bear
08-21-2006, 03:26 PM
I've been travelling lately as part of my job (one of many), and spend my weekends selling items from an outdoor booth. It's a large structure, complete with phone line for charges and newly installed DSL (3Mbit down, 768K up). Starting Saturday night, there was noise on the line and I couldn't get connected. Called support, who told me the technicians couldn't get to it before Monday, even for a biz line.
I need the line for credit cards on Sunday, and there was so much noise I couldn't get a dial tone...so I'm in trouble.
Sure enough, the day progresses and no change. The phone under the desk is checked every so often to see if it works...no good. My sales help starts joking about their support being squirrels (with little tool belts...it was a *really* slow Sunday for us ;) and we were getting a little punchy), and we have a bit of a laugh and forget about it.
Event closes at 7 PM, we pack, and the phone is still not working. One of the staff goes to close the storeroom door, and out from under the door next to it shoots a squirrel at high speed....:out: he zigs and zags between our feet, and proceeds to run up the nearby hill. In stunned disbelief, one of the staff jokes: "I wonder if he finished fixing the phone?".
Tried it...and it now worked, static free. :think:
Who knew they had day jobs?
I need the line for credit cards on Sunday, and there was so much noise I couldn't get a dial tone...so I'm in trouble.
Sure enough, the day progresses and no change. The phone under the desk is checked every so often to see if it works...no good. My sales help starts joking about their support being squirrels (with little tool belts...it was a *really* slow Sunday for us ;) and we were getting a little punchy), and we have a bit of a laugh and forget about it.
Event closes at 7 PM, we pack, and the phone is still not working. One of the staff goes to close the storeroom door, and out from under the door next to it shoots a squirrel at high speed....:out: he zigs and zags between our feet, and proceeds to run up the nearby hill. In stunned disbelief, one of the staff jokes: "I wonder if he finished fixing the phone?".
Tried it...and it now worked, static free. :think:
Who knew they had day jobs?