RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-08 Thread Ewok
it. -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits I'm sorry everyone. I just thought it was amusing. I laughed at the concept of sending an email to adivse

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Taco Fleur
April 2005 9:54 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits Thanks for sharing the story, Mike...I enjoyed it. Taco...go back to sleep. :o) Rick PS - You have to admit...this group will tear apart anything trying to analyze it! -Original

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Rick Faircloth
-Talk Subject: Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits I'm sorry everyone. I just thought it was amusing. I laughed at the concept of sending an email to adivse us that email was working, and at his o-so-serious reaction to my flippant remark about the Telstra person. &q

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Mike Kear
I'm sorry everyone. I just thought it was amusing. I laughed at the concept of sending an email to adivse us that email was working, and at his o-so-serious reaction to my flippant remark about the Telstra person. "no, i dont have any relatives at Telstra" - my joke was totally lost on him and

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Taco Fleur
have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits > But who's dumber, the person who supplies an email address that will > only be working after the connection is setup, or the tech who assumes > the email address supplied is a working one? Maybe moving this to > cf-community

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> But who's dumber, the person who supplies an email address > that will only be > working after the connection is setup, or the tech who > assumes the email > address supplied is a working one? Maybe moving this to > cf-community is > probably best, since then we can throw out the "personal > res

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Andrew Tyrone
onsibility" part of the equation. > -Original Message- > From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:42 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits > > That's pretty damned funny! (thought

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Ewok
ThatÂ’s pretty damned funny! (thought I'd reply before the "Off-Topic Nazis" get here) -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:15 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits One of my clients has go

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> It could be someone's home account. They might be using > dialup currently. etc... > Basically, what I'm saying is the tech probably had a > record of the order on his screen and it included an email > address used with the order which is SOP. If the email > address were not entered then the t

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Bryan Stevenson
I know Howie...just the way you worded your response...pokin a little fun ;-) The tech may not have been an idiotbut alot of them really don't think for themselves...just follow their script and go home at the end of the day Can you tell I just had 3 orders (same order 3 times) cancell

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

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Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Howie Hamlin
It could be someone's home account. They might be using dialup currently. etc... Basically, what I'm saying is the tech probably had a record of the order on his screen and it included an email address used with the order which is SOP. If the email address were not entered then the tech proba

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Bryan Stevenson
> U...isn't it likely that when someone orders a new DSL line that they > filled out their order using an existing email address from GMAIL or > something? I would assume that all orders are submitted using working > email addresses and not an address that will be working one day on the new

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Chris Stoner
Good point, this guy is obviously an idiot because the only possible way to access the Internet is via DSL. - Original Message - From: "Mike Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Bryan F. Hogan
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RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread James Holmes
ROFL! You need to submit that one here: http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/ Yeah, yeah, I know, CF-Community please... -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 10:15 To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wi

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

2005-04-06 Thread Howie Hamlin
U...isn't it likely that when someone orders a new DSL line that they filled out their order using an existing email address from GMAIL or something? I would assume that all orders are submitted using working email addresses and not an address that will be working one day on the new line...