Anyone seen the one where Dilbert buys a Video Phone, plugs it in, and then says "Now all we have to do is wait for someone in the city to call us on a compatible Video Phone."
Dogbert's Retort: "Its amazing technology couldn't have progressed without people like you."
Dilbert: "I think I saw something!"
Take Dogbert's advice: advance technology, get HD TV. Its going to be the de facto standard sooner or later, so buy it and enjoy it.
1) People at warranty companies. NeW (the company that OfficeMax and Best Buy go through) and GE all boast 24/7 technical support on many items (printers and scanners, etc.) Obviously there needs to be someone there to pick up the phones. I have a friend that used to work at technical support and he would tell the usual horror stories, the usual idiotic customers and the usual rude customer. I'm not sure if customers tend to be better or not in Christmas, it could go either way (the stress from the holiday season and the product not working could cause rude customers, but then again the cheer and joy of the moment may cause more understanding customers... it could be a wash).
2) A job at a wearhouse or major department store.
This is a job I do not envy at all. I know a guy who works at Sears. People go there and buy large items for their families (usually sons or daughters) but pick them up later. Of course, Sears oversells all of these products, so on Christmas Eve when these customers come back to pick up the product they already paid for, its HIS job to tell them "oops... we oversold that item, sorry. Oh yeah, there's no more left in the district." He told me that one guy actually brought the Sears worker over to his son and said "See him Son? He ruined Christmas for us."
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Anyone seen the one where Dilbert buys a Video Phone, plugs it in, and then says "Now all we have to do is wait for someone in the city to call us on a compatible Video Phone."
Dogbert's Retort: "Its amazing technology couldn't have progressed without people like you."
Dilbert: "I think I saw something!"
Take Dogbert's advice: advance technology, get HD TV. Its going to be the de facto standard sooner or later, so buy it and enjoy it.
Two come to mind immediately:
... we oversold that item, sorry. Oh yeah, there's no more left in the district." He told me that one guy actually brought the Sears worker over to his son and said "See him Son? He ruined Christmas for us."
1) People at warranty companies. NeW (the company that OfficeMax and Best Buy go through) and GE all boast 24/7 technical support on many items (printers and scanners, etc.) Obviously there needs to be someone there to pick up the phones. I have a friend that used to work at technical support and he would tell the usual horror stories, the usual idiotic customers and the usual rude customer. I'm not sure if customers tend to be better or not in Christmas, it could go either way (the stress from the holiday season and the product not working could cause rude customers, but then again the cheer and joy of the moment may cause more understanding customers... it could be a wash).
2) A job at a wearhouse or major department store.
This is a job I do not envy at all. I know a guy who works at Sears. People go there and buy large items for their families (usually sons or daughters) but pick them up later. Of course, Sears oversells all of these products, so on Christmas Eve when these customers come back to pick up the product they already paid for, its HIS job to tell them "oops
That's some messed up shit.