Unconnected chains of though

[mrlachatte]

Telstra outsources its customer service

Aha, that's an amazing audio file.  The Aussie is completely realistic, too!

I finished Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, it's really good but I don't understand the point of it.  The ending doesn't feel like it should stop there.

I hate game over screens.  They're so... final.  That's why Nytar's Subdungeon appeals to me, it looks great and when you die, you don't die!  It resets the board for you, and you try again.  Instant-kill puzzles suddenly aren't so ire-inducing anymore.

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[mr-greed.livejournal.com]

- I can't understand either the Australian or the Indian accent. Everyone talks funny to an American midwesterner.

- I worked at ADTRAN for a couple of years, and the company is an OEM for Telstra. I helped write one of the scripting languages the company uses to test their products, which are really ours!

- A number of companies are realizing that their offshoring of customer service is pising off its customers--not in a DEY TOOK ER JOB kind of way, but in a ..WHAT? ..WHAT? ..WHAT? kind of way--and moving them back onshore. Apparently, the savings gained in offshoring tech support is counterbalanced by lost revenue with disgruntled non-repeat customers.

[mrlachatte.livejournal.com]

Crazy americans. I'm going to miss Aussies telling me "don't come the raw prawn" and other such zany phrases.

[wardrich.livejournal.com]

this clip is AWESOME.

*rolls around laughing*

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

glad you liked it :D

TOLD you 'come a raw prawn' was legitimate aussie slang. no one believes me... not even fellow aussies (have you heard anyone use it, aside from me??? and pratchett, in Last Continent, I think.)