Is it me, or agents getting more stupid???

[Bee]

Since when were IT contractors employed for their communication skills? We even have retards that still believe that the UK should remain part of the EU

They should, soft skills are very important and should be tested in the interview.

PS: Be careful with the word retard.

[northernladuk]

PS: Be careful with the word retard.

It only took 1470 posts but at last something that resembles a useful comment....

[quackhandle]

Quote Originally Posted by OwlHoot A plumber near me must have had the same training.

Been blown out twice now, and no apology or even a quick call to say he couldn't make it!

Mind you, alarm bells should have rung louder as soon as he called me "buddy"!

It may sound a bit of an eccentric view, but I think there's something weird and slightly creepy when British people call one "buddy". Like "pal", it often seems like a sign of passive aggression at the very least and sometimes outright hostility, although "mate" isn't so bad.

It's "Dude" I can't stand. Your not Dennis Hopper or a Surfer or living in SanFranFookingCisco. I'll accept it from a Turtle in Finding Nemo but that's it.

qh

[OwlHoot]

It's "Dude" I can't stand. Your not Dennis Hopper or a Surfer or living in SanFranFookingCisco.
qh

WHS

But it's handy when a film character uses it in a horror film, because then you know they'll die.

And if anyone says "awesome dude", you know they will die horribly!

[vetran]

WHS

But it's handy when a film character uses it in a horror film, because then you know they'll die.

And if anyone says "awesome dude", you know they will die horribly!

same as losing your virginity, oh <Deity> AssGuru would survive a horror movie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl

[Bee]

It only took 1470 posts but at last something that resembles a useful comment....

At least I have one, but you in 28,348 comments you have zero.

[BrilloPad]

It only took 1470 posts but at last something that resembles a useful comment....

Maybe Bee is listening to you?

[OwlHoot]

At least I have one, but you in 28,348 comments you have zero.

Christ in twelve found truth in all but one: I in twelve thousand none

Shakespeare - Richard II

[Agent]

Look mate, I pay your mortgage. I know how you operate. Don't try your sales pitch here. You're wasting your time, and TIME IS MONEY.

Not true, I paid off my mortgage when I was in my 30's..

[SueEllen]

Not true, I paid off my mortgage when I was in my 30's..

You don't have more houses then?