| Author | Message | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1193 Registered: 6-2008 |
Stupidity aside, I wondered if it may be more understanding than they are. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1194 Registered: 6-2008 |
And spontaneous Part II: It seems the LTPF may be too! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1537 Registered: 9-2010 |
They = H/A/M? H/A/F? Mixed? "It" = Some sort of computer related thing? LTPF = more understanding than aforementioned "they"? Who are not the LTPF members? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1195 Registered: 6-2008 |
They = H/A/M? H/A/F? Mixed? This "It" = Some sort of computer related thing? Yesish LTPF = more understanding than aforementioned "they"? Yes, and probable FA seeing your next question. Who are not the LTPF members? Well, there is a chance that some of "them" have an account on the LTPF, you never know. But "they" are only relevant as a group. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1538 Registered: 9-2010 |
group/"They" = (LTPF list of whole numbers), please? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 281 Registered: 7-2010 |
Understanding = Being able to comprehend a concept? Or being sympathetic concerning other persons' emotions and needs? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1196 Registered: 6-2008 |
Understanding = Being able to comprehend a concept? Or being sympathetic concerning other persons' emotions and needs?Only a limited number (probably on the order of 2 or 3) are directly at fault in this situation. However, "They" as a whole consists of far too many people to count. Understanding = Being able to comprehend a concept? Or being sympathetic concerning other persons' emotions and needs?This | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1197 Registered: 6-2008 |
Just FYI, I looked on "their" website and found that "they" are around 275,000 people. Not that this total number has any relevance, mind you. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 282 Registered: 7-2010 |
They = Inhibitants of a certain area? People attending an event? As spectators? As participants? An organization? A club? People who otherwise have a goal in common, such as a record? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8446 Registered: 4-2010 |
They - people who have done something in common? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1198 Registered: 6-2008 |
They = Inhibitants of a certain area?No People attending an event?No As spectators?So no As participants?and no An organization? Yesish, may mislead A club? No People who otherwise have a goal in common, such as a record? They have a goal in common, but not of this type. They - people who have done something in common?They all have defined roles in their capacity as "them", but not all the same role. Technically they did all have to do something to become "them", but there is a much more straightforward way to describe this. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 283 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is religion relevant? And there's an initiation ritual, such as being baptized? Or do you have to pass a test to become a member? Is it Mensa? Or do you have to do something to prove yourself in a way? Are fraternities relevant? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 284 Registered: 7-2010 |
Or do they simply have to hand in a membership request? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1547 Registered: 9-2010 |
Citizenship of Gregory Coke Land relevant? :-D | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1199 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is religion relevant? And there's an initiation ritual, such as being baptized? No to all Or do you have to pass a test to become a member?Potentially, though probably not, at least of the pencil-and-paper variety. And "member" is really the wrong word. Is it Mensa? No Or do you have to do something to prove yourself in a way?Yes, almost definitely, but beware FA Are fraternities relevant? No Or do they simply have to hand in a membership request?No, there is almost definitely more. And I wouldn't exactly call it a "membership request" either. Citizenship of Gregory Coke Land relevant? :-D No, ad I have no clue what that is. Hint: Most of you likely have applied to become part of a similar type of "group" as "them" at some point in your life. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1560 Registered: 9-2010 |
Citizenship of Gregory Coke Land relevant? :-D No, ad I have no clue what that is. Ask gregoryuconn, aka Mr. Koch, Mr. Coke, etc...As if calling him Mr. Coke wasn't enough, we've made a new joke. It all started with Rbruma's puzzle about changing passwords. Then it got swept up into my latest Lateral Adventure. And no, I'm not sorry, lol. *grin* Of course, should Mr. Coke ever think of a way to tease me back in return, I shall take it as my due. It's all good fun here. ~Mistress Kaylee Tonks-Lupin, Secretary of Penguin Defense in Gregory Coke Land, by order of its Grand Master, HRH Mr. Coke | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1661 Registered: 11-2003 |
Education relevant? Any physical? or mental talents? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1200 Registered: 6-2008 |
Education relevant? Any physical? or mental talents?Noish to all. Except maybe that those of "them" I dealt with seemed to lack much of the last one :-) Oh, and thanks for the clarification on the Coke Land. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8466 Registered: 4-2010 |
Darwin Awards relevant? Some other website featuring extremely stupid people? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1201 Registered: 6-2008 |
