Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I Do Not Understand Asianeze

Just got off the phone with someone from China, Japan, Korea, or somewhere on this earth that speaks Chineze, Japaneze, Koreaneze or some kind of Asianeze, and I've got a world class headach.  Why do companies/organizations use people that do not speak English?  These people yell and speak so fast that my head feels like my brain has been assaulted by a word machine gun.

I think the first person - the voice was high pitched, but I'm not sure it was a lady.  That's OK, I'm afraid I wasn't one either.  However, I yelled back slow enough for it to understand, and after I yelled back about four times, it said - at least I think it said - that someone else would talk to me.

I waited.  Sure enough, another person came on the phone and yelled in the same Asianeze and our conversation continued.  I yelled in Southern and she yelled in bullets, high pitched bullets. 

As near as I could tell, I was being called about a new meter to check my blood sugar.  I already have the testing equipment.  I am on Medicare.  I do not want to cause Medicare any more costs than necessary.  I think I understood her to say she was calling from the American Diabetes Association.  Why do they not get someone that we can understand, that speaks English in a moderate tone of voice.  I had to hold the phone six inches from my ear to understand anything.  I'm not hard of hearing, but if you have to ask what was said again, they just yell louder.  I asked her to please slow down and not speak so loud.  Didn't help.

At the end of the second persons spiel, or rather after she got tired of us yelling back and forth, I think she said that someone else would call.  I have no idea who, why, or when. 

Whoops, the phone just rang.  I answered and when he said "Hello" I asked if he was calling from the American Diabetes Association.  "No", he said, he was calling from  the "&%&*(#&^ government grants".  I asked "WHAT grants"  he repeted "@#$)(*&E^ grants".  I asked him to spell it. He did - "@)(&*$#".  I hung up.  It was another telephone person speaking Asianeze.  At least he wasn't yelling.

Now, I have completely lost my train of thought, and have no idea of what I intended to say.  I'm going to stop and go take a pill. 

I do hope you will have a good day, and if I get another call and it's someone speaking Asianeze, I'm just gonna hang up.  Take Care, will ya?

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