Woman Gets Cable Bill With Derogatory Name

08-18-2005, 01:29 PM

Would you do this ?

**Spatcher** · 08-18-2005, 01:35 PM

Whoa, that's a little harsh....

**MD_Willington** · 08-18-2005, 01:40 PM

Quote:

"Jeffery ******* Bag Barnes."

Troubling, Yes...Rude, Yes...

But still funny non the less...

**koala** · 08-19-2005, 03:19 AM

Years ago, I used to process customers order forms by entering their details into a database. It was just a part-time evening job, so I was usually in the office by myself and it got quite boring.

To liven things up I would change customers names, thinking the database was for internal use only, like a reference source for the telesales department.

So if the name was something like Mrs Ctvrtnik or Mr Khwylczyk, I would type Mr No Vowels. One time I changed Mr Walker's name to something quite offensive which I won't repeat here. I found out a week later that the database was actually a mailing list and Mr Wanker didn't share my sense of humour. Neither did my boss! He didn't accept my 'Freudian slip' excuse and fired me

bry623 · 08-19-2005, 07:42 AM

That's funny!!!
I would have fired you too.

08-19-2005, 08:02 AM

:) Some people just like giving you a hard time and upset you all the time over and over again. Thats where i give them a nick name. And lately i started writing their nick name (given by me) and their first name when taking messages. Once i took this guys phone number. Val Idiot . My boss called the number and asked if Mr. Idiot was there :))))))))))))))))))))))))))

**V0lt** · 08-19-2005, 08:35 AM

Quote:

"We only use the actual customers names on the bill," said Patricia Andrews-Keenan, a Comcast spokeswoman.

Uh, apparently not!

**ReeKorl** · 08-19-2005, 09:06 AM

After messing around with the database at my old work, there are aparrently still letters going out to a "Mr Darth Vader, Control Room, The Death Star, nr. Yavin" about his reward points being unclaimed..... and they wonder why they don't get a response.

**elf** · 08-19-2005, 09:17 AM

I used to work with some chimney sweeps...I was the telemarketer. We would call a number and if we got an answering machine we would hit 1 2 3 which is the default password for answering machines (so you can check your messages while you are away). We changed some guys messages, he changed it back, and then we changed it again (we changed it to something horribly innappropriate, and our boss laughed).

He knew it was us because he was sitting there listening as we changed it

and he called us up and yelled at our boss and she just made fun of him over the phone...such a great job because we could do anything and the boss wouldn't care.

ebackhus · 08-19-2005, 09:17 AM

Heh, luckily nobody has done that here, at least not to my knowledge. The opportunity is there as almost all employees have access to record management.

08-18-2005, 01:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
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08-19-2005, 03:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 14,743 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Years ago, I used to process customers order forms by entering their details into a database. It was just a part-time evening job, so I was usually in the office by myself and it got quite boring. To liven things up I would change customers names, thinking the database was for internal use only, like a reference source for the telesales department. So if the name was something like Mrs Ctvrtnik or Mr Khwylczyk, I would type Mr No Vowels. One time I changed Mr Walker's name to something quite offensive which I won't repeat here. I found out a week later that the database was actually a mailing list and Mr Wanker didn't share my sense of humour. Neither did my boss! He didn't accept my 'Freudian slip' excuse and fired me __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here TSF Articles - Tech Handbook

08-19-2005, 07:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
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08-19-2005, 09:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
ReeKorl Superhuman Computer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 6th Circle, The City of Dis, Hell Posts: 1,606 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 My System	After messing around with the database at my old work, there are aparrently still letters going out to a "Mr Darth Vader, Control Room, The Death Star, nr. Yavin" about his reward points being unclaimed..... and they wonder why they don't get a response. __________________ "Sorry, the number you have dialled is imaginary. Please rotate dial by 90 degrees and try again."

08-19-2005, 08:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
PurpleSky Guest Posts: n/a OS:	:) Some people just like giving you a hard time and upset you all the time over and over again. Thats where i give them a nick name. And lately i started writing their nick name (given by me) and their first name when taking messages. Once i took this guys phone number. Val Idiot . My boss called the number and asked if Mr. Idiot was there :))))))))))))))))))))))))))

08-19-2005, 09:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
elf Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,186 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	I used to work with some chimney sweeps...I was the telemarketer. We would call a number and if we got an answering machine we would hit 1 2 3 which is the default password for answering machines (so you can check your messages while you are away). We changed some guys messages, he changed it back, and then we changed it again (we changed it to something horribly innappropriate, and our boss laughed). He knew it was us because he was sitting there listening as we changed it and he called us up and yelled at our boss and she just made fun of him over the phone...such a great job because we could do anything and the boss wouldn't care. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

08-19-2005, 09:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
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