More Quality Control Issues
Friday, 21 March 2008 12:22![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dr_phil_physicsMea Culpa
Right after I'd posted my entry the other day on quality control issues and shut down the laptop for the night I realized that I had included one item I was going to rant on later and forgot another I had planned on including. So, now that I have another issue, I can at least go back and correct the latter. (grin)
The Most Useless Voicemail Message
When I got to my office this morning, the little message light on my phone was lit. I've discussed before that the campus voicemail system hates me and that I never know how old the message might be. So having a voicemail message is always an adventure. Playing the message I got a woman's voice in mid-blather about something to do with insurance and a helpful comment that if I did not want to be included in these offers anymore, I should press "9" and follow the instructions.
Okay, first of all, you idiots messed up big time with having a recorded robocall calling a voice mailbox. Worse, your system didn't stop to pause while the university's voicemail system and my greeting message were talking. And it certainly didn't bother to wait for a beep. As a result, I received absolutely no information from this message and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it was about.
Second, basic phone message etiquette suggests you repeat the name and phone number at the end. Not that I care one twit about who this call was from or what it was about anyways, since as a part-timer I have no insurance relationship with the university.
Third, pressing "9" in the middle of the playback of a voicemail message is decidedly NOT going to do anything useful. It is certainly not going to dial back the robocall machine and get back into its switchboard.
Sheesh. Inspires a lot of confidence in an insurance company when they swing and miss so badly. (triple-redundant-grin)
Extra Wide
The other day I noticed there was a half-inch wide crease running down the middle of the current toilet paper roll. Somehow the paper got folded during the manufacturing process -- a clear quality control issue. (double-folded-grin) Unfolding this pleat made the sheets of toilet paper (a) about an inch wider than usual and (b) therefore rectangular. Not sure if there's a pressing need (pun not intended) for extra-wide toilet paper, but it's strange that it looked very odd. You deal with something like t.p. every day of your life and with one little change, it takes on a new characteristic and looks "wrong."
One wonders if t.p. rolls are sold by weight or number of sheets.
Dr. Phil
Right after I'd posted my entry the other day on quality control issues and shut down the laptop for the night I realized that I had included one item I was going to rant on later and forgot another I had planned on including. So, now that I have another issue, I can at least go back and correct the latter. (grin)
The Most Useless Voicemail Message
When I got to my office this morning, the little message light on my phone was lit. I've discussed before that the campus voicemail system hates me and that I never know how old the message might be. So having a voicemail message is always an adventure. Playing the message I got a woman's voice in mid-blather about something to do with insurance and a helpful comment that if I did not want to be included in these offers anymore, I should press "9" and follow the instructions.
Okay, first of all, you idiots messed up big time with having a recorded robocall calling a voice mailbox. Worse, your system didn't stop to pause while the university's voicemail system and my greeting message were talking. And it certainly didn't bother to wait for a beep. As a result, I received absolutely no information from this message and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it was about.
Second, basic phone message etiquette suggests you repeat the name and phone number at the end. Not that I care one twit about who this call was from or what it was about anyways, since as a part-timer I have no insurance relationship with the university.
Third, pressing "9" in the middle of the playback of a voicemail message is decidedly NOT going to do anything useful. It is certainly not going to dial back the robocall machine and get back into its switchboard.
Sheesh. Inspires a lot of confidence in an insurance company when they swing and miss so badly. (triple-redundant-grin)
Extra Wide
The other day I noticed there was a half-inch wide crease running down the middle of the current toilet paper roll. Somehow the paper got folded during the manufacturing process -- a clear quality control issue. (double-folded-grin) Unfolding this pleat made the sheets of toilet paper (a) about an inch wider than usual and (b) therefore rectangular. Not sure if there's a pressing need (pun not intended) for extra-wide toilet paper, but it's strange that it looked very odd. You deal with something like t.p. every day of your life and with one little change, it takes on a new characteristic and looks "wrong."
One wonders if t.p. rolls are sold by weight or number of sheets.
Dr. Phil
