Re: I survived pre-historic times today

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 23:04:28 +0000, Bruce wrote:

I had an ISP support person on the phone the other day. She had such a
severe Indian or Filipino accent that I didn't understand what she was
saying. So I hung up (I thought) and yelled "Speak fucking English!"
at the phone. After a short silence, I heard "Hello?" I hadn't hung
up. I continued the conversation as if nothing happened. She now spoke
a lot slower, which helped. After a bit more talk, my phone ran out of
power and hung up.

My sister-in-law used to work for Sony and UAL - two full time jobs at
the same time. Beats me how that works. She must be Superlady. Sony was
transferring their support off-shore so she was called on to train the
Indians with whatever training it takes to move them into a support
role. She said it was not a very comfortable feeling training people to
take your co-worker's job. I think in the end, Sony decided it was not a
smart move and canned that project - but I might be wrong.
Da Hawaiians don't freak out when they hear somebody speaking English
with an accent. Lots of people talk funny on this rock. Filipino accent
is not a problem - there's probably more Filipinos in Hawaii than
anybody else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbd10YnuaTM