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AJ Dual

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"We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« on: September 13, 2011, 08:56:37 AM »
I love working with our international clients.  =D

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Re: "We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 09:38:31 AM »
" I call for interface down."
"Which one?"
"Yes"
"Which interface?"
"Yes"
"Ok. So an interface is down. Which one?"
"Yes"
 ;/
"Could you e-mail me the info?"
"Yes"
"My e-mail addy is..."
"Yes."

Vendor got into some hot water over that call. Folks get testy over billing interfaces, particularly when it's A/R.
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Re: "We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 11:22:12 AM »
I work for a foreign multi-national company.  On conference calls or when dealing with some customers, "I" frequently am the foreigner. 

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Re: "We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2011, 12:46:03 PM »
"My name is Peggy. How I help, please..."

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Re: "We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 05:07:58 PM »
As somebody currently evaluating cloud providers to move our hosting environment to this terrifies me.

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Re: "We make some maintenance on the system please..."
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 08:12:58 PM »
As somebody currently evaluating cloud providers to move our hosting environment to this terrifies me.

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