Darwin Awards relevant? Some other website featuring extremely stupid people?No. They weren't dangerously stupid, and in fact maybe not stupid at all, just not caring. Hint: The best description for their fault is "incompetence". | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 285 Registered: 7-2010 |
But I suppose they're not aware of their incompetence, are they? Do they consider their goal as something good? Maybe even something that changes the world for the better? Are politics relevant? Is environmental protection? Economics? Health? Any kind of feminism? Or the "male" variant thereof, whatever it is called? Are (online) petitions relevant? Or do they explicitly state that they don't care about... whatever? Have they made their website themselves? Or is it a website on which others post stuff about them, such as Failblog (even though I don't think that the homepage in question is Failblog). In order to become one of them, do you have to get in touch with one of them in some way? Or do you automatically become one of them once you did a certain thing even without ever having contact with any of them? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1204 Registered: 6-2008 |
But I suppose they're not aware of their incompetence, are they?No, or if they do they don't care Do they consider their goal as something good? Maybe even something that changes the world for the better? I think you have the wrong kind of "goal" in mind. Politics or philanthropy are very much OTWT. Remember, "organization" did not get a full "Yes", because there is a much better term. Are politics relevant? Is environmental protection? Economics? Health? Any kind of feminism? Or the "male" variant thereof, whatever it is called? The only one that is even remotely relevant is "economics", which gets a yope. And there is a movement called "masculism" that pushes for, e.g., fathers' custody rights, but such could not be less relevant to this puzzle. Are (online) petitions relevant?No Or do they explicitly state that they don't care about... whatever? No, such would be a VERY bad move, because... Have they made their website themselves?Yes Or is it a website on which others post stuff about them, such as Failblog (even though I don't think that the homepage in question is Failblog). No, though maybe some people have posted their bad experiences with these people on some blog. In order to become one of them, do you have to get in touch with one of them in some way? Or do you automatically become one of them once you did a certain thing even without ever having contact with any of them?No you have to apply. I don't know how demanding the process is, it probably depends what you will do for them. I don't know why you are all ignoring the obvious, at least what I think is the obvious. In what context is the word "incompetent" usually used? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 286 Registered: 7-2010 |
Are they people with a certain job? Or working for a certain institution? Are taxes relevant? Social welfare? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3083 Registered: 1-2007 |
Politicians? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1205 Registered: 6-2008 |
Are they people with a certain job? Jobs are very relevant. They don't all have the same job, but... Or working for a certain institution?The most OTRT yet, though I wouldn't call it an "institution" Are taxes relevant? Social welfare?Neither Politicians?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8500 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do they work for the same company? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1022 Registered: 9-2009 |
Do "they" belong to the same industry? Transportation maybe? IT&C? Referring to your hint above, about most of us applying to be a similar group of them: did we (likely) apply because that was a legal requirement? To protect some rights? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1206 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do they work for the same company?YES Do "they" belong to the same industry?"They" are a corporation, so yes. Transportation maybe? Yope or yesish, depending on how you define "transportation". IT&C? I assume you mean IT in the sense of information technology, in which case no. ********************RECAP********************** In some instance, a "computer-related thing" ("related" is important, as it was not a computer in the conventional sense) seemed like it could have been more understanding than a particular corporation, at least the employees I had to deal with. Then, upon posting this puzzle, there was a (joking, this time) way in which the LTPF seemed to be more understanding than them as well. But now that I know more, it turns out that it was very premature to say this, and in fact now the LTPF now "seems" to be the worst. Remember this latter connection is silly though. Apologies in advance if any of you turn out to work for this company, I trust you are not anywhere near as bad at your job as the subjects of this puzzle. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1207 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and I realize I missed the second half of Rbruma's questions, but the answer should be obvious now. Namely, most people apply to work at a company at some point in their lives because few people are permanently self-employed. I did not mean that they have applied to a company in the same industry, but it seemed everyone was making the FA that, because I didn't give "organization" a flat out "No", that "they" must be some kind of nonprofit. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8518 Registered: 4-2010 |
Transportation: of people? Of cargo? Truck drivers? Drivers of some specific vehicle? Airplanes relevant? Air mail? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1209 Registered: 6-2008 |
