Your know YOUR RIGHT

[Becks]

casually ask her what her e-mail address is--I knew it. @aol.com. All of them are. Idiots.

Really? I think I'll have to ask around later to see if I'm an idiot.

[Primer]

I did not realize there were so many Austinites on CS... How about Airport, Lamar and Guadalupe...all heading north-south, and all intersecting each other.

[Magpie]

back when i was in the navy ... if someone was going to the left instead of the right we'd say "no, your other right". heh

The shirts the ceili group puts out have the sleeves labelled "left" and "other left". I personally think it's cruel to wear them to the ceilis, because it's hard enough to keep track of which way to go without the shirts throwing you off.

[EricKei]

When people ask me or try to give directions to me in "North" "South" "East" "West" I just look at them

You just described my entire home town. Instead of those four directions, we have, respectively, "towards tha lake", "towards tha river", "towards tha city/Quarter", and "towards tha airport".

Hey Treasure? If it makes you feel any better I live near the intersection of 45North and I-35 North. And yes, it's a right angle intersection.

And here, you reach the Westbank (of the River) by going South along I-10 East...

I live in Ga where there is a Highway 285 starts going South, then East, then North..you get the idea. It's one huge circle that never ends.

I'm not sure if we have loops here, but we do have the other type of "3 digit interstate" -- Spurs. One of them breaks off from I-10 in order to bypass Downtown, then melds back into I-10 a few miles later.

[MickiGa1]

I live in Ga where there is a Highway 285 starts going South, then East, then North..you get the idea. It's one huge circle that never ends. So, with all the people who wrote they also have problems like the woman on the phone....How many of you are considered Southern? I'm only 39, so I guess I have 11 years before I turn stupid trying to buy ugly clothes. Glad I got the heads up not to try that on my computer.

[Exaspera]

Military Right!

[PepperElf]

back when i was in the navy ... if someone was going to the left instead of the right we'd say "no, your other right". heh

[Skeksin]

Yar matey! Do ye be seein the bar with "Login" on the top o' the screen on the starboard side?

[Moggie]

I can tell you North/South bound on the highway/freeway/interstate, but I usually can't tell you East/West on those roads... I suppose that it doesn't help much that where I live we have 3 N/S hwy's that all intersect... how I can i be going NORTH on 183, make a RIGHT TURN and be going NORTH on I-35??

Hey Treasure? If it makes you feel any better I live near the intersection of 45North and I-35 North. And yes, it's a right angle intersection.

[XCashier]

But aside from that, left and right are EVIL. After all, every time you turn around they change!

That's why I usually say "north, south, east, west" when giving directions. They are always the same. Yet so many people Just Don't Get It.

When people ask me or try to give directions to me in "North" "South" "East" "West" I just look at them (or the phone) and tell them "I'm a girl, try that again - I need Landmarks" and its true, women's brains don't think in cardinal directions naturally, men's do, we have to be taught,

Um, I'm female too, and I've never had a problem with NSEW. I think it's an individual thing, not a gender thing.

[Magpie]

When people ask me or try to give directions to me in "North" "South" "East" "West" I just look at them (or the phone) and tell them "I'm a girl, try that again - I need Landmarks" and its true, women's brains don't think in cardinal directions naturally, men's do, we have to be taught,

Whoops, I'd better get to the doctor's .

[Treasure]

I have to admit that I'm one of those who are "directionally challenged", which is one of the reason why I don't drive, and makes it frustrating for me when I get asked questions such as "Is Macy's at the east or west end of the mall?", or "Is your church on the north or south side of "X street"?

When people ask me or try to give directions to me in "North" "South" "East" "West" I just look at them (or the phone) and tell them "I'm a girl, try that again - I need Landmarks" and its true, women's brains don't think in cardinal directions naturally, men's do, we have to be taught,

I can tell you North/South bound on the highway/freeway/interstate, but I usually can't tell you East/West on those roads... I suppose that it doesn't help much that where I live we have 3 N/S hwy's that all intersect... how I can i be going NORTH on 183, make a RIGHT TURN and be going NORTH on I-35??

and when giving directions, even over the phone, i will gesture with my hands towards the direction of the turn, and i'll make the gesture several times before i actually commit to "right" or "left" - i even turn around, so that i'm facing the direction i'm telling them to come from...*usually only for on the phone*

[Exaspera]

OMG that's brilliant!

