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Gear Grinding 6: I'm So Over This.

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Hey, Shivakamini Somakandarkrum, I mean "Anna," I don't know how many times I can unplug/plug in my modem before you get the hint that the modem isn't the problem. It's the dam cable box itself. Just sayin'. /Comcast

Edit: I should not besmirch The Shiva like that. The Shiva would've fixed it before I even called. She's that awesome. /TheLeague
 
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Brenthoven said:
Hey, Shivakamini Somakandarkrum, I mean "Anna," I don't know how many times I can unplug/plug in my modem before you get the hint that the modem isn't the problem. It's the dam cable box itself. Just sayin'. /Comcast

Edit: I should not besmirch The Shiva like that. The Shiva would've fixed it before I even called. She's that awesome. /TheLeague
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Kindly do the needful.
 
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People who are long-winded in text messages.

Texts are for quick communication, not monologues.
 
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"[Our] router is in a down-down status. Looks like someone tripped over the power cord, no intentional changes were made yesterday."

Literally, that’s what the Federal Reserve just gave us in reply when trying to perform some MQ testing. How do you have a server setup where power cords can be placed in such a way that someone could just trip over said cord? Seriously, who does that?
 
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Brenthoven said:
I don't know how many times I can unplug/plug in my modem before you get the hint that the modem isn't the problem.
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Not quite as bad as when I had a modem that wouldn't work, and the tech support person told me that I needed new drivers (this was years ago). She kept insisting that I go to their website to download them. It never ever registered on her that without a modem her website was inaccessible. I finally had to request a supervisor who sent me the drivers on a disk.

Even now, they don't seem to get it. Comcast said that I was required to replace my old modem because it would no longer work with the faster speeds they would be sending out. They sent me the new one, and the instructions with it basically said "go to our website if you have problems with the installation." How is it so hard for these people to realize that you can't get to the website if you have problems? and of course the phone number they give you to call will not connect you to a human being, you have to navigate one of those super-annoying voice activated menus (they don't even give you a button to push, you have to answer verbally. and "give me a human being to talk to" is not a recognized voice command).

Fortunately for me, I finally got it to work right. it was a bit frustrating at times but eventually got there.
 
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St. Clown said:
"[Our] router is in a down-down status. Looks like someone tripped over the power cord, no intentional changes were made yesterday."

Literally, that’s what the Federal Reserve just gave us in reply when trying to perform some MQ testing. How do you have a server setup where power cords can be placed in such a way that someone could just trip over said cord? Seriously, who does that?
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I assumed it from from ILDN.
 
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Kepler said:
You need smarter friends. :)
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Yes. Because I've also had these very same friends tell me that I'm unhealthy if I eat food that has a commercial. They just ruled out:

Beef (It's What's For Dinner)
Pork (The other white meat)
Eggs (The Incredible, Edible Egg)
Avocados (Avocados from Mexico)
Grapes (Grapes from California)
Walnuts (Walnuts from California)
Bananas (Chiquita Bananas)
Pistachios (Wonderful Pistachios)
Pomegranate seeds/juice (POM Wonderful)

The list goes on. On the flip side, one pizza place, which does not advertise, offers the Godfather Pizza. Bacon, sausage, pepperoni, and ham, with cheese and tomato sauce. Apparently THAT'S okay. Militant organics are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
 
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i'm sure people have complained that winter storms are now named. I was going to do that.

Hera is this one. H? We've had 7 significant winter storms???

Still- it's winter. It snows. No need to name that.
 
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alfablue said:
i'm sure people have complained that winter storms are now named. I was going to do that.

Hera is this one. H? We've had 7 significant winter storms???

Still- it's winter. It snows. No need to name that.
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It's a weather channel thing, not an "official" thing like hurricanes. But the point remains a valid one.
 
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alfablue said:
i'm sure people have complained that winter storms are now named. I was going to do that.

Hera is this one. H? We've had 7 significant winter storms???

Still- it's winter. It snows. No need to name that.
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Ashley was just last week! How can they be on Hera already?

p.s. I agree.
 
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FreshFish said:
Not quite as bad as when I had a modem that wouldn't work, and the tech support person told me that I needed new drivers (this was years ago). She kept insisting that I go to their website to download them. It never ever registered on her that without a modem her website was inaccessible. I finally had to request a supervisor who sent me the drivers on a disk.

Even now, they don't seem to get it. Comcast said that I was required to replace my old modem because it would no longer work with the faster speeds they would be sending out. They sent me the new one, and the instructions with it basically said "go to our website if you have problems with the installation." How is it so hard for these people to realize that you can't get to the website if you have problems? and of course the phone number they give you to call will not connect you to a human being, you have to navigate one of those super-annoying voice activated menus (they don't even give you a button to push, you have to answer verbally. and "give me a human being to talk to" is not a recognized voice command).

Fortunately for me, I finally got it to work right. it was a bit frustrating at times but eventually got there.
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to get a real person, just hit 0 a bunch of times (about 15-20). it's always worked for me. Comcast will still suck, though, so it only sorta fixes your problem
 
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sweet canadian mullet said:
to get a real person, just hit 0 a bunch of times (about 15-20). it's always worked for me. Comcast will still suck, though, so it only sorta fixes your problem
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With the voice recognition systems you can start swearing into the phone and it'll think you're an irate customer and put you through to a human.

ETA: Another stupid phone trick: if you want better service, press 1 for Spanish. A lot of the Spanish speaking CSRs are based in the US and speak English as well.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
With the voice recognition systems you can start swearing into the phone and it'll think you're an irate customer and put you through to a human.

ETA: Another stupid phone trick: if you want better service, press 1 for Spanish. A lot of the Spanish speaking CSRs are based in the US and speak English as well.
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So if I was start in on the incomplete list of impolite words, that would get me a live human being?

https://youtu.be/N0ee4wqZvf8
 
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clean the ****ing work microwave after you use it. it's just not that hard, people. your mommy (probably) doesn't work here.

WHY ARE PEOPLE SUCH INCONSIDERATE *******S?
 
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For every box of Girl Scout cookies that Food Boob and her brain dead followers don't eat... I'm sure my friends and I can eat 6 or so. Thin Mints and Samoas for EVERYONE!
 
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The battery on my cart-pushing assistant just gets WORSE. It barely lasts 2 hours, and management doesn't do anything about it.
 
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Common Core math. Similar things have happened to my kids. I can't help them with homework any more, because I don't know how to get the proper wrong answer. When I teach them how to do math accurately, they get marked down. Also, nobody has ever been able to explain to me the difference between a "ballpark estimate" and an "estimate." (This is an actual Common Core concept.)
 
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