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I'm so sick of companies thinking the best way to communicate with me is to call me and just plain acting like the internet doesn't exist. Dentist you know when I text messaged you giving you a time range and days (any) that you could schedule an appointment for me for? (pretty much early afternoon) Yeah you can probably piece together that I didn't want you to call me about that I wanted you to just loving schedule an appointment. I'm already annoyed that I can't do it online for reasons that I'm sure make some sort of sense to you. Also I totally did try calling before I texted but got a voicemail. It took a pandemic for restaurants to offer online ordering. Which may or may not have been set up decently. Does it update for specials? (lol probably not) If you're closed that day for a holiday did you remember to disable it? Is your menu even accurate?
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what is the internet
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Jul 28, 2022 06:08
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Probably something that rots your brain.
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Jul 28, 2022 06:08
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my dentist appointments are scheduled on ethereum and they accept my NFT (nicely flossed teeth)
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Jul 28, 2022 06:26
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Bad Purchase posted:my dentist appointments are scheduled on ethereum and they accept my NFT (nicely flossed teeth) I don't like this idea. BURN THE COMPUTERS BURN THEM ALL!
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Jul 28, 2022 06:58
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I find people are pretty loving dumb and calling them and making sure what I have to say is actually going into their thick heads is sometimes essential to getting anything done.
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Jul 28, 2022 07:16
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FYI, keeping an online presence is like a full time gig. When I was running two small businesses, it was pretty loving hard to deal with also keeping our websites up to date and dont get me started on managing social media bullshit. We were always busy with customers that it was mostly unnecessary. It really depends on the business. But maybe they just don't need or want an online presence. Also, CALL someone before you loving send an unsolicited text message. That seems like proper etiquette to me. If I get a text from a stranger instead of a call, I will ignore it. Slayerjerman fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Jul 28, 2022 |
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Jul 28, 2022 08:04
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Slayerjerman posted:FYI, keeping an online presence is like a full time gig. gently caress that, I don't answer any calls from unknown numbers because they're usually spam. Also I think unsolicited calls are far more rude than texts since the text can be answered whenever, but a call interrupts whatever the person is in the middle of.
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Jul 28, 2022 08:21
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yeah call me and die
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Jul 28, 2022 08:39
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i prefer to talk to a human being on the telephone, thereby assuring that I have reached a human being with my desired outcomes, and providing a point of contact for when they inevitably gently caress it up and i need to get in touch again.
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Jul 28, 2022 08:51
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What is this "internet" you speak of?
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Jul 28, 2022 08:58
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Internet loving sucks I'd rather offer my business to a place that still thinks it's 1869
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Jul 28, 2022 09:34
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booking dental appointments by horseback messenger
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Jul 28, 2022 09:37
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CaptainSarcastic posted:What is this "internet" you speak of? I think it's a gastropod. Proly those glowing ones at the bottom of the sea.
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Jul 28, 2022 10:44
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whenever i get a call from an unknown number i answer it and say "thank you for calling Dealer Services" so they think i'm a scam artist, and they always hang up and never call back
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Jul 28, 2022 12:24
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jimmyjams posted:what is the internet boobs
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Jul 28, 2022 12:34
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we all wish it didn’t
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Jul 28, 2022 12:48
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The internet makes you stupid
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Jul 28, 2022 12:50
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Most bosses are of the boomer generation now, which is why modern jobs suck so much.
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Jul 28, 2022 13:29
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I'm on tha internet.... posting....
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Jul 28, 2022 14:23
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I have people book consultations on the calendly acct that my boss makes me put out there. People will just not show up or show up whenever they want
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Jul 28, 2022 14:28
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Slayerjerman posted:
Are you 200 years old?
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Jul 28, 2022 14:42
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dentists are just a scam OP like chiropractors
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Nooner posted:dentists are just a scam OP like chiropractors
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Jul 28, 2022 14:45
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a dentist appointment costs $5 in most other non-western parts of the world in the west its like $900 pure scam artistry
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Jul 28, 2022 19:53
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My local gp's internet "portal" (ffs) looks like it was made in geocities, but drat its way better than dealing with ppl if i'm not in the mood.
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Jul 28, 2022 19:58
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the internet friggin blows, OP
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Jul 28, 2022 20:03
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lol nice fukcing find
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The Bloop posted:Are you 200 years old? Yes drat it, respect your elders and also stay off my lawn! Also, I've lately discovered some states consider texting messages a binding contract in some circumstances. Again, as a business owner, you've got to be extremely careful what you write in texts and/or email. Verbally discussing something via a voice call is more ambiguous for both parties involved and much harder to prove in court should some bullshit go down. I recall when Facetime was new I'd get dozens of facetime requests daily, yeah no thanks, I don't agree to video conferencing unless it's scheduled so I can be sure I've at least got pants on.
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Jul 28, 2022 20:24
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I love internet loving, it's way better than phone sex. I agree companies should switch to that.
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Mooey Cow posted:I love internet loving, it's way better than phone sex. I agree companies should switch to that. here is a guide from 1996 to help you make the switch https://archive.org/details/howtohavecybersexontheinternet1996 (nsfw)
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I don't even own an Internet
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Jul 28, 2022 20:57
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cybersex is like a series of tubes
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lol being afraid of phone calls
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Jul 28, 2022 21:35
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PICK UP THE loving PHONE
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HAM ON THE BAUD
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Jul 28, 2022 21:41
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Send a letter, op
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OP I can probably shed some light on this. It's not exactly your problem in this instance but it goes with the general gestalt of why it's so hard right now to use modern communication tools to interact with companies and corporations. I help edit papers for a professor that publishes in English, her second language, and has an editor (me) to help make the writing sound more natural. She does research primarily in the hospitality industry but customer service is a frequent topic. To give a very brief summary, bad customer service was found to be more profitable. The reason you often just can't email your complaint, wait a day or two for them to look into it and get back to you with a response addressing it is because making this process easier results in more returns/refunds/comps/etc, whereas having those stupid instant message chats or phone trees to try to get your problem resolved often ends in people doing mental math, deciding the effort/time isn't worth it, and giving up. There are entire fields devoted to looking into stuff like this and the results concerning (at least short term) profit are fairly conclusive. The point of a system is what it does. This is true for p much everything, whenever you find yourself wondering why a business/gov/whatever is doing something so obviously wrong for the clients/customers/constituents/whatever it's almost certainly because it makes them more money than doing it right.
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