This is too good to keep to myself.
So @HerSide calls me from my son’s baseball tournament down in Panama City. She’s having problems tethering her laptop and getting it to recognize the cell phone. So I call Verizon and explain what’s going on.
Tech: “So you don’t have the phone with you”
@HisSide: “No, @HerSide has it, in the middle of nowhere, unable to connect to the internet”
Tech: “So her phone won’t connect to the internet”
@HisSide: “No, her phone won’t tether to her laptop, and connect IT to the internet”
Tech: “Well, we can’t begin to troubleshoot without the phone there”
@HisSide: “But she can’t call you ON THE PHONE and troubleshoot”
Tech: “Correct. She will have to call from another number”
@HisSide: “Let me get this straight. She’s in the middle of nowhere, Her phone won’t act as a modem. You can’t talk to me about it cause I have to have the phone here. You can talk to her about it, cause she has the phone with her. However, she can’t call you on the phone because you will only be able to troubleshoot the problem if she is off the phone…but calling you!?!??!”
Tech: “correct. She will need to call from another number”
WTF?!?!?!
Oh, here’s another one that’s just as good.
We had this movie plan at a local (Fort Walton area) Video rental place. It was like $20/month. We stopped using the plan, and were about to move to Niceville. So we called to cancel it. They wouldn’t cancel it over the phone.
So we moved. Closed that particular bank account. And somehow they find us, and turn the declined transaction over to a collection agency.
So I go in to the Video place, while in Fort Walton, and ask the guy about it.
“So, If I don’t live here anymore, and the bank account that was being used for billing no longer exists, that’s not a good enough reason to cancel the account over the phone?”
“No, you have to come in person to cancel it”
“well, that’s rather convenient to your clients, isn’t it!”
“It’s in the agreement”
And this one always cracks me up….
I drive through Whataburger, every weekday, and order a Large UN-sweet tea, with two sweeteners.
At least Once a week I get a Large SWEET tea, don’t taste it before I put the sweeteners in, and then I have SWEET tea on steroids!
You would think the “with 2 sweeteners” part would be a hint….apparently not.