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Just had to tell you all this story, yesterday my husband was on the computer ordering Christmas Presents, he got to the third pressie and then realised he had left out one digit in his email address when he ordered the first item, he asked me what to do, so I said get the web site up and contact them explaining what you had done, o.k. he did this, he said he had accidently left a digit out but this was now his correct email address, a woman replied and asked what didgit did he forgot to put in, if he tells her she will be able to email him, now how did she manage to email him we were asking ourselves, this morning he received another email from her, Dear Sir, if you would like to access your account using the incorrect password I might be able to contact you, left us speechless, this woman is getting paid to do her job, we are still laughing at it,

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will you be sending her a christmas card ~ online???

6 Oct, 2011

 

The mind boggles !!!

6 Oct, 2011

 

I don't think so,

6 Oct, 2011

 

all he has done here Cinders is laugh since yesterday, I know it sounds double dutch but its the truth, some people are unbelievable,

6 Oct, 2011

amy
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Oh My LOL.. lets hope the pressies arrive safely !

6 Oct, 2011

 

he has just had an email to say the pram has been desptched Amy,its been so amusing,

6 Oct, 2011

 

I worry about my lack of skills on my laptop so always doublecheck everything, when I see something like this I realise its not always us late learners that need lessons.
Its given us all a laugh if nothing else.......

6 Oct, 2011

 

glad it gave you a laugh Lin, it certainly has us,

6 Oct, 2011

 

Merry Christmas Yorks :o) x

6 Oct, 2011

 

It's getting worse all the time Yorkshire. I don't know whether it is something to laugh about or cry. Mind you many of them have a University degree and even Masters.
And something about me.
I have today received my insurance policy for the new car I bought last week and as usual there were mistakes with my foreign names. I tried to phone them this morning and it was a machine asking me questions and the machine could not recognize the words in my answers, because of my foreign accent. In the end I gave up and asked my daughter to do it. In some other cases the machine asked me to choose 1 of 5 options and again 1 of 3 and again 1 of 2 in order to end up listening to advertisements and music. In the end a person from somewhere in south Asia answered the phone in English and me understanding not a word. Again I asked my daughter to do it.
I have been living in this country for 37 years and I am still unable to communicate verbally. Is English the most difficult language in the world as many Linguistics claim, or me being thick. Most probably the second.

6 Oct, 2011

 

and to you Terra, Lol

6 Oct, 2011

 

I know what your saying Costas, I had to phone the tax office this morning, must have given me thirty options, in the end I just clicked a number, at least I could understand them, your not thick at all, they say the English language is the most difficult, glad your daughter helped you out, what amazed me with this woman is she getting paid to be an idiot,

6 Oct, 2011

 

hope your xmas pressies arrive in time :)))

6 Oct, 2011

 

That made me laugh:) You might be getting them at Easter!

6 Oct, 2011

 

What a laugh Yorkshire, at least she didn`t ask if the lost digit was a finger or toe.lol.

6 Oct, 2011

 

great true story yorkshire, it doesnt surprise me with some of the people who take calls etc, hope he emailed her back and let her know how this looked haha,

6 Oct, 2011

 

It's really worrying just how daft people can be!! And it seems no effort to them at all! Lol!

6 Oct, 2011

 

It is very amusing and a bit worrying who gets these jobs :D

6 Oct, 2011

 

I had a wrongly addressed letter passed on to me by a neighbour. The letter informed me that my fridge would be delivered in ten days. I got on to them immediately to correct the mistake. Two days later, the same neighbour passes on their second wrongly addressed letter which thanks me for updating my address. So I call them again and am reassured that my details have been updated on their system.
You can guess the rest .... Yes, the fridge was delivered to my neighbour, who kindly re-directed them.
Crazy!

6 Oct, 2011

 

Costas, you are absolutely spot on. No, of course you aren't thick - I believe English IS the most difficult and infuriating language in the whole world. Our daughter teaches it, and SHE makes a good living trying to explain all the rules and exceptions, to say nothing of the weird spellings and pronunciation. I have very similar problems to you, and should I by evil chance get given a telephone automated menu response, I am totally lost! Each one is given in very rapid machinegun fire Italian, and like you, I end up guessing which number to press. On top of that, and my rotten Italian, I am quite deaf, and rely a lot on face-to-face conversations so I can lip read. The day Italian companies decide to link up with Asian call centres, I'm leaving! I can't cope with the ones who speak my own language.
Yorkshire, I laughed out loud at your story. Many years ago my OH tried to 'phone British telecom, left a message and was assured they would call him back when personnel were free. The 'phone duly rang 10 minutes later, and he answered it: it was BT. A rather waspish woman at the end opened the conversation with " What number are you calling from?" No, Dear, YOU called us, and you must have had our number in order to do it.
Hey, Ho! Hope they get your order right.

7 Oct, 2011

 

Technology is way beyond me lol. I'll never understand it.

7 Oct, 2011

 

glad you had a laugh at this, some of you have given me a real giggle telling your own tales, thanks, I will let you know if they get the order right,!!!

7 Oct, 2011

 

!!! LoL.

7 Oct, 2011

 

Now here's a laugh - There have been men putting new slates on the roof of this house. New felt under them and new troughings.

A letter arrived from the council yesterday telling me to halt all the work until I informed them it was being done ... lol What sense do you make of that :D
If they didn't know it was being done, how did they come to send the letter in the first place ?

And it was all finished a few days ago anyway.

It was something to do with building regs. They want to know if my "thermal implements" have been renovated :D lol I didn't know I had any :o)

8 Oct, 2011

 

Great stuff Hywel, talk about putting the cart before the horse.

8 Oct, 2011

 

absolutely hillarious Hywel, how are your thermals doing,

8 Oct, 2011

 

good news, the present has just arrived safely, Hooray,

8 Oct, 2011

 

Loved reading all the comments in this blog...Hilarious....:))))

Nowt so queer as folk....Goyers....:)))

31 Oct, 2011

 

your right there Crissue,

31 Oct, 2011

 

Oh Hywel, don't you always renovate your thermal implements at this time of year???

24 Nov, 2011

 

My thermal implements have been on the blink for years now.....

24 Nov, 2011

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