The Patriot Act and Customer Service

[shahani]

Operator : "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I
have your..."
Customer: "Heloo, can I order.."
Operator : "Can I have your multi purpose card number
first, Sir?"
Customer: "It's eh..., hold
on......6102049998-45-54610"
Operator : "OK... you're... Mr Knothead and you're
calling from 17 Beach Drive, Beach Point, CA 92319. Your home number is 310 42366, your office 310 7645 2302 and your mobile is 0142662566. Which number are you calling from now
Sir?"
Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone
numbers?"
Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"
Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."
Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"
Customer: "How come?"
Operator : "According to your medical records, you
have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol
level Sir"
Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"
Operator : "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll
like it"
Customer: "How do you know for sure?"
Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular
Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week
Sir"
Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size
ones then, how much will that cost?"
Operator : "That should be enough for your family of
10, Sir. The total is $49.99"
Customer: "Can I pay by credit card?"
Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash,Sir.
Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your
bank $3,720.55 since October last year. That's not
including the late payment charges on your housing
loan, Sir."
Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood
ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"
Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records,you've
reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"
Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have
the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"
Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't
wait you can always come and collect it on your
motorcycle..."
Customer: " What!"
Operator : "According to the details in system ,you
own a HD Motorcycle,...registration number WAITE 4 ME..."
Customer: " ????"
Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"
Customer: "Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving
me that 3 free bottles of Soda as advertised?"
Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your
records you're also diabetic....... "
Customer: "#$$^%&$@$%^"
Operator : "Better watch your language Sir. Remember
on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using abusive
language on a policeman... ?"
Customer: [Speechless]

(Apologies to Mr Waite )

[shahani]

Wassamatter? No one found this intriguing?

[originel]

sounds just like the patriot act to me. i think that everyone around here can at least agree that the patriot act is incredibly asinine.

[shahani]

Nope, not everyone. Some people are of the view that George Bush and his Administration are and always will be doing the right thing selflessly. For the benefit of the people here and all over the world.

They claim all criticism is from ultra-leftist people who only want to disgrace this great President and who have a hidden political agenda.

And besides, they say, Clinton was worst.

[no1_vern]

The words I never want to hear are:

HI, we're from the government, and we are here to help you...

Its been said befire again and again, so many people are willing to tade their god given rights just to have a little security.

For myself I disagree(have from the beginning) with the patriot act and think it is FAR MORE a NUISANCE to honest people than any sort of deterrance to terrorism.

[shahani]

You know, my instinctive feeling is that the present Administration is using this Patriotic Act (notice how nice it sounds) for purely political ends.

The Administration is playing with people's feelings and exploiting the events of 9/11 and its aftermath to achieve a political agenda.

[Mntsnow]

[ClubMed]

Originally posted by Mntsnow

2nd that.

[Mike]

I find that many of the people that support the Patriot Act don't fit the "profile" of people that the government would want to immediately snoop on. (Terrorist activity wise).

Then again, the Patriot Act is being used to nab hackers, crackers, and others.

[Droppyale]

hhaha that was funny