Transportation: of people?No Of cargo?Yes Truck drivers?Some of "them", but not all, are truck drivers. Drivers of some specific vehicle? Airplanes relevant?Not in my case at least Air mail?No, but "mail" of some type is relevant. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1689 Registered: 11-2003 |
E-mail? normal mail? documents delivered by hand? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1210 Registered: 6-2008 |
E-mail?No normal mail?Yes in the sense of physical objects being sent. But not by the postal service. documents delivered by hand?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8540 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mailing packages? Smuggling? Blackmail? Is crime relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1212 Registered: 6-2008 |
Mailing packages?This, no to rest. Smuggling? Blackmail? Is crime relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8547 Registered: 4-2010 |
A certain type of delivery relevant? Speed of delivery? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1214 Registered: 6-2008 |
A certain type of delivery relevant?Rephrase? Speed of delivery?Yesish | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 287 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did it affect something you were sending? Or something that had to be delivered to you? Was it sent too late? Or earlier than you had expected? Was it sent at all? Did it get lost? And couldn't be retrieved? Was a larger package sent to you while you weren't at home and you found out on the internet that you should go to the company's agency to get it but the delivery person failed to forward the notification to you so if you hadn't happened to track your delivery online, you would never have found out about the whole thing? (Well, it's probably not the latter but that very same thing happened to me today. Argh!) | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1215 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did it affect something you were sending?No Or something that had to be delivered to you? Was it sent too late?No Or earlier than you had expected?No Was it sent at all? Did it get lost?No And couldn't be retrieved?No Was a larger package sent to you while you weren't at home and you found out on the internet that you should go to the company's agency to get it but the delivery person failed to forward the notification to you so if you hadn't happened to track your delivery online, you would never have found out about the whole thing? This is actually quite like what happened. Except in my case it was that the company (FedEx, if you care) made no effort to arrange a way for them to actually be let into my apartment building, so they failed to deliver it three times. And sorry that something similar happened to you. It's at the point now where further exploration of the delivery is rather irrelevant. You could try and work out exactly what they did each time, but that would be boring. It's more important now to figure out WTF the "computer-related thing" is, and why it seemed "understanding". As a hint, for the original puzzle statement it is relevant only that "they" were a company that refused to address customer concerns--the fact that they are in the package delivery industry is immaterial. For the joking "addendum", the fact that they were supposed to deliver something is relevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8579 Registered: 4-2010 |
Computer-related thing - is it a computer? A part of one? A game? An accessory? Something to improve the computer? Some software? An anti-virus program? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1217 Registered: 6-2008 |
Computer-related thing - is it a computer?No A part of one?The thing to be delivered happened to be a computer part. But that has nothing to do with the "understanding" thing. A game?No An accessory?No Something to improve the computer?No Some software?Noish or Yope An anti-virus program?No "It" is only computer-related in that it is an electronic device that can be programmed. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8585 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a robot (in the lines of the FIRST competition)? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1218 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it a robot (in the lines of the FIRST competition)?No | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 298 Registered: 7-2010 |
A chip? That's part of the package, making it trackable? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1220 Registered: 6-2008 |
A chip? That's part of the package, making it trackable?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8639 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the object a motherboard? Hard drive? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1222 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the object a motherboard? Hard drive?Neither. It is not a part of a device, but a whole device. I don't actually know what it looks like, only what it does (Hint!)--though I can guess based on a similar device that many people have in their homes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8652 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it used for games? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1223 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it used for games?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8661 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it related to music? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1224 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it related to music?No Hint: Note from above that it is not something that the average person would have any need to own, though as I said above, there is a related thing that the majority of people do use. When the device is being used, the users interact with these indirectly, i.e. while not in the same room as the device. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 302 Registered: 7-2010 |
