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Can I get more chips and beer? Where is the bathroom?Editor's note: Uhh...forget it.
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Customer service adventure
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Welcome to live help, my name's Bob, how may I help you?
Bob: Hello
Bob: how can I help you?
Vince: hi
Vince: I got an e-mail from TigerGaming about the account switch...
Vince: It said that as a former PokerInCanada member, I would be given a $15 bonus as soon as I made my first deposit...
Vince: It never came.
Bob: have you already made your deposit?
Vince: yes
Bob: May I have your sign in name and email address please?
Vince: I entered it before the chat started.
Bob: if you want me to assist you, I need your info
Bob: May I have your sign in name and email address please?
Vince: xxx
Vince: xxx@xxx
Bob: when did you make the deposit?
Vince: About 20 mins ago.
Bob: one moment please while I check your account
Vince: Why ask for the info twice? If you want to be snarky, you can say good-bye to the business that I've been giving you for years.
Bob: sir some people put in wrong information. we need to verify it.
Bob: do you still want me to assist you?
Vince: I should think so. You owe me some money.
You must make a lot of people angry.: You should get your chat software fixed. It seems to have switched my name with the last sentence I typed.
You must make a lot of people angry.: Here's a suggestion...
You must make a lot of people angry.: Check the original information the user enters and if it's wrong, ask again.
Bob: the money has been added to your account
You must make a lot of people angry.: Thank-you.
You must make a lot of people angry.: Have a nice day.
A customer service representative will be with you soon.
Welcome to live help, my name's Bob, how may I help you?
Bob: Hello
Bob: how can I help you?
Vince: hi
Vince: I got an e-mail from TigerGaming about the account switch...
Vince: It said that as a former PokerInCanada member, I would be given a $15 bonus as soon as I made my first deposit...
Vince: It never came.
Bob: have you already made your deposit?
Vince: yes
Bob: May I have your sign in name and email address please?
Vince: I entered it before the chat started.
Bob: if you want me to assist you, I need your info
Bob: May I have your sign in name and email address please?
Vince: xxx
Vince: xxx@xxx
Bob: when did you make the deposit?
Vince: About 20 mins ago.
Bob: one moment please while I check your account
Vince: Why ask for the info twice? If you want to be snarky, you can say good-bye to the business that I've been giving you for years.
Bob: sir some people put in wrong information. we need to verify it.
Bob: do you still want me to assist you?
Vince: I should think so. You owe me some money.
You must make a lot of people angry.: You should get your chat software fixed. It seems to have switched my name with the last sentence I typed.
You must make a lot of people angry.: Here's a suggestion...
You must make a lot of people angry.: Check the original information the user enters and if it's wrong, ask again.
Bob: the money has been added to your account
You must make a lot of people angry.: Thank-you.
You must make a lot of people angry.: Have a nice day.
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
There's something in the air
There must be toxicity building in the air above Canada. Canadians seem to have developed a tolerance for it since there have been no accounts of us acting strange or demented. I mean no more than usual. But clearly something is affecting visitors to this country causing them to act in bizarre ways.
How else can one explain last Wednesday's Britney Spears debacle in Vancouver where she walked off the stage without explanation fifteen minutes into her performance? Ten minutes after her unceremonious departure, it was announced that the excessive smoke in the venue was the reason cited for the booze-drinking, drug-taking, party-girl's exit. She didn't return for almost a half hour before continuing the show, but it later became clear that the highly toxic Canadian air was still affecting her mind. At the end of the show, the lovely Ms. Spears implored her audience to "Drive safe. Don't smoke weed! Rock out with your cocks out!"
On the same day, 2,000 miles away another visitor to Canada was even more severely affected by the mysterious "devil air" that has permeated the whole country. Billy Bob Thornton was doing a radio interview in Toronto for CBC. He became incensed that...what the hey, watch it and judge for yourself whether he was acting under the influence of some horrible unseen force.
One day after the interview, the band was playing a date at Toronto's Massey Hall and BBT was strangely compelled to make a reference to said interview, only to be jeered by the crowd. Days later, it was announced that BBT's band cancelled the remaining Canadian tour dates. I'll keep an eye out for any other odd behaviour by visitors to Canada and keep you apprised.
How else can one explain last Wednesday's Britney Spears debacle in Vancouver where she walked off the stage without explanation fifteen minutes into her performance? Ten minutes after her unceremonious departure, it was announced that the excessive smoke in the venue was the reason cited for the booze-drinking, drug-taking, party-girl's exit. She didn't return for almost a half hour before continuing the show, but it later became clear that the highly toxic Canadian air was still affecting her mind. At the end of the show, the lovely Ms. Spears implored her audience to "Drive safe. Don't smoke weed! Rock out with your cocks out!"
