Re: I survived pre-historic times today

On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 09:17:35 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

On 2025-06-07, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:

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.

>
I don't freak out.  In person, you can rely on lip-reading for most
of the consonants.  On the phone, people with a strong accent can
be very difficult to understand.

The person I spoke to the other day was the fourth support person I
spoke to in a few days. They were all hard to understand, but she was
the worst. It wasn't just me. I had them all on speaker and my
Australian born wife couldn't understand them either.

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Bruce
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