Any kind of scanner? Or camera? Something that sends information to some other device? Wireless? Is WLAN involved? Is radiation? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1225 Registered: 6-2008 |
Any kind of scanner?No Or camera?No Something that sends information to some other device?Technically yes, but beware FA Wireless?No Is WLAN involved?No Is radiation?No | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1226 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and clarification: My, well, use of the word "use" was ambiguous above. Both the home and commercial versions of the device are "used" mostly by people other than those who buy them, and this "use" takes place over a distance. So it's clearest to say that the majority of people possess the home version, but few possess the one involved in this puzzle. However, most people have "used" both types in the remote sense. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8683 Registered: 4-2010 |
Security system? Alarm? Surveillance system? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1229 Registered: 6-2008 |
Security system? Alarm? Surveillance system?No to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8688 Registered: 4-2010 |
Sprinklers? (for lawn and/or fire protection) | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2010 |
Something to do with a server? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1231 Registered: 6-2008 |
Sprinklers? (for lawn and/or fire protection) No, those are not electronic. And how would one use them from a distance? Walk by them and get sprayed to cool off? Something to do with a server?No, but they sort of play an vaguely analogous role of "servers" in a somewhat older form of communication. Remember, probably quite few people have actually bought, set up, or programmed these things (aside from the simpler home version), but nearly everyone has used someone else's in a remote manner. Keep in mind, also, the situation, which is that of dealing with a company that fails to provide a service. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 871 Registered: 5-2009 |
Older form of communication: Telegraphy? Ham radio? Another form of radio communication? Semaphores? Communication by mail? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1235 Registered: 6-2008 |
Older form of communication: Telegraphy? Ham radio? Another form of radio communication? Semaphores? Communication by mail? No to all. A little more modern than those, but older than the Internet. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 874 Registered: 5-2009 |
Telefax? Bulletin Board Systems? Mobile telephony? Another kind of telephones? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1236 Registered: 6-2008 |
Telefax? Bulletin Board Systems? Mobile telephony? Another kind of telephones? Just regular telephones, of any kind. For the form of communication, that is. So now, knowing that people interact with "it" via telephone, what might it be? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 875 Registered: 5-2009 |
Is the "home version" an answering machine? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1237 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the "home version" an answering machine?YES! Now we're getting there. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8731 Registered: 4-2010 |
Voicemail relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1239 Registered: 6-2008 |
Voicemail relevant?YES ****************RECAP****************************** Recently I had to deal with FedEx in relation to a package they failed to deliver several times. In the process, while using their automatic voicemail, I noticed something that suggested the voicemail was "more understanding" than the company's employees. The question is how? Also, after posting a puzzle about this incident (namely this one), I experienced something that (prematurely, at the time) suggested that the LTPF was also more understanding in a different way. Unlike the one with the voicemail, which could have happened just as well with any type of company, this one relied on the fact that I was expecting a delivery. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8738 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it use a voice-recognition system to place your call? Instead of a push-button one? Did the voicemail start by saying something that answered your question? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1241 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did it use a voice-recognition system to place your call? Instead of a push-button one? It did, but this alone I would definitely not consider "understanding" because those things make far more mistakes than the push-button ones. I'd much have preferred to press buttons. Did the voicemail start by saying something that answered your question?I wish it did! But no. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 877 Registered: 5-2009 |
Business hours relevant? The day and/or time FedEx tried to deliver your parcel? The abilitiy to find out where you live? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1242 Registered: 6-2008 |
Business hours relevant?Noish The day and/or time FedEx tried to deliver your parcel?This was relevant to why it took me so long to get it, and to the part about the LTPF, but not really to the part with the voicemail. The abilitiy to find out where you live?No, they knew that much. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 882 Registered: 5-2009 |
