# Opportunity lost **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [July 20, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439 "2016-07-20T01:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/1 "2016-07-20T01:23:27Z")
Darn! I really wanted another shot to mess with these guys. So…we got one of those calls from ‘microsoft’, saying there is something wrong with a windows computer, at our office number. Did I mention I work in an IT office? Well the call got routed to me (per the receptionist, Steve will _love_ taking this call), and hit my phone button to record the call (you know, for posterity), but about 20 seconds in the call was lost…sigh. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![ketter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@ketter](https://forums.suse.com/u/ketter)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/2 "2016-07-20T01:29:15Z")
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:23:27 GMT, “Stevo” [steveSPAM@LESSccgov.net](mailto:steveSPAM@LESSccgov.net) wrote: [color=blue] > Darn! I really wanted another shot to mess with these guys. > > So…we got one of those calls from ‘microsoft’, saying there > is something wrong with a windows computer, at our office number. > > Did I mention I work in an IT office? > > Well the call got routed to me (per the receptionist, Steve will _love_ > taking this call), and hit my phone button to record the call (you > know, for posterity), but about 20 seconds in the call was > lost…sigh.[/color] Bummer. That would have been fun! Ken * * * Create and vote for enhancements! [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/3 "2016-07-20T01:44:33Z")
KeN Etter sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Bummer. That would have been fun! > Ken > > * * * > > Create and vote for enhancements! > [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html)[/color] So my response to KeN’s comment is… Yep, was kinda fun when they called me at home, wanted another shot as I didn’t go crazy with messing with them, just acted like an idiot user for 5 minutes or so before mentioning the computer was linux (but said way incorrectly) and they got mad and hung up. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/4 "2016-07-20T05:54:08Z")
Oh, drat! that could have been great fun! 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/5 "2016-07-20T14:45:22Z")
On 19/07/2016 23:44, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Yep, was kinda fun when they called me at home, wanted another shot as > I didn’t go crazy with messing with them, just acted like an idiot user > for 5 minutes or so before mentioning the computer was linux (but said > way incorrectly) and they got mad and hung up.[/color] Had one recently; told them I didn’t HAVE a computer, was told “you are son of bitch” (imagine the appropriate near eastern accent there) and hung up on… Was surprised at the comment given I didn’t string them along, but just wanted my phone/life back. Had one a few months prior, where my response was “Well hello! I work for Microsoft too - what division are you in?” to which the response was a fairly hasty hangup… ---
**Author:** ![ketter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@ketter](https://forums.suse.com/u/ketter)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/6 "2016-07-20T17:11:07Z")
On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:45:22 GMT, Dave Howe [DaveHowe@invalid.dom](mailto:DaveHowe@invalid.dom) wrote: [color=blue] > On 19/07/2016 23:44, Stevo wrote:[color=green] > > > Yep, was kinda fun when they called me at home, wanted another shot as > > I didn’t go crazy with messing with them, just acted like an idiot user > > for 5 minutes or so before mentioning the computer was linux (but said > > way incorrectly) and they got mad and hung up.[/color] > > Had one recently; told them I didn’t HAVE a computer, was told “you are > son of bitch” (imagine the appropriate near eastern accent there) and > hung up on… Was surprised at the comment given I didn’t string them > along, but just wanted my phone/life back. > > Had one a few months prior, where my response was “Well hello! I work > for Microsoft too - what division are you in?” to which the response was > a fairly hasty hangup… > [/color] Good ones! * * * Create and vote for enhancements! [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/7 "2016-07-20T19:43:03Z")
Susan sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Oh, drat! that could have been great fun! :)[/color] So my response to Susan’s comment is… I know, I was kind bummed about it. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/8 "2016-07-20T19:43:37Z")
Dave Howe sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Had one recently; told them I didn’t HAVE a computer, was told “you > are son of bitch” (imagine the appropriate near eastern accent there) > and hung up on… Was surprised at the comment given I didn’t string > them along, but just wanted my phone/life back.[/color] So my response to Dave’s comment is… Wow, they cussed you out for not having a computer? That’s a new one. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/9 "2016-07-21T02:34:38Z")
On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:43:37 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Dave Howe sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Had one recently; told them I didn’t HAVE a computer, was told “you are > > son of bitch” (imagine the appropriate near eastern accent there) > > and hung up on… Was surprised at the comment given I didn’t string > > them along, but just wanted my phone/life back.[/color] > > So my response to Dave’s comment is… > > Wow, they cussed you out for not having a computer? That’s a new one.[/color] Heh, reminds me of someone I knew in high school - got a call from a survey company, and the first question was “how many phones do you have in your home?” She answered “zero”. 🙂 Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/10 "2016-07-21T16:38:46Z")
Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Heh, reminds me of someone I knew in high school - got a call from a > survey company, and the first question was “how many phones do you > have in your home?” > > She answered “zero”. 🙂 > > Jim[/color] So my response to Jim’s comment is… HA! That’s awesome! I read a story somewhere about a guy got a call from one of those hacker / spammers wanting to ‘help them fix their corrupt computer’. He tells them to hang on and he’ll get his son as the son is more technically savvy, caller gets all excited. Guy proceeds to hand the phone to his 5 year old, telling the kid it’s Batman on the phone. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opportunity-lost/28439/11 "2016-07-22T02:14:35Z")
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:38:46 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Heh, reminds me of someone I knew in high school - got a call from a > > survey company, and the first question was “how many phones do you have > > in your home?” > > > > She answered “zero”. 🙂 > > > > Jim[/color] > > So my response to Jim’s comment is… > > HA! That’s awesome! > > I read a story somewhere about a guy got a call from one of those hacker > / spammers wanting to ‘help them fix their corrupt computer’. > > He tells them to hang on and he’ll get his son as the son is more > technically savvy, caller gets all excited. > > Guy proceeds to hand the phone to his 5 year old, telling the kid it’s > Batman on the phone.[/color] LOL, love it 🙂 – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner