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  • In which I PWN an ISP salesman!

    I work at a game store with an internet cafe built in, we have 10 computers at the moment.

    ME: well if you dont know this one, then you shouldnt be here
    ISP Guy: young asian guy who looks like he is just out of college

    Me: <opening spiel>
    ISP Guy: I see you have many computers, what kind of internet speeds do you get?
    Me: We have Fiber Optic internet so get very fast speeds
    ISP Guy: can I see a speed test?
    Me: <brings up speed test which shows awesome speeds>
    ISP Guy: Well if you switch to us, you can save blah blah blah.
    Me: <looking at prices> We pay about 1/3 of that price.
    ISP Guy: Oh, I cant beat that price, have a good day. <leaves with rather disappointed look on his face>
    Me: Thank you very much, please come again! *Damn you BTMF, you no working today*

    We know people with the ISP that we use and we get a KILLER deal with them.

    As a side note, I cant stand door to door salesmen. I did not mean to sound racist but that is the way it came out.
    "Employees can make or break any business, so treat them with respect. Job satisfaction has little to do with money. Discover what it has to do with and make sure they get it."

  • #2
    I don't get how you were racist?

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    • #3
      It was the whole "Thank you very much, please come again" bit from the simpsons, thought it would be considered racist since I said it to an asian person. Gotta cover my A** here.
      "Employees can make or break any business, so treat them with respect. Job satisfaction has little to do with money. Discover what it has to do with and make sure they get it."

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      • #4
        At least he left when he heard what a deal you were already getting. Once in the vendor's area at a state fair, a "CastCom" rep approached Hubs. When Hubs told him our current ISP gives a faster speed at only 60% of the cost of the package the rep was selling, the rep tried to argue it wasn't possible and called Hubs a liar. Hubs walked away at that point.
        Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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        • #5
          Quoth Sandiercy View Post
          It was the whole "Thank you very much, please come again" bit from the simpsons, thought it would be considered racist since I said it to an asian person. Gotta cover my A** here.
          Apu is Indian. Unless you put on the "accent" then I don't see a problem with what you said.

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          • #6
            Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
            At least he left when he heard what a deal you were already getting. Once in the vendor's area at a state fair, a "CastCom" rep approached Hubs. When Hubs told him our current ISP gives a faster speed at only 60% of the cost of the package the rep was selling, the rep tried to argue it wasn't possible and called Hubs a liar. Hubs walked away at that point.
            Sort of like one Future Shop salesman when I was looking for a vacuum cleaner. I told him what my maximum price was, and why (another store had one that would meet my needs at that price). When it turned out that the ones they had with the features I wanted were more expensive than my maximum, he asked me "How flexible are you on price?". Dude, I just told you - I can get one elsewhere for that price, so I'm not about to spend a penny more than that.
            Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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            • #7
              A good one for over the phone with foreign call centres who phone up to sell stuff.

              "My name is Perry, not Terry - P as is pterodactyl"

              Winds them up something chronic.
              Not y3k compatible

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              • #8
                Quoth Aethian View Post
                I don't get how you were racist?
                I was thinking the same thing.

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                • #9
                  Quoth Amadan View Post
                  A good one for over the phone with foreign call centres who phone up to sell stuff.

                  "My name is Perry, not Terry - P as is pterodactyl"

                  Winds them up something chronic.
                  that's pretty funny.
                  i guess you can also use "P as in pneumonia" too. But only if your name is Nerry...

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Amadan View Post
                    A good one for over the phone with foreign call centres who phone up to sell stuff.

                    "My name is Perry, not Terry - P as is pterodactyl"

                    Winds them up something chronic.
                    My favorite thing is when they don't know the states and their postal abbreviations. (For those playing the home game, Arkansas is AR, Alaska is AK, Alabama is AL.)

                    Them: I see you're at Blah Street, Insanity Town, Arkansas - AK - wrong zip.
                    Me: (Since I didn't call them and didn't want to deal with them) Ummm... Sure. Let's go with that.

                    Yeah, somehow, Arkansas is the new Alaska. Good to know.
                    If I make no sense, I apologize. I'm constantly interrupted by an actual toddler.

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                    • #11
                      There's a surprising number of people who don't realise that Alaska *is* one of the 50 states. It's just one of the two that aren't contiguous with the rest.

                      Incidentally, Russia has at least one non-contiguous territory as well, Kaliningrad - it's on the Baltic coast between Latvia and Lithuania, IIRC. Not so long ago, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were all Soviet Republics, and thus part of the USSR along with Kaliningrad.

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                      • #12
                        I did something like that to a telemarketer once, who was trying to sell internet service. This was back when most of them still charged by the hour. After running up a few bills in excess of $100, I found a rare-at-the-time flat-rate provider, who only charged me about $20 a month.

                        A couple months after I switched over, I got a call from someone who said he could offer me internet service for the "low price" of $x/hour. I told him I already had service, and was only paying $20 a month no matter how much I used it. The guy stammered for a bit, trying to figure out how to "save" the sale, and then realized he had nothing to offer me, and politely ended the call.
                        Sometimes life is altered.
                        Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
                        Uneasy with confrontation.
                        Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Chromatix View Post
                          There's a surprising number of people who don't realise that Alaska *is* one of the 50 states. It's just one of the two that aren't contiguous with the rest.
                          Alaska's not the only state people have a hard time figuring out it's a state. *Points to my location.*
                          Last edited by Pagan; 06-23-2012, 11:21 PM.
                          It's floating wicker propelled by fire!

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Pagan View Post
                            Alaska's not the only state people have a hard time figuring out it's a state. *Points to my location.*
                            I've had people call wanting Washington DC, and when I told them we were Washington State....most are like "oh okay derp" but there is still a frighteningly high portion that don't seem to realize Washington DC and Washington State are different places.
                            Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
                              I've had people call wanting Washington DC, and when I told them we were Washington State....most are like "oh okay derp" but there is still a frighteningly high portion that don't seem to realize Washington DC and Washington State are different places.
                              They think we're a foreign country.
                              It's floating wicker propelled by fire!

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