So the voicemail seemed to be understanding about something which hadn't directly to do with the delivery problems? Did it have to do with the employees efforts to solve the problems? Their understanding why it was important for you to get the parcel soon? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1243 Registered: 6-2008 |
So the voicemail seemed to be understanding about something which hadn't directly to do with the delivery problems?Yes Did it have to do with the employees efforts to solve the problems?Yesish Their understanding why it was important for you to get the parcel soon?And yesish to this too. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1250 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and I'm just realizing I may have misinterpreted the last question. At no point did the employees know, or the voicemail seem to know, what was in the package and why I needed it. But the "understanding" had something to do with expediency. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 886 Registered: 5-2009 |
Apologising for a delay relevant? Quick reaction to questions/input? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1251 Registered: 6-2008 |
Apologising for a delay relevant?Hmm... Yope or yesish. I wouldn't call it "apologizing". And it wasn't for a delay in the delivery. But OTRT. Quick reaction to questions/input? Yesish, though beware mislead. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 889 Registered: 5-2009 |
Was the delay in answering your questions or demands after the delivery failed? Admitting there was a delay relevant? Trying to speed up the action at least after they know of the delay? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1252 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the delay in answering your questions or demands after the delivery failed?Yes, this is the one that the voicemail seemed "understanding" about. Admitting there was a delay relevant?The employees admitted this, but the voicemail had no part here. Trying to speed up the action at least after they know of the delay?Depending on which "delay" you are referring to, this is relevant to either the voicemail, being understanding, or the employees NOT being understanding. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 894 Registered: 5-2009 |
So the employees, after not being able to deliver your parcel, were not able or not willing to do something to speed up the delivery? At least to answer your enquiries? While the voicemail, when it was unable to respond to your input, at least tried to solve this problem quickly? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1254 Registered: 6-2008 |
So the employees, after not being able to deliver your parcel, were not able or not willing to do something to speed up the delivery? At least to answer your enquiries?Yes While the voicemail, when it was unable to respond to your input, at least tried to solve this problem quickly? Yes. Now in what way did it "try to solve the problem", and what did this seem to be in response to? | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 42 Registered: 11-2010 |
Was the vm announcement something along the lines of 'your call is very important to us... we understand that your time is valuable... thank you for your patience'? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1257 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the vm announcement FA, I think something along the lines of 'your call is very important to us... we understand that your time is valuable... thank you for your patience'?There may have been a voice saying that at one point, but that is irrelevant to the puzzle. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8991 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is an automated service relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1273 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is an automated service relevant? If you mean like where you can request information on a package simply by typing in a tracking number, then yope or yesish, depending on how you look at it. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9013 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you make more than one call? Did the voicemail recognize who was calling (namely, you)? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1275 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did you make more than one call?In all, yes, quite a few. But I only experienced the "understanding" once. Did the voicemail recognize who was calling (namely, you)? No, but this is OTRT in that it appeared to "recognize" something. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9034 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it "recognize" a name? Auto-correct relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1278 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did it "recognize" a name? Auto-correct relevant? No to both. Hint: as to what the voicemail did after it appeared to recognize something--what is the biggest complaint many have about the inconvenience of voicemail? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9048 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it shut off? Delete a message? Refuse to record a message? Cut off the message mid-sentence? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1279 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did it shut off? Delete a message? Refuse to record a message? Cut off the message mid-sentence? FA. Maybe "voicemail" isn't exactly the write word. It was a system that asks callers what they are calling about, and either looks up the information automatically or puts callers through to customer service. