Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Struggles in Tech Support with JBell

The following is based on a true story. The names and identities of people have been changed for their protection.

Heres a collection of AIM chats which form my epic battle with Company X
ElJeasel: get this
ElJeasel: So I get a call last week from a lady saying shes from Company X
ElJeasel: saying they are getting weird email responses from me
ElJeasel: "thats funny, you guys havent even emailed me once"
ElJeasel: "wait, so your email isnt justin.bell@gmail.com?"
ElJeasel: "no, its justinibell@gmail.com. Easy mistake."
ElJeasel: "ok, great, youll receive your emails now at justin.bell@gmail.com"
ElJeasel: "no, its justin-I-bell@gmail.com"
ElJeasel: "oh right, sorry"

ElJeasel: Fast Foward to today - so i go to log in to Company X's website
ElJeasel: justinibell@gmail.com
ElJeasel: hmm, thats fine, ill do the username recovery
ElJeasel: so I get a response at my justinibell@gmail.com email account telling me my username is justin.bell@gmail.com
ElJeasel: HA
ElJeasel: HA
ElJeasel: HA


ElJeasel: so i go to log in, and i just my standard password
ElJeasel: error
ElJeasel: shit, ok, ill just use the password recovery
ElJeasel: Security Question: foo
ElJeasel: you gotta be fucking kidding me
ElJeasel: foo?
ElJeasel: WHAT THE FUCK IS FOO?

ElJeasel: so i guess foo-L
ElJeasel: nope
ElJeasel: foo-D
ElJeasel: nope
ElJeasel: i call tech support for company X. The lady tells me to call some dude, thomas, at another number
ElJeasel: and hes like oh wow, this is messed up i see your security question, what is foo?ElJeasel: "I dont know thomas, maybe you could help me out"
ElJeasel: "are you military by any chance?"
ElJeasel: "no, thomas, i am not military"
ElJeasel: "cause the answer is bar"
ElJeasel: "foo-bar? thats not even FUBAR, even FUBAR is messed up?"

ElJeasel: you know what fubar means?
ElJeasel: Fucked Up Beyond All Repair
ElJeasel: top that

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