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Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: Peter on 12 April, 2021, 04:41:20 pm

Title: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Peter on 12 April, 2021, 04:41:20 pm
I just phoned im my meter-reading to e-on.  Their system needs refining slightly: after I'd given the figures via the keypad on my fern, I was automatedly thanked but instead of that being the end of it, I was transferred to a customer service "operative".  Her refined South African accent didn't fool me and we swapped anecdotes (but not bank details).  What astonished me was that she was actually IN Cape Town answering the call.
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Kim on 12 April, 2021, 05:53:23 pm
That's about as astonishing as the YACF server being in Spain.  It's all just packets, so you can have a call centre wherever is convenient.
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 12 April, 2021, 07:53:03 pm
But what about our borders? I must say I am not sure that I like the idea of someone in Cape Town knowing much energy I have used. Have we forgotten about the Boers already?
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 April, 2021, 07:55:33 pm
Forgotten about the beers? The pubs are open again!
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 12 April, 2021, 07:57:58 pm
De Beers? You don’t drink Double Diamond? :sick:
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Pickled Onion on 12 April, 2021, 08:22:42 pm
Quote from: Kim on 12 April, 2021, 05:53:23 pm
That's about as astonishing as the YACF server being in Spain.  It's all just packets, so you can have a call centre wherever is convenient.

One of the shallots lives on a mountain in Colombia1. Her job is teaching Chinese school children2 for a company is in Seattle3 who pay dollars into an account in Madrid, which she draws out of an ATM in Armenia4. As Kim says, the voles can go anywhere nowadays.

1 The country, not the state
2 In China
3 ,WA
4 The city, not the country
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Peter on 12 April, 2021, 08:38:49 pm
People - I didn't say it was astonishing.  I said it astonished ME.  Not the same thing at all.
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 April, 2021, 08:44:26 pm
Quote from: Pickled Onion on 12 April, 2021, 08:22:42 pm
Quote from: Kim on 12 April, 2021, 05:53:23 pm
That's about as astonishing as the YACF server being in Spain.  It's all just packets, so you can have a call centre wherever is convenient.

One of the shallots lives on a mountain in Colombia1. Her job is teaching Chinese school children2 for a company is in Seattle3 who pay dollars into an account in Madrid, which she draws out of an ATM in Armenia4. As Kim says, the voles can go anywhere nowadays.

1 The country, not the state
2 In China
3 ,WA
4 The city, not the country
Is she also in the United States of Colombia?1

1These ones. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Colombia)
Title: Re: Long-Distance Energy
Post by: Peter on 13 April, 2021, 02:18:14 pm
In further news:

I've just received a letter from my local council (Rochdale) about shielding.  It's from Motherwell........ .