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1280 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and of course I meant "the right word". I don't think I have ever mixed those up before. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9063 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it recognize topics the caller has previously called about? And puts them through to the information or customer service quicker? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1290 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does it recognize topics the caller has previously called about?No And puts them through to the information or customer service quicker?Yes to customer service. What the system did was cut past a bunch of the automated menus and get me to a live person sooner than it could have (not sooner than it should have, as it had already made a mistake). Now what did it (seem to) respond to? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9125 Registered: 4-2010 |
Your anger? At not getting good service? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1296 Registered: 6-2008 |
Your anger? At not getting good service?Yes. Now anyone want to guess why, for a moment, I thought the LTPF was understanding too? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9193 Registered: 4-2010 |
This puzzle relevant? Other puzzles? Active puzzles? Solved puzzles? Recently solved puzzles? The massive amount of solved puzzles in the active section? The chatroom? Any specific user(s) relevant? If so, [LTPF list of integers]? Or all users in general? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1299 Registered: 6-2008 |
This puzzle relevant?This, no to the others. Other puzzles? Active puzzles? Solved puzzles? Recently solved puzzles? The massive amount of solved puzzles in the active section? The chatroom? Any specific user(s) relevant? If so, [LTPF list of integers]? Or all users in general?All users are irrelevant except for myself, just because I was the one posting the puzzle. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9203 Registered: 4-2010 |
File locking errors relevant? Double posts? Did you hit a file locking error when trying to post this puzzle? Several times? And then it worked like a charm? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1302 Registered: 6-2008 |
File locking errors relevant? Double posts? Did you hit a file locking error when trying to post this puzzle? Several times? And then it worked like a charm?No to all. Remember, I said that for this part of the puzzle it IS relevant that it's about a delivery company. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9220 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is your original posting of the puzzle relevant? The puzzle title? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1306 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is your original posting of the puzzle relevant?Yes The puzzle title?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9232 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it take a long time for the puzzle to actually post? Did you become frustrated at this? But then it worked? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1308 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did it take a long time for the puzzle to actually post? Did you become frustrated at this? But then it worked?No to all(except for the fact that it did work, just as normal) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9240 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you almost forget something when posting the puzzle? Your name? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1312 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did you almost forget something when posting the puzzle? Your name?Well maybe so, but if I did it was irrelevant. Hint: I called FedEx, the automated system made an error, but then when I yelled at it, that seemed to make a live person pick up. Though that person was far from understanding. Later, while I was waiting for the package to arrive, I posted this puzzle about the above. Just as I posted the puzzle,...??? Remember also that while the first one may have really happened how it seemed, any real connection in the second part is mere illusion. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9256 Registered: 4-2010 |
...the package arrived? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1313 Registered: 6-2008 |
Close enough. *****************SPOILER**************************** As part of the very long process of trying to get FedEx to deliver my package, I called their customer service line a few times. One time, I had gotten through all the menus, and had chosen to speak to a representative, when I was informed by the automated system that the representatives were very busy, and I was asked whether I wanted to hold or use one of their automated services. Of course, I chose to hold for a representative, but despite this, the system went back to the beginning of the first menu! At this point I was very frustrated, and started cursing at the system as well as yelling my menu choices. Almost immediately, the automated voice was interrupted by a representative picking up. It may have just been that the system was holding all along, and decide to repeat the menu in the meantime just in case I changed my mind, but I wondered if they had programmed a "curse detector" that fast-tracks customers to their employees. Though the employee told me that the delivery would be reattempted, he refused to address the main issue, which is how the driver would let me know he was outside. Later that afternoon, just as I posted this puzzle, a FedEx truck drove up, but the driver left as soon as he realized there was a gate, and before I could let him in. I finally got the package the next day. |
