Bloody foreign call centres

I have had that ...

caller: I'm calling from Seeeeeurge software me: sorry, who? caller: seeeaeaeaeurge, ye know?

repeat until penny drops

me: Oh you mean Sage? caller: yes seeeeeurge, I'm calling about your payroll software

You must have made that up! Nobody says "know" up here - it's "knaa" or "noah" if we're being polite to soft Southerners.

John M

You must have made that up! Nobody says "know" up here - it's "knaa" or "noah" if we're being polite to soft Southerners.

Isn't it wonderful that the Queens English is spoken by the Queen......In the South..... She must be soft then

That Shappi Khorsandi made me laugh;

"I'm going to India on holiday next week & I wanted to know what the weather was like. So I phoned my bank."

Ah damned cunning these Tyne and Wear folk you know.

Brian

But if a white male made that joke it would probably be racist.

I'm almost tempted to phone National Rail Enquiries for times and fares on the Venkatadri Express and see what happens.

Owain

Why?

What is a "soft Southerner"?

Because some people are humourless and easily offended.

Owain

All of them.

That's true, but it doesn't really answer my question.

Because the political correctness "industry" is monstrously hypocritical.

A Pakistani friend of mine, who has made comment on similar matters in the past, would point out that Shappi is Iranian, hence she is from an Indian point of view a Westerner with more in common with Europe than India. Therefore comments she makes about India would be seen as being as offensive as if made by a white, male, comedian.

OTOH the same person thought that British racist jokes were very funny. Either because they showed the "comedian" to be ignorant or highlighted how clever the "paki" subject of the joke was.

I used to have the same problem when call centres were based in Northern Ireland. OTOH, I had no problems with the ones in Glasgow.

Colin Bignell

Most unhelpful, Our Steve. You'll have to be more specific.

When you bite their heads off, you find a soft centre that's runny.

South of Watford Gap if you live in Yorkshire. South of Hadrians Wall if you live in Scotland.

I see. So Northerners are made of wood, or some other material that goes "boing!" when you hit it?

Mmmm. Some logical inconsistency here. And what does "soft" refer to?