Try again and again and again and again

Sigh.

Today was... weird. And annoying... and yeah... somewhat humorous.

Soooo...

• Letter from the brain dead: "I lost your password."
  
  
• Letter from the desperate: "xxx does not work, pls send help!!!!!!"
  
  I showed it a few people with the answer letter I did not send:
  
  "We have mailed a fleet of musketeers who should arrive any minute at your doorstep. We hope it works for you."
  
  
• Letter from the annoyed: "Duuuuh! Your letter should say "If you need further assistance, please contact customer support again and again and again and again (...) and again." Duuuuh!"
  
  

And then... I had to make test calls. Because the providers are shit on a stick and people from China can't call to England.

So, first number I tested: a woman picked up first. Then voicemail for torturous minutes. (I had to make these calls and wait till somebody could say they could hear me.) Then some guy told me he couldn't hear me. Neither could I, much. Then voicemail for another 3 tries. Then some old dude demanding why I called him and telling me I was a liar and I did not work for (insert company name here) and I was harrassing him.

I started cursing after I put the phone down and my teamleader heard it. Ouch. I think I will have to tell him tomorrow I cursed the frikkin user *after* I put the phone down. (Btw, I said the highly original: Fuck you, asshole! phrase.)

Also, I told the guys I should have said the guy I was calling from MI5 and wanted to know if he could hear me because I needed to know if the bugs tapping his phone line were working fine.

Of course I didn't. Company policy and all.

Second call: an older woman demanind to know why I kept calling her. I got permission from my TL to tell her I was from (insert company name here) and I was testing the line. She told me to stop it. I told her sorry and that I had to test it because there are problems. Yipee.

I felt like shit. I'm not harassing people because I like it. And I even told her I was checking up on the frikking lines to make them better, what's their frikking problem?!

Gahhhh!!!!!!!!!!

And then I got the Duhhhhhh letter minutes before my shift ended. Roflol. The whole company got a copy of it. I guess it is some kind of feedback.

A damned funny one too.

And then when I hurried home I was trying to pass by a couple that was kissing and I stared because the girl seemed rather boyish. Well, she has short hair, I thought. And she has sneakers... it's normal, I thought. And look, that's her Adam's apple... So yeah, I just saw my first gay couple kissing rather cutely out on the street. They looked cute and they didn't turn my stomach...