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26 April 2006
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD→[More:]YES, I KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT ON MONDAY! THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN YOU HAD TO CHARGE FOUR SEPARATE OVERDRAFT FEES FOR A TOTAL OF $120, DID YOU? FUCK YOU, WAMU, AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON.
HEY - I DON'T WORK IN THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF ONE OF THE LARGEST ADSL PROVIDERS IN THE UK. BUT IF I DID, I'D BE SURE TO TRY AND BLAME ANY REPORTED PROBLEMS ON SOMEONE OTHER THAN MY HUGE CONGLOMERATE OF AN ORGANISATION. AND IF A CUSTOMER CAN'T SEE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IP ADDRESS BECAUSE OF SOME COCKUP WITH OUR ROUTERS I'D BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY QUERIES WERE DEALT WITH SLOWLY BY INCOMPETENT IDIOTS. I'D ALSO MAKE SURE THAT A QUERY DIDN'T HAVE A REFERENCE NUMBER. BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING SOMEONE LIKES BETTER THAN BEING TOLD TO TRY PINGING AN ADDRESS WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT FOUR TIMES. AND IF I'M SHOWN THE WEBSITE OF THE ADDRESS THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED CUSTOMER CAN'T SEE, AND IT HAS A SMALL BLOCK OF TEXT ON IT SHOWING THE CUSTOMERS TRACERT ALONG WITH THE TEXT ... "LOOK YOU CAN SEE THIS SITE, BUT YOUR CUSTOMER CAN'T AND THIS IS THE TRACERT SHOWING THE PROBLEM LIES WITH YOUR ROUTERS", I WOULDN'T CONFUSE THAT WEBSITE WITH AN ACTUAL TRACERT AND SAY "NO, WE GET THE SAME RESPONSE FROM THE TRACE ON YOUR WEBSITE, SO IT MUST BE YOUR WEBSITE. HAVE YOU TRIED NSLOOKUP"