On the same day, 2,000 miles away another visitor to Canada was even more severely affected by the mysterious "devil air" that has permeated the whole country. Billy Bob Thornton was doing a radio interview in Toronto for CBC. He became incensed that...what the hey, watch it and judge for yourself whether he was acting under the influence of some horrible unseen force.
One day after the interview, the band was playing a date at Toronto's Massey Hall and BBT was strangely compelled to make a reference to said interview, only to be jeered by the crowd. Days later, it was announced that BBT's band cancelled the remaining Canadian tour dates. I'll keep an eye out for any other odd behaviour by visitors to Canada and keep you apprised.
Monday, 13 April 2009
Usury by any other name...
The Muslims are laughing at us. Not all Muslims--I'm sure some are just feeling vindicated. What amuses them so? The fact that we've gotten ourselves into this tremendous economic problem. Of course, it all stems from the credit markets. And I don't need to explain to you how large corporations have fallen while others are teetering and already millions of people have lost either or both their house and their job.
What has this to do with Muslims? In Islam, it is a sin to charge interest or pay interest. If you've ever wondered why so many Muslims live two or three families in a house, now you know. Unlike the rest of the world, they can't borrow the money they need to purchase a home. They have, however, come up with various ways to get themselves into expensive propositions like home ownership without using credit.
I'm writing about this because I just heard that some lending institutions are using predatory interest rates as a way of boosting their bottom line. What do I mean when I say "predatory"? Would you believe 30% per annum!?
Do I have any grasp at all on how big finance works? First, they gave money to people who didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of repaying them. Smart move. Then, when those people actually defaulted on their loans and mortgages, the banks almost stopped lending altogether. How did they expect to make money without lending? Now, we hear about exorbitant rates being charged. I'd like to know how many people who can actually afford to pay such high rates are willing to take on more debt considering their job is subject to being lost at any time?
I don't know why, but I keep getting surprised by the moves that the supposedly brightest minds, individually and as a group, keep screwing up the world royally. I should be used to it by now. From CEO's of auto companies to the titans of the financial sector, to presidents of powerful countries, we see ineptitude that dwarfs anything even that of an average person. But I digress...
Before "retiring", I had many friends and colleagues who were Muslim, and one in particular was a very good friend and was also one of the less "westernized" among them. On many aspects of Islam which we discussed at great lengths, I somewhat agreed, if not whole-heartedly, were good practises. The taking and paying of interest I hadn't been sure of, but given the mess that all the brainiacs in the credit markets have put the whole world in, there's now no doubt in my mind that it is a decidedly bad thing. The frenzy of unabated consumption driven by virtually unlimited credit has caused many ills to individuals, society and the environment long before the credit crunch occurred. The true brilliant minds have been warning about it's unsustainability for some time...and as usual, few were listening.
How I feel about bankers.
What has this to do with Muslims? In Islam, it is a sin to charge interest or pay interest. If you've ever wondered why so many Muslims live two or three families in a house, now you know. Unlike the rest of the world, they can't borrow the money they need to purchase a home. They have, however, come up with various ways to get themselves into expensive propositions like home ownership without using credit.
I'm writing about this because I just heard that some lending institutions are using predatory interest rates as a way of boosting their bottom line. What do I mean when I say "predatory"? Would you believe 30% per annum!?
Do I have any grasp at all on how big finance works? First, they gave money to people who didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of repaying them. Smart move. Then, when those people actually defaulted on their loans and mortgages, the banks almost stopped lending altogether. How did they expect to make money without lending? Now, we hear about exorbitant rates being charged. I'd like to know how many people who can actually afford to pay such high rates are willing to take on more debt considering their job is subject to being lost at any time?
I don't know why, but I keep getting surprised by the moves that the supposedly brightest minds, individually and as a group, keep screwing up the world royally. I should be used to it by now. From CEO's of auto companies to the titans of the financial sector, to presidents of powerful countries, we see ineptitude that dwarfs anything even that of an average person. But I digress...
Before "retiring", I had many friends and colleagues who were Muslim, and one in particular was a very good friend and was also one of the less "westernized" among them. On many aspects of Islam which we discussed at great lengths, I somewhat agreed, if not whole-heartedly, were good practises. The taking and paying of interest I hadn't been sure of, but given the mess that all the brainiacs in the credit markets have put the whole world in, there's now no doubt in my mind that it is a decidedly bad thing. The frenzy of unabated consumption driven by virtually unlimited credit has caused many ills to individuals, society and the environment long before the credit crunch occurred. The true brilliant minds have been warning about it's unsustainability for some time...and as usual, few were listening.
How I feel about bankers.
Sunday, 12 April 2009
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