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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: I survived pre-historic times today
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 09:17:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-06-07, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 23:04:28 +0000, Bruce wrote:
>> I had an ISP support person on the phone the other day. She had such a
>> severe Indian or Filipino accent that I didn't understand what she was
>> saying. So I hung up (I thought) and yelled "Speak fucking English!"
>> at the phone. After a short silence, I heard "Hello?" I hadn't hung
>> up. I continued the conversation as if nothing happened. She now spoke
>> a lot slower, which helped. After a bit more talk, my phone ran out of
>> power and hung up.
>
> My sister-in-law used to work for Sony and UAL - two full time jobs at
> the same time. Beats me how that works. She must be Superlady. Sony was
> transferring their support off-shore so she was called on to train the
> Indians with whatever training it takes to move them into a support
> role. She said it was not a very comfortable feeling training people to
> take your co-worker's job. I think in the end, Sony decided it was not a
> smart move and canned that project - but I might be wrong.
>
> Da Hawaiians don't freak out when they hear somebody speaking English
> with an accent.

I don't freak out.  In person, you can rely on lip-reading for most
of the consonants.  On the phone, people with a strong accent can
be very difficult to understand.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton