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December 18th, 2008 at 5:43 am
There are few things in life more satisfying than delivering a really good mindscrew.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Heh, I like that one.
December 19th, 2008 at 1:15 am
I haven't used profanity. I've tried erudite questions like: How could you not see me, or how could you not have heard my horn. Well, those obviously haven't gotten anywhere, so I will try the insanity. Won't be hard for me at all.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Aw you did so well today! YAY
December 19th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I found your comic yesterday and proceeded to read every one. Awesome in so many ways.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
My boss hated IVR systems. You know, the ones that won't even let you pretend you don't have a Touchtone phone. He said that screaming, "Dwarfs are attacking, dwarfs are attacking," tended to get you to a live agent faster than saying "help" or "agent" or "operator."
Speaking of Touchtone, back in the early 90s, we used IVR equipment to do some surveys. One of the most common complaints was that we were biased against conservatives because Touchtone service cost an extra buck a month and only dam-fool liberals would pay that.
As part of that project, I was watching the console and noticed a lot of errors coming from one port, so I dialed into it to see if maybe the prompts were misfiring. The system used unfortunate wording if the person didn't enter their choices from the keypad. It would say, "I didn't hear your response."
The elderly gentlemen at the other end of the line was screaming at the top of his voice, "What do you MEAN you can't hear my response. I'm yelling as loud as I can."
Some votes just didn't deserve to be counted.
December 20th, 2008 at 4:11 am
I will now use this every day of my life from now on.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I especially enjoy the fact that you didn't actually use profanity!
Thanks.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:21 am
i think purple is to easy of a color. If they yelled back BLUE AND RED! i think the rest of YOUR day would be ruined. Maybe something on lines of #44183F
January 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am
"figure out purple" sounds so familiar… is that *from* something?? Why is it itching the "remembery" part of my brain?!?
January 31st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
good advice!! xD
February 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Did you (or someone you know) actually try that?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
OH yeah. Very effective.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:45 am
I think "figure out pink" would be truly puzzling.
http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-...