Spatial recognition is one of those things that you either can or can't. There's not much grey area. It's like doing the Vulcan salute. Did you know that only about 50% of people can do that? It's not a special skill or anything. It's just something you have a fifty-fifty chance of being able to do

Granted, I can sit here pretty confident in saying that, since I *do* have spatial recognition, but only VISUALLY (plop me down inside a building, and I couldn't tell you if my life depended on it which way the street is! I've only just figured out now, after they've lived there for 30 years, which room is above me when I'm in my parents' basement!).

I too, am geographically challenged. Got one of the first GPSs when they came out , saved me lots of hours of a tour when I moved here.

But I can only do the Vulcan salute with my left hand.

[tollbaby]

When I first learned to drive, I had trouble differentiating left from right without holding up my palms...then a friend told me that "Lights are on the Left side; Radio on the Right". Never had a problem after that.

OMG that's brilliant!

Spatial recognition is one of those things that you either can or can't. There's not much grey area. It's like doing the Vulcan salute. Did you know that only about 50% of people can do that? It's not a special skill or anything. It's just something you have a fifty-fifty chance of being able to do

Granted, I can sit here pretty confident in saying that, since I *do* have spatial recognition, but only VISUALLY (plop me down inside a building, and I couldn't tell you if my life depended on it which way the street is! I've only just figured out now, after they've lived there for 30 years, which room is above me when I'm in my parents' basement!).

[Hyndis]

Sadly, I get those exact same calls on an hourly basis.

To submit a warranty claim you must create a support ticket on our website. The phone is only for tech support. No warranty can be done over the phone. You MUST create a ticket.

Yes you do need internet access. Its just right on our homepage. No, our homepage. Are you on our homepage? Go back to the homepage. No, thats not the homepage. Go to the homepage.

Its on the lower center of the homepage. Lower center. Its towards the middle. Do you see the middle of the homepage? Look towards the middle. Then look a little bit lower. It says create support ticket. Do you see that?

No, thats not the middle. Thats the right edge of the webpage. You want the middle. Yes...no, thats the bottom. The link you want says create support ticket. You want the lower center of our homepage. No, thats the left side of the webpage. You want to look at the center.

Good. Now just look down a little bit from the center. It says create support ticket.

Good! Now just fill out the information requested and submit the ticket.

The ticket is self explanatory. You just put in the information it asks for each box. Like where it says name, you put your name. Do you see the text above each box? That tells you what you need to type into each box.

Fill out each box with the information requested. Yes, you need to put your name there. Where it says phone number you need to put your phone number. We need this information to process your warranty claim. We need all of it.

You have to explain what problem you're having. The box says problem description. Describe your problem? No you don't need to tell me, type it in the box. Describe what problem you are having with the product in the box.

Yes you need to explain whats going on. I can't help you, you need to write it in the box. The person who processes the claim sees that. (A lie, odds are I'll eventually get the warranty claim myself, but I am NOT doing it over the phone.) Yes put down everything.

...

Just put down everything you just told me. Write it down in the box.

When you're done click the submit button. Its at the end of the form. No, not at the bottom of the webpage. Its just below the last box you filled in. Its below where you typed your problem description. Do you see the submit button? Okay? Click it.

It will say submitted.

Just like what the instructions on the page now say you will receive an email contact. Sir, you have to check your email. Sir, please just read the webpage. All of the instructions will be sent to you. Sir, can you please stop interrupting. Just read what the web page says.

Just like it says, you will get the instructions in your email. Yes you need to check your email. No I can't process it right now. I can't do that.

We have to process each claim in the order in which they're received. I cannot process your claim right now. I'm sorry but I cannot do that.

Sir our policy is that you must submit the claim online and wait for an email response. Just wait. You don't need to do anything, just wait a bit longer.

No, just wait. You will get a response soon.

Sir you only submitted the claim a few minutes ago. They haven't gotton to it yet. No I cannot process it now. You will be contacted as soon as possible.

Sir, I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can do. You submitted the claim and just wait for a response now. Okay? ISHTEREANYTHINGELSEICANDOFORYOU?NO?ALRIGHTHAVEAGOO DDAYBYEBYE/click.





I get that call on a nearly hourly basis.