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Comedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits

(, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
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So, the shop's computers couldn't connect to the system
that processes sales and activates SIM cards?
What should they have done - given you an unregistered SIM?
Tinkering with their LAN probably wouldn't help, given that they probably needed access to a remote system.
Systems fail. You can't always get what you want. Get over it.
(, Fri 24 Feb 2012, 14:48, 2 replies)
You can't always get what you want
but if you try sometimes...
(, Fri 24 Feb 2012, 15:01, closed)
That computer had no internet connection at all.
The other one in the store did, but the salesperson that was using it didn't want to help us.
(, Fri 24 Feb 2012, 15:27, closed)
I see.
Probably could have complained and got him sacked. I doubt Vodaphone would've been to impressed with his attitude.
(, Fri 24 Feb 2012, 17:55, closed)

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