Mr. Robot Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I just got this here in Oz, but it is clearly of US origin. It is designed to be humour - I am not trying to start a political debate - but I thought you guys might see the funny side. Alternatively, apologies in advance if people are offended or have been badly affected by the recession. (have I covered my *** sufficiently? ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The economy is so bad that... I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?" CEO's are now playing miniature golf. If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call them and ask if they meant you or them. Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM. McDonald's is selling the 1/4 ouncer. Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names. A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico . **** Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.. Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore. The Mafia is laying off judges.. Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $1..5 Trillion disappear! I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan , and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Lol some of those were pretty funny. I like the truckload of Americans going to Mexico one LOL. The Motel 6 and Mafia ones were great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgman Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 They were funny. I believe people can take themselves and life far too seriously sometimes (I know I do), and it's good to break it up with some humor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I dunno... After a number of friends and family instances of call center use where the person on the other end obviously had Hindi or something similar as a native language, it does make one truly wonder. I'm told a lotta banks and credit card companies are using that. Now if the guv'ment is serious about putting the screws to the "financial institutions," how about taxing them at an 80 percent rate of gross revenues if their call centers are not made in USA or other nation of origin? <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 the Economy is supposedly on the mend the news tonight announced that college professors at the U o fA have announced the recession is over in Arizona sadly they are the only ones that have noticed though. The level of recession vs. depression was always confusing until it was cleared up by a bumper sticker I saw last week in a recession you have several friends and neighbors who have all lost their jobs in a depression you lost your job. Call centers - what can you do but laugh really, I called a call center for Sony Professional electronics division about a year ago - they do high end television camera's and editing equipment The person I reached while very polite could not even speak basic english when I tried to ask a question all he could say was a practiced " I'm sorry I do not speak english well please repeat yourself" after about two minutes I was getting pissed asking for North American Support in english all he could say was "Yes this is North American Support but I no speak English" finally I demanded a supervisor and a guy got on that could speak English, he tried to explain that staffing was low during certain hours of the day (it was 2p.m.) so he could tell I was pretty mad so he finally asked why I was so mad when I told him that I wanted North American support and the man could not speak english at all he didn't believe me so the idiot played the tape with the man politely saying sorry he could not understand english. by this time the idiot supervisor was trying to come up with anything and he looked up the agent who was highly rated and spoke Japanese, two dialects of Chinese and Turkish. While that was impressive I couldn't understand how that qualified him to be North American support and either could he apparently because all he would say was he was sorry and they would look into it. It wasn't funny if you needed them for support but luckily I was calling to find out about a upgrade path for some broadcast equipment so the answer was clear my upgrade was with another company. Sony called probably 5-6 times trying to get the 250k a year account back and they even offered to give me my own special account rep. You guessed it - it was the guy who spoke Japanese and Chinese and Turkish and he had learned a few new phrases they though might work including to ask for your problem with email so he could find someone to read it. Obviously I didn't go back to Sony or Qwan Lee which was his name but I told them if I ever moved to China or Turkey I'd call them back. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names. Priceless!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 This is an oldie: Recession: When your neighbor loses his job. Depression: When you lose your job. Recover: When your congressman looses his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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