It doesn't matter if someone calls in asking how to place a call to the moon, a representative is "required" to provide assurance that they can assist you. This isn't just with T-Mobile either. It gets reps into retarded situations where they say they can help you, then it ends up being something crazy with your phone and you have to bring it to a retail location or send it in for repair.
The emergency numbers are handled system-side. What you have on the phone itself is a list of numbers that the handset can call if it is locked (dependant on handset) or outgoing calls are restricted.
For most cell companies that I know of, both 611 and 911 are handled in this way. If you have a prepaid phone and it does work to the point that it tells you to dial 611 for assistance, chances are you are not going to talk to the right people.:)
or more realisticly when your girlfriend is stranded for another two hours in the middle of nowhere when her car wont start or runs into a ditch
This is why the good lord jeebus made ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. They sell it with the cell phone even!
It's usually only a couple bucks a month extra on your cell bill and it can save you a lot of trouble when your car breaks down.
Solution: don't go to the theater when you're on call. Yeah, it sucks for people who are on call all the time, but that's part of the job you took. Maybe you could work something out with your employer to have a day where you can go see a movie or something without having to have your leash.
Perhaps the applicant's were testing you by submitting their resumes in Word format. You know, just to see if it was a company of people that had the skills to react when the unexpect and unplanned happens.
So you're testing the person screening resumes. It's not going to give you an idea of capabilities of people in the position you want. (unless you're applying to screen resumes...) A better test of the company would be to actually talk to them. Getting your name in the mind of the person doing the screening at least gets a "Hey, I recognize that name. We'll think about this one."
At that price, a spammer can still shotgun emails to a list of those who have at least clicked on the ads before. The filters will be less effective because of this.
I'll start being scared the day that Mozilla starts taking payments to let people get around Thunderbird's junk filter...
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It doesn't matter if someone calls in asking how to place a call to the moon, a representative is "required" to provide assurance that they can assist you. This isn't just with T-Mobile either. It gets reps into retarded situations where they say they can help you, then it ends up being something crazy with your phone and you have to bring it to a retail location or send it in for repair.
The emergency numbers are handled system-side. What you have on the phone itself is a list of numbers that the handset can call if it is locked (dependant on handset) or outgoing calls are restricted. For most cell companies that I know of, both 611 and 911 are handled in this way. If you have a prepaid phone and it does work to the point that it tells you to dial 611 for assistance, chances are you are not going to talk to the right people. :)
I recognize it as 9 lives in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. I spent hours playing that game growing up.
or more realisticly when your girlfriend is stranded for another two hours in the middle of nowhere when her car wont start or runs into a ditch This is why the good lord jeebus made ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. They sell it with the cell phone even!
It's usually only a couple bucks a month extra on your cell bill and it can save you a lot of trouble when your car breaks down.
Solution: don't go to the theater when you're on call. Yeah, it sucks for people who are on call all the time, but that's part of the job you took. Maybe you could work something out with your employer to have a day where you can go see a movie or something without having to have your leash.
But then we'd be no better than PETA!
At least with the paint, you won't have to deal with the "clickclickclick" of teenagers texting each other.
Perhaps the applicant's were testing you by submitting their resumes in Word format. You know, just to see if it was a company of people that had the skills to react when the unexpect and unplanned happens.
So you're testing the person screening resumes. It's not going to give you an idea of capabilities of people in the position you want. (unless you're applying to screen resumes...) A better test of the company would be to actually talk to them. Getting your name in the mind of the person doing the screening at least gets a "Hey, I recognize that name. We'll think about this one."
I can't resist... "In Soviet MMORPG, the WT Fs YOU!"
At that price, a spammer can still shotgun emails to a list of those who have at least clicked on the ads before. The filters will be less effective because of this. I'll start being scared the day that Mozilla starts taking payments to let people get around Thunderbird's junk filter...