The Dispatcher from the Black Lagoon

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  • Stirton.M
    All things Konica Minolta

    1,000+ Posts
    • Oct 2009
    • 1804

    #16
    D_L_P

    Gotta like that sig. That conversation was hilarious.....heh
    "Many years ago I chased a woman for almost two years, only to discover that her tastes were exactly like mine: we both were crazy about girls."
    ---Groucho Marx


    Please do not PM me for questions related to Konica Minolta hardware.
    I will not answer requests or questions there.
    Please ask in the KM forum for the benefit of others to see the question and give their input.

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    • vigour
      Service Manager

      1,000+ Posts
      • Aug 2010
      • 1038

      #17
      Two days ago a call shows up in French for a postal code 400 miles away in another city.
      I texted the dispatcher saying "You need to send me a plane ticket to do this call"
      half hour later she replied (I dont understand).
      so i say where is postal code xxxxxx
      she said south montreal.
      I say, I do not think I service that area.

      4 hours later she said "I just figured out your joke"

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      • prntrfxr
        Service Manager

        1,000+ Posts
        • Apr 2008
        • 1622

        #18
        D_L_P

        Gotta like that sig. That conversation was hilarious.....heh
        That was one of my favorites too. I just love that guy's posts. Don't understand why some don't like him, but that's just me.
        Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!".

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        • mo0651
          Service Manager

          1,000+ Posts
          • Apr 2009
          • 1054

          #19
          Have been working on a machine, when another tech walked in the door. Just said Hi!

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          • mojorolla
            The Wolf

            2,500+ Posts
            • Jan 2010
            • 2609

            #20
            Our dispatcher tried to send a tech to an account on the St. Patricks day parade route. Good luck finding a parking spot!
            Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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            • KenB
              Geek Extraordinaire

              2,500+ Posts
              • Dec 2007
              • 3944

              #21
              Originally posted by prntrfxr
              That was one of my favorites too. I just love that guy's posts. Don't understand why some don't like him, but that's just me.
              After all, free entertainment is hard to find!
              “I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins

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              • mrwho
                Major Asshole!

                Site Contributor
                2,500+ Posts
                • Apr 2009
                • 4299

                #22
                Never had any problem with dispatchers in my life. They either knew about everything they needed to know or, if not, they would ask someone who knew about it. Oftentimes they would even ask about my opinion on it.
                ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
                Mascan42

                'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'

                Ibid

                I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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                • smostyn
                  Technician
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 18

                  #23
                  Originally posted by WOETC
                  Sent to a job at an address like 2466 Ipswich road. No street numbers on a major road with commercial properties. You finally figure out it's in the shopping centre with 40 businesses., and the name of the company is foxworth pty Ldt ( or something like that) whichj is the registered company name, not the Trading name, and no one knows who the hell that is.
                  Yep, I have had one of those too. I recall being sent to 3480 Gold Coast Hwy.... what suburb? She had no idea.

                  I have seen some dead set angry women in that role too. Some techs get driven all over the place because she didnt like them for what ever reason. Not good at all.

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                  • Jules Winfield
                    Senior Tech

                    500+ Posts
                    • Jul 2009
                    • 821

                    #24
                    We had this dispatcher broad for a while that use to let customer calls ring and ring until they hung up while she talked on the phone to her Mom, her friends, her Realtor... Total waste of space...
                    But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard... to be the Shepherd.

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                    • Lagonda
                      Service Manager

                      Site Contributor
                      1,000+ Posts
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 1649

                      #25
                      Originally posted by smostyn
                      I have seen some dead set angry women in that role too. Some techs get driven all over the place because she didnt like them for what ever reason.
                      Hmm, I think she worked here for a while, just look at her funny and you were sent from Cleveland to Ipswich via Caboolture!

                      And keep an eye on the snack machine, if the women start raiding it for chocolate mid morning it means the hormones are on the rise again and its time for any sensible man to keep his head down and keep out of sight.
                      At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.

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                      • RRodgers
                        Service Manager

                        1,000+ Posts
                        • Jun 2009
                        • 1947

                        #26
                        Originally posted by jimbo1
                        Apologies to those who are of have been dispatchers.

                        This one is for dispatchers who. as you can tell rom the title, need their own horror movie.

                        Like the one who sent me 25 miles out of the way to a call because it was only just "right there" on his map!

                        Next!

                        I ended up marrying one of my dispatchers.
                        Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.

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                        • mikadonovan
                          Senior Tech

                          Site Contributor
                          2,500+ Posts
                          • May 2008
                          • 2931

                          #27
                          Originally posted by RRodgers
                          I ended up marrying one of my dispatchers.
                          Me too.
                          NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING

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                          • blackcat4866
                            Master Of The Obvious

                            Site Contributor
                            10,000+ Posts
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 23008

                            #28
                            So it was no great stretch. She was already telling you what to do, and where to go. =^..^=
                            If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                            1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                            2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                            3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                            4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                            5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                            blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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                            • Jules Winfield
                              Senior Tech

                              500+ Posts
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 821

                              #29
                              Originally posted by blackcat4866
                              So it was no great stretch. She was already telling you what to do, and where to go. =^..^=
                              Kind of a warped view of marriage. Poor guys...
                              But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard... to be the Shepherd.

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                              • mikadonovan
                                Senior Tech

                                Site Contributor
                                2,500+ Posts
                                • May 2008
                                • 2931

                                #30
                                I don't know. been together 22 years now. BUT, since she works for another company now, I get to call all of the shots. By the way, that's a huge lie.
                                NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING

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