Just a silly little story.<\/p>\n
I got a call from an agent of PLDT Mydsl yesterday who informed me of a “promo” they’re offering to their current subscribers:<\/p>\n
1 month free DSL with 1-year contract
\n3 months free DSL with 2-year contract<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
Translation:<\/p>\n
(agent asks for my email address)<\/p>\n
“andrew… at… alleba”<\/p>\n
“What’s that sir?”<\/p>\n
“andrew… at… a-l-l-e-b-a dot com”<\/p>\n
“Sir, andrew at alehba dot com? Is that a Yahoo! email address?”<\/p>\n
“No.” (obviously!)<\/p>\n
“Are you sure?”<\/p>\n
“Yes.” (duh!)<\/p>\n
“Is that a new email service?”<\/p>\n
“No.” (double duh!)<\/p>\n
“Ok sir.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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