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This may be deja vu for some of you , I wrote this a while back for another site and in the last year I have to say that customer service in the US has not improved in fact I have still to have a month free of some issue that doesn’t require majpr phone time. Even worse the fucking reps I talk to in person in well fargo give me info I act on, they gave me no choice really, they state that no charges due for service.. Well they are wrong seemingly and I had to pay and take the abuse of their specially bred snot buckets that I dedicate the below to.

I am getting heartily pissed off with the VDU class of service people. I.e. those too dangerous to let near a PC ( or even an Apple). Still they saw the lovely glow and effect on the complexion of IT staff and demanded they too have them. IT gave them a dumb terminal. Woo-hoo. Now the jury is out regarding the effects,if any, of EM radiation emanating from the VDU screen but I submit to you anecdotal evidence that they are capable of scrambling the mind of those that work near them,

No matter what appears on this screen is ,to the operator, 100% gospel, fixed, inerrant, reeking of verisimilitude and other good stuff. There usually is no local court of appeal ( Head office being the Supreme court in this particular circuit) Seriously all we need is one good hack with a nice tasteful ascil message
Kill yourself now!

Exhibit A:
So the video tape I get dressed at 23:50 to drive back to the shop. Go in and place on counter before store closes 23:58 shows up next visit as a late charge.
Exhibit B:
Even better Papa John’s I order 2 pizzas over the net, I get to shop only one pizza was made. They insist that I called in and only asked for one. They continued this line of reasoning despite the screendump I had of my order. They also expressed surprise at me ordering online and didn’t think I could do that. You would think the traffic level of memo’s in the fast food industry are not too excessive for those on the pepperoni placement duty. Unless of course it has to be based on scheduling their reading around the readers of the group being on shift.

Judgement:
So if you think the all knowing oracle of the monochrome monitor is a worth adversary , it is nothing! really totally insignificant in the scheme of bureaucracy in relation to the clerks ultimate weapon.. A print out of the screen from a 9 pin dot matrix on fan fold paper, that is indisputable… if it’s the kind with the green bars you’re fucked. Accept your account details and balance and go home. I had debates that they wouldn’t discuss my account until I reveived their print out as seemingly I couldn’t comprehend them over charging-me without the paper in my hand.

Irony? Well about the only people that really seem to use terminals in public are the people in parts departments where the idiot is usually on the other side of the screen.