Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: I survived pre-historic times today Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 04:58:08 +0000 Organization: Rocksolid Light Message-ID: References: <101si9t$1l3b2$1@dont-email.me> <101ssa2$1npfv$3@dont-email.me> <101st5n$1o4vo$1@dont-email.me> <101svpe$1npfv$4@dont-email.me> <101t31c$1pd9l$1@dont-email.me> <101t7q0$1qnt7$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3632325"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="fvfMHpfyYaD/vlBz5lqYkjt6mNUTPbft/wBbWy6Ff1w"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 3a41f635759bc15db100ab3d5cacd588ab964edd X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$RtmItVNqJbexVshczF7kue5rEGzfzUaYVR5YWlkZVWyUntEEcFLwu X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 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. Lots of people talk funny on this rock. Filipino accent is not a problem - there's probably more Filipinos in Hawaii than anybody else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbd10YnuaTM