The headline is wrong. He wasn't fired for calling customer service, he was fired for calling the company controller for personal account using a number that should only be used for work reasons.
What I'm saying is this guy was calling an accountant and dropping the name of the accounting firm he worked for. That's a firing offense at the company he worked for, because he should have have called customer service and not communicated without mentioning his job, just his Comcast account number.
When you're at work, who you work for is part of your identity. When you're a customer, you just need to show your Visa/Mastercard number for proof you did enough work to deserve the product or service. Calling a high-up person in accounting and saying you're in accounting is making a threat that you'll disrupt the business at work, which is against ethical standards.
Comcast, like all cable companies, is having trouble controlling their employees. It seems like you contractor said "I brought and installed two!" when you say "I only wanted one!" which leads to Comcast paying him less.
They really should get these 1099 employees linked to a better reporting system... like requiring the device be sensed on the network before the contractor gets paid, and penalizing contractors for quickly dropped accounts.
The loser wasn't fired for just complaining. He was fired for going over the top and calling someone from accounting using his work identity, and that person from accounting said that the charges were legit and this guy shouldn't have bothered him, so that controller called the accounting firm this loser worked for, and out the door he went.
How did this customer wind up with thousands of dollars worth of unused equipment? If he ordered them, he'd have to pay. If he didn't order them, then why did he let the package stay at his house?
To me, this sounds like somebody hoarding equipment for a hacking attempt... but Comcast and all other digital solutions are too ready to let that fail.
We seem to be at the point that MP3 download services like Amazon MP3 and Apple iTunes Music Store are working just fine, with YouTube/Vevo being the source for videos that are retractable.
I'm not sure how this new Internet-based Dial-A-Song works... is it just a stream that they change frequently?
Rich people drive more expensive cars because they can pay more, people who are rich also say a $100 ticket is sometimes part of doing business and pay the fine...
The new TLDs are designed so that somebody can block all porn by blocking ".xxx" and block all shopping with ".buy"... but in order for this scheme to work, they have to disable.com too.
Anytime Tesla gets close to a legal sale, they get these kinds of legislative headaches like this one in Iowa. They just can't get the licenses they need, and new license requirements that say no one else can ever get close to Tesla's ideas are passing.
It's the reason Clear Channel was able to promote that Coca-Cola already registered its trademark list during the.cc campaign. If Coca-Cola didn't, Pepsi would have had a shot at registering it..buy shouldn't exist for the same reason. Everybody knows how to find.com....buy needs something else like a better way to secure credit card numbers in order to be worth anything more than trademark problem avoidance.
It's a safety thing. Tesla has more tests it needs to compete to say it's as safe as existing brands or close enough to be allowed on public roads. Sometimes the government has to say "We know you want it... but nobody knows what you're getting!"
You don't understand. Tesla is trying to sell to the public... and states are saying "You're not ready!" so they have to use member-only sales to get this on the road in the few places that's allowed... Tesla is getting legislated out of existence in most places.
This makes no sense other than being a money grab... Amazon can now charge Barnes and Noble for bn.buy, or redirect it back to Amazon. It seems.buy will just be a redirect to some page on Amazon, or be something trademark owners must buy in order to protect. Remember.cc resulted in refunds from Clear Channel.
I had this problem at a place I used to work... we were an "answer the e-mail" schedule, and we went six weeks without anybody in our department getting any work commands for the system. I had no choice but to tell my boss the reason why I couldn't close any tickets was because I had no tickets. We checked, saw we were at zero usage, got laid off, and claimed half our pay for the next 99 weeks.
The problem here is not dishonest work on the patent logs, it's dishonest work on the time cards/sheets that tell the bosses how much to pay. Uhm, some computer logging software is about to fall off the patent logs for 14 years being up!
Net Neutrality is another name for "Give me the Internet, not a subset." and is a key part of what a legitimate ISP does, as opposed to a censored ISP like sometimes exists in the USA and often exists overseas.
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The headline is wrong. He wasn't fired for calling customer service, he was fired for calling the company controller for personal account using a number that should only be used for work reasons.
What I'm saying is this guy was calling an accountant and dropping the name of the accounting firm he worked for. That's a firing offense at the company he worked for, because he should have have called customer service and not communicated without mentioning his job, just his Comcast account number.
When you're at work, who you work for is part of your identity. When you're a customer, you just need to show your Visa/Mastercard number for proof you did enough work to deserve the product or service. Calling a high-up person in accounting and saying you're in accounting is making a threat that you'll disrupt the business at work, which is against ethical standards.
Comcast, like all cable companies, is having trouble controlling their employees. It seems like you contractor said "I brought and installed two!" when you say "I only wanted one!" which leads to Comcast paying him less.
They really should get these 1099 employees linked to a better reporting system... like requiring the device be sensed on the network before the contractor gets paid, and penalizing contractors for quickly dropped accounts.
Yes, but it defies rational behavior... if he didn't order the devices, and has no use for them, why did he keep them?
The loser wasn't fired for just complaining. He was fired for going over the top and calling someone from accounting using his work identity, and that person from accounting said that the charges were legit and this guy shouldn't have bothered him, so that controller called the accounting firm this loser worked for, and out the door he went.
How did this customer wind up with thousands of dollars worth of unused equipment? If he ordered them, he'd have to pay. If he didn't order them, then why did he let the package stay at his house?
To me, this sounds like somebody hoarding equipment for a hacking attempt... but Comcast and all other digital solutions are too ready to let that fail.
Whole + Point Number = Brand
What a formula.
Windows isn't safer than Mac yet...
It would get really confusing if they released a Windows 9.5 or Windows 9.8....
We seem to be at the point that MP3 download services like Amazon MP3 and Apple iTunes Music Store are working just fine, with YouTube/Vevo being the source for videos that are retractable.
I'm not sure how this new Internet-based Dial-A-Song works... is it just a stream that they change frequently?
Rich people drive more expensive cars because they can pay more, people who are rich also say a $100 ticket is sometimes part of doing business and pay the fine...
Microsoft has always been a few years behind Apple in most developments that go major..
The new TLDs are designed so that somebody can block all porn by blocking ".xxx" and block all shopping with ".buy"... but in order for this scheme to work, they have to disable .com too.
If Teslas were safe enough and profitable, then the car dealership owners would be trying to affiliate with them.
Anytime Tesla gets close to a legal sale, they get these kinds of legislative headaches like this one in Iowa. They just can't get the licenses they need, and new license requirements that say no one else can ever get close to Tesla's ideas are passing.
Yep. Coca-Cola.sucks controlled by Pepsi, Pepsi.sucks controlled by Coca-Cola... what could go wrong?
It's the reason Clear Channel was able to promote that Coca-Cola already registered its trademark list during the .cc campaign. If Coca-Cola didn't, Pepsi would have had a shot at registering it. .buy shouldn't exist for the same reason. Everybody knows how to find .com... .buy needs something else like a better way to secure credit card numbers in order to be worth anything more than trademark problem avoidance.
It's a safety thing. Tesla has more tests it needs to compete to say it's as safe as existing brands or close enough to be allowed on public roads. Sometimes the government has to say "We know you want it... but nobody knows what you're getting!"
You don't understand. Tesla is trying to sell to the public... and states are saying "You're not ready!" so they have to use member-only sales to get this on the road in the few places that's allowed... Tesla is getting legislated out of existence in most places.
Rental cars, when new and not abused, are usually sponsored by somebody trying to sell that type of car.
"If you loved renting it in California, did you know you could buy it here?" is a typical pitch.
ICANN should really get ready for a dispute resolution session from buy.com...
This makes no sense other than being a money grab... Amazon can now charge Barnes and Noble for bn.buy, or redirect it back to Amazon. It seems .buy will just be a redirect to some page on Amazon, or be something trademark owners must buy in order to protect. Remember .cc resulted in refunds from Clear Channel.
I had this problem at a place I used to work... we were an "answer the e-mail" schedule, and we went six weeks without anybody in our department getting any work commands for the system. I had no choice but to tell my boss the reason why I couldn't close any tickets was because I had no tickets. We checked, saw we were at zero usage, got laid off, and claimed half our pay for the next 99 weeks.
The problem here is not dishonest work on the patent logs, it's dishonest work on the time cards/sheets that tell the bosses how much to pay. Uhm, some computer logging software is about to fall off the patent logs for 14 years being up!
Net Neutrality is another name for "Give me the Internet, not a subset." and is a key part of what a legitimate ISP does, as opposed to a censored ISP like sometimes exists in the USA and often exists overseas.