Beam Me Up, Scotty

[mysticgirl5]

A snippet from yesterday:

(I work tech support for satellite tv):

An fussy elderly woman calls up yesterday..."my local channels aren't working and there's a message on my screen that says no need to call!"
me: .....

After several minutes of me explaining to her that the local channels are out and we're working on it she complains that her satellite signal goes out whenever it there's a bad storm. After several more minutes of fruitless convo while I try to explain satellite interference to her she asks: "well, where does my satellite signal come from?"

me: Space.

SC: Is that in my county?

*headdesk*

[telecom_goddess]

"well, where does my satellite signal come from?"

me: Space.

SC: Is that in my county?

*headdesk*

Ok I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from saying seriously???? did you hear what you just said about space? The stuff that's around our planet and beyond?

[tnd777]

I think there should be a test before people can get satellite tv!!!I can't count the number of people who call stating there is no need to call we know there is a problem.

[Sedorna]

After several minutes of me explaining to her that the local channels are out and we're working on it she complains that her satellite signal goes out whenever it there's a bad storm. After several more minutes of fruitless convo while I try to explain satellite interference to her she asks: "well, where does my satellite signal come from?"

me: Space.

SC: Is that in my county?

*headdesk*

Actually, miss, it's between your ears.

[Teskeria]

lol. next time try 'outer space'

[dalesys]

lol. next time try 'outer space'

So aliens are beaming programs into my head?

I mean BBC & CBC & ...

[Andara Bledin]

An fussy elderly woman calls up yesterday..."my local channels aren't working and there's a message on my screen that says no need to call!"

That's right. It says no need to call. And we don't want you to call, either, as all that will do is waste everybody's time since we know the channels aren't working and you telling us the channels aren't working serves no useful purpose other than to kill a few more minutes of what, to you, must be a stunningly exciting day.

"well, where does my satellite signal come from?"

From a satellite, obviously.

Oh, you want to know where the satellite is, do you?

me: Space.

SC: Is that in my county?

If space were in your county, you wouldn't need a satellite to beam the signal to you and it would be called cable.

There is about a 50/50 chance I could have handled this call with aplomb versus completely snarking out at the woman and getting myself a complaint. >_>

^-.-^

[telecom_goddess]

So aliens are beaming programs into my head?

I mean BBC & CBC & ...

Star trek is being beamed to us by Vulcans I'm sure of it.

[Krysalis]

Ok I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from saying seriously???? did you hear what you just said about space? The stuff that's around our planet and beyond?

Space. The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S.S. Cerebellum. Our continuing mission, to boldly go where no SC has gone before...

...Hers had a crash on her lifelong mission, however. Or stolen by an Eymorg. Your choice.

[Zoom]

me: Space.

SC: Is that in my county?

Star Trek IXCILMX: The Undiscovered County

[Zapper]

Space is not in your county. It's actually just past the Jersey State line in little Vulcan. If you start seeing Romulans, you've gone too far.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Space is not in your county. It's actually just past the Jersey State line in little Vulcan. If you start seeing Romulans, you've gone too far.

Or as my late stepdad would have put it: it's on the other side of Durham - going thataway.

But then with him, everything was on the other side of Durham for some reason . . .

[dalesys]

But then with him, everything was on the other side of Durham for some reason . . .

No bull?