Just a silly little story.

I got a call from an agent of PLDT Mydsl yesterday who informed me of a “promo” they’re offering to their current subscribers:

1 month free DSL with 1-year contract
3 months free DSL with 2-year contract

I wasn’t at all taken by their measly promo. I was expecting more in the lines of a free pc for putting up with their crap service for 2 years! They should thank Bayantel for not having their DSL available in my area or else I would have already switched a long time ago.

Going back to the story, the agent asked for my email address. I said: “andrew… at… alleba”. She interrupted me. “Ano yun sir?”. “andrew… at… a-l-l-e-b-a dot com”, I muttered. She answered, “Sir, andrew at alehba dot com? Hindi sya Yahoo?” “Hindi” “Sigurado ka sir?” “Oo” “Bago sya na email sir?” “Hindi.” “Ahh sige ok sir.”

Translation:

(agent asks for my email address)

“andrew… at… alleba”

“What’s that sir?”

“andrew… at… a-l-l-e-b-a dot com”

“Sir, andrew at alehba dot com? Is that a Yahoo! email address?”

“No.” (obviously!)

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.” (duh!)

“Is that a new email service?”

“No.” (double duh!)

“Ok sir.”

I wonder why she would think that Yahoo! is the only email service in the whole world?! Just goes to show how “world-class” PLDT is.