xenophobe! Adore me! Worship me! OK just kidding. I'm giddy today.

But really for a few years now I have treated any customer service call as a chance to be the nicest person that they have talked to that day. It is its own reward. I asked Akila if she had seen the movie Akila and the bee to which she replied yes and I was in lots of spelling bees as a kid. How cool is that?

ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

If they got paid by the hour instead of by the job, posted on March 24, 2017 at 13:02:41

Awe-d-o-file
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Posts: 21037
Location: 50 miles west of DC
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but you dont want to hear that from someone that did not home but business install of DTV. You would be unhappy when I told you the system is designed to produce these results. Some homes take an hour or less, some five or more. The pay sucks and this is what you get. You want Ruth's Chris results on a McDonald's budget. Your inability to see, learn or face the reality is just as big a problem. Please continue to scapegoat the little brown people to suit your ego and misplaced perspective.

ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

treated any customer service call as a chance to be the nicest person that they have talked to that day, posted on March 24, 2017 at 14:32:41
DRam Audiophile Posts: 1309 Location: Montana Joined: July 30, 2005	The only way to fly. Not only is it mature, respectful, and makes someone's day a little brighter you get better service. Bonuses all around

RE: treated any customer service call as a chance to be the nicest person that they have talked to that day, posted on March 24, 2017 at 16:22:37
Awe-d-o-file Dealer Posts: 21037 Location: 50 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004	yep karma and such....... ET "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

Pt Deux?, posted on March 24, 2017 at 16:40:56
Awe-d-o-file Dealer Posts: 21037 Location: 50 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004	Freedom fries not french fries, get with the program ET "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

RE: What does the Accent have to do with anything? , posted on March 24, 2017 at 16:45:58
Gary Audiophile Posts: 1294 Location: New York, NY Joined: April 21, 2000	Good point. Lots of xenophobia to be found in the US these days.

RE: AT&T Installation, Pt Deux !! Accent Alert !!, posted on March 25, 2017 at 06:48:56

Inmate51

Hahahahahahaha! That was funny.

The only reason I included the reference to his accent was to fill out the story's imagery a little more - the guy was from India.

Some people here are way too sensitive (not you). They get a bee in their bonnet and never let it go. Speaking of bees, I got stung by a wasp the other day - in the house. It was flyin' around, trying to figure out how get back outside. I went after it with a flyswatter, and it came after me with a stinger. Just a little sting on the arm, 'cause I brushed it off just as it was getting started on me. But I digress.

:)

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