Jerry Bauer (usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:41:53 -0700, Opus the Penguin wrote
> (in article <Xns9A8610CE679D7opusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> Jerry Bauer (usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:14:50 -0700, Opus the Penguin wrote
>>> (in article <Xns9A86C9525EE2opusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>>
>>>> Sean Houtman (grommit383@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Peter Boulding <pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>>> news:lv8e045hadl6cuctgeejm3sf2kfcs9751r@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:12:57 -0400, Sean Houtman
>>>>>> <grommit383@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>>>> <Xns9A83237534Agrommit383aolcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TLI! = Too Little Information!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or, in other words, Hooray! Tell us more!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It will be a 15% increase in pay, and 11 more weeks of
>>>>>>> training.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, hooray again: 15% is the kind of increase you notice.
>>>>>> It still seems a bit TLI, but I'm only being nosy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently I am doing customer service, muchly people who want
>>>>> to know why their bill is so high, or want to try to get a
>>>>> free phone, or want to claim that they didn't sign any
>>>>> contract. Cuz you went over your minutes, you can pay full
>>>>> retail anytime, but you can't get a free one after two months,
>>>>> and I can see your signature on your contract right here.
>>>>>
>>>>> The promotion is tier 3 tech sup****t. I did tech sup****t for 9
>>>>> years with AOL, and like some challenge. I passed the
>>>>> pre-screen interview (what does VPN stand for?),
>>>>
>>>> Virtual Private Network!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> breezed through the
>>>>> *****sment (locate the device manager)
>>>>
>>>> Right-click on My Computer. Click on Hardware.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> and now need to get
>>>>> scheduled for an interview with a supervisor, but I have done
>>>>> that sort of thing before (tell me about a time that you ran
>>>>> into a problem you have never seen before... use STAR for your
>>>>> response)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "STAR"?
>>>>
>>>> Crud. I'm failing the interview, aren't I?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> "All your responses must be oral, understand?"
>>>
>>> "Oral."
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Read me back the last line.
>>
>>
>
> "Read me back the last line."
>
>
>
Not my last line, somebody else's.
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