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Why are Americans so stupid?
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| Djsketchbag |
Ok i don't mean to offend anyone but seriously I work in a call center for Xbox and we do Tech support for Xbox live. And we have people of all ages calling in all the time but what I find most funny is a lot of adults in the states don't know what the work Annual means these are typical responses:
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: so I will receive a bill every month?
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: so how often will I see the billing?
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: so the billing is every few months
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: what's annual mean?
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: so how often is that?
Me: You will be charged on an annual basis
American: so that's quarterly right?
like I mean this wouldn’t bug me if it was kids in grade school but these are parents calling in canceling their kids account like 40 plus .... and it's like 3-4 people a day no joke |
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| sticky_shoes |
:stongue: :stongue:
Funny stuff... |
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| dEsidEL |
hilarious .. tho i used to work in a call centre servicing Canadian banking customers and believe me, there are a lotta stupid people out here too!
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| EvilTree |
Bahahaha. That's some funny stuff.
How do you customer service reps put up with it without going nuts? |
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| Djsketchbag |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
Bahahaha. That's some funny stuff.
How do you customer service reps put up with it without going nuts? |
oh I get aggravated all the time my biggest pet peeve is having to repeat myself so after the third HUH? or WHA? I say things one word at a time and people tell me not to talk to them like they are retarded and I wish I could tell me that a non retarded person would have herd me the 1st 3 times |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Djsketchbag
lot of adults in the states don't know what the work Annual means |
Americans tend to use the modern term "yearly". "Annual" is an older English term and thus is less common. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Americans tend to use the modern term "yearly". "Annual" is an older English term and thus is less common. |
Additionally, it may be helpful to add that the US undertook to simplify the English language in the early 1900s. This effort to simplify the language is likely the reason for the dropping of terms like annual and/or annum as well as dropping the u from colour/labour/etc. and the horrific butchering of words like night and light replacing ight with ite. |
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| Djsketchbag |
| it's still funny |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Djsketchbag
it's still funny |
I don't disagree. |
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| El Kay Dee |
| its like when i called an advertising agency and asked the Art Buyer (one that buys all the media used or hires the talent to capture the media) about usage of stock images and she had no idea what that was... |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by El Kay Dee
its like when i called an advertising agency and asked the Art Buyer (one that buys all the media used or hires the talent to capture the media) about usage of stock images and she had no idea what that was... |
enjoyin the day off? |
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