RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

my joke was totally lost on him and that made it all the more funny for me Seems it was lost here as well. Too many long hours of logical thinking tends to make the average techno weenie lose what little sense of humor he had to start with. I thought it was amusing. Thanks for sharing it.

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

U...isn't it likely that when someone orders a new DSL line that they filled out their order using an existing email address from GMAIL or something? I would assume that all orders are submitted using working email addresses and not an address that will be working one day on the new

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

ROFL! You need to submit that one here: http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/ Yeah, yeah, I know, CF-Community please... -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 10:15 To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is full of

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

For reasons I won't bring up here, lately I have a sneaky feeling the world is run by a panel of Aristocratic Monkies with eye-glasses and pipes arguing how to do this and that. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

Good point, this guy is obviously an idiot because the only possible way to access the Internet is via DSL. - Original Message - From: Mike Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

U...isn't it likely that when someone orders a new DSL line that they filled out their order using an existing email address from GMAIL or something? I would assume that all orders are submitted using working email addresses and not an address that will be working one day on the new

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

It could be someone's home account. They might be using dialup currently. etc... Basically, what I'm saying is the tech probably had a record of the order on his screen and it included an email address used with the order which is SOP. If the email address were not entered then the tech

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

how do you check ANY e-mail account with noconnection Installing a new ADSL connection does not implies you had NO connection before... ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100%

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

I know Howie...just the way you worded your response...pokin a little fun ;-) The tech may not have been an idiotbut alot of them really don't think for themselves...just follow their script and go home at the end of the day Can you tell I just had 3 orders (same order 3 times)

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

It could be someone's home account. They might be using dialup currently. etc... Basically, what I'm saying is the tech probably had a record of the order on his screen and it included an email address used with the order which is SOP. If the email address were not entered then the tech

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

That’s pretty damned funny! (thought I'd reply before the Off-Topic Nazis get here) -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:15 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits One of my clients has got

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

But who's dumber, the person who supplies an email address that will only be working after the connection is setup, or the tech who assumes the email address supplied is a working one? Maybe moving this to cf-community is probably best, since then we can throw out the personal responsibility part

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

But who's dumber, the person who supplies an email address that will only be working after the connection is setup, or the tech who assumes the email address supplied is a working one? Maybe moving this to cf-community is probably best, since then we can throw out the personal

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

Hey lets have a nasty debate over this really cool and informational topic.. -- Taco Fleur Senior Web Systems Engineer http://www.webassociates.com -Original Message- From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: You

Re: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

I'm sorry everyone. I just thought it was amusing. I laughed at the concept of sending an email to adivse us that email was working, and at his o-so-serious reaction to my flippant remark about the Telstra person. no, i dont have any relatives at Telstra - my joke was totally lost on him and

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

Thanks for sharing the story, Mike...I enjoyed it. Taco...go back to sleep. :o) Rick PS - You have to admit...this group will tear apart anything trying to analyze it! -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:31 PM To:

RE: You have to laugh - the world is full of half-wits

Look, I like a laugh, and a bit of off-topic, but this is ridiculous.. Has absolutely nothing to do with nothing.. Sorry ... ;-) -- Taco Fleur Senior Web Systems Engineer http://www.webassociates.com -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7