Vic Wasteland Thread

[Odium]

Telstra called me about 2 months back trying to get me to recontract... I'm 6 months out of contract with a $49 business cap that is working completely fine for me... BUT it's only got 1gb of data... Doesn't really bother me because it's bugged and excess data usage gets absorbed into the $550 of included value

The guy on the phone was about 70yo... and he kept saying how he used to work in finance... like 5 times. Good for you buddy, you're working in a call center now though, arent you?

I said to recontract they'd need to increase my data to a usable amount, at no additional cost to me.

He said it wasn't possible and that the best option for me was to buy an ADDITIONAL iPad Contract which came with XXX data/month for only $60... I kept asking if I'd be able to use the data from the ipad contract on my current phone and he kept avoiding the question. So I kept asking if I would be paying more on my phone plan each month than I am now... his response was:

"Your phone plan will stay at $49/month..."

"and how much do I have to pay for 4gb of data on the iPad?"

"Only $60..."

"On top of the cost of my phone plan?"

"Yes."

"So my request was the best option to get a bit more data than 1gb on my phone without paying anything more per month, and your response is that I should pay $109/month for additional data which I cannot use through my phone at all?"

"Yes."

"You should look into a different line of work... Finance clearly didnt work for you, and neither is this..."

*hangup*

Call center staff will say anything for a sale, but this guy was just retarded...

Was also trying to tell me that the Kogan Prepaid Mobile with 12gb of data/month for $199/year wasn't resold through the telstra network... *sigh*

/ragerant

Edit: Oh, that was a lot longer than I planned it to be... on the plus side, it's now past 5pm... HOME TIME BITCHES!

[Miguelone]

M8 everyone knows Dodo are the best, they must be cus they have heaps of ads during the day and during today tonight/home and away

[bluejeans]

f**k, i'm useless at working on cars...

you probably qualify as a mechanical engineer compared to me man..

[UNR33L]

All the software developers and programmers at my work are like silent, don't even know they exist fark working in their room

[Down_Shift]

need chemical engineering job.

need electrical engineers.

We should start our own engineering firm. SAU Engineering. lol

oh. why you learning SQL for that?

I just need to run SQL, the server.

[funkymonkey]

All the software developers and programmers at my work are like silent, don't even know they exist fark working in their room

Fuck that. We're the loudest bunch. Plus we have all the candy and Lego. Also... your office has rooms? dafuq?

[UNR33L]

f**k that. We're the loudest bunch. Plus we have all the candy and Lego. Also... your office has rooms? dafuq?

Well they have their own little area / room bit together yeh lol

They do have lolipops and jelly beans but thats about it

[kaitoukid]

Aerospace Engineering checking in for SAU Engineering lawls

[Steve37]

all this talk about engineers and shit... And im stuck working in some shitty bottle shop that im trying to get out of.

[Leroy Peterson]

you'd be surprised at how little some engineers get paid. you'll also get annoyed at how many businesses write "Engineering" on the side of their vehicles and on business cards who "engineer" stuff, but arent "engineers". like the way you could say McDonalds "engineer" the way their burgers fit into those little boxes (good old days of cardboard rings and manual wrapping, so you knew if the burgers were getting smaller, as oppose to not knowing cause the box makes that difficult). you'll also feel sick when you see people with number plates "NGNEER".

in saying that, you dont need a degree to be an engineer. and i kinda roll my eyes when i meet graduate electrical engineers who have been employed and do rotation for 2-3 years and not actually do anything or contribute to the business.

[Rekin]

you'd be surprised at how little some engineers get paid. you'll also get annoyed at how many businesses write "Engineering" on the side of their vehicles and on business cards who "engineer" stuff, but arent "engineers". like the way you could say McDonalds "engineer" the way their burgers fit into those little boxes (good old days of cardboard rings and manual wrapping, so you knew if the burgers were getting smaller, as oppose to not knowing cause the box makes that difficult). you'll also feel sick when you see people with number plates "NGNEER".

in saying that, you dont need a degree to be an engineer. and i kinda roll my eyes when i meet graduate electrical engineers who have been employed and do rotation for 2-3 years and not actually do anything or contribute to the business.

Meh, simple fix, just refer to yourself as a professional engineer. Anyways engineering is nothing special. You end up becoming a specialist in your field which limits your chances of managing/running a business as you lack the accounting/finance/relationship management skills.

Not saying its impossible, comes down to your personality and street smarts to climb out.

Doctors/lawyers specialise in their field but get paid a packet because they deal directly with individuals.

[Count Grantleyish]

you probably qualify as a mechanical engineer compared to me man..

Yeah?

[UNR33L]

harlem shake is getting out of hand

[Rekin]

harlem shake is getting out of hand

[UNR33L]

lol

Edited February 14, 2013 by UNR33L

[Rekin]

lol

should make a SAU garage cafe harlem shake.

Leigh you can put on your helment in an empty GC in your bintang singlet haha

[UNR33L]

should make a SAU garage cafe harlem shake.

Leigh you can put on your helment in an empty GC in your bintang singlet haha

haha I'm game, you organise it with the staff there for next meet

[Rekin]

haha I'm game, you organise it with the staff there for next meet

camera position at top of stairs to the toilets!

[Rekin]

lul

[UNR33L]

so many now