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.
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Blogieblog
and this is why u r going to win that blog award... ;)
Waltzib
It's really annoying. I got that phone call too for our news agency's account. And I went through the same ordeal.
I didn't want to put down the caller, but I asked her if she really wors with PLDT! (She spoke like she was selling lunch-in-a pack from the neighborhood cook.)
Then I remembered how we lost myDSL connection at least four times last month. Then I gave up: Yeah, I think you are from PLDT.
Now they flaunt some business value (so to speak) by pretending they are kind (with free 1 month DSL connection).
I'm sure they're dangling an offer to prevent users from leaving.
mann3r
A yahoo minded internet provider, they should know this, why dont he know an email like .pldtdsl extension? Worl class it is.