I just had the most unprofessional exchange with a recruiter in e-mail.

Recruiter: Good Morning. I ran across your information and I wanted to speak with you regarding a current opportunity I have. Please give me a call when you have a moment.

Me: Sorry, not interested. Thanks!

Recruiter: So you are not interested in speaking with me?

Me: Was I unclear?

Recruiter: Why do you have to be a jerk? Its ridiculous you get to act that way.

Me: I simply refused to call you. That’s not being a jerk. I am not interested in another opportunity at this time. No offense intended. If some is taken, that’s your problem.

Finis

If I get another reply, unless it’s an apology, I’m going to copy the recruiter’s boss/call the office.

I bought a new DSL modem (not a model Verizon supports, by the way, but a lot better as far as advanced diagnostics goes - the Zoom brand, which used to be the Hayes brand, or acquired it somehow, for the geeks out there) and it didn’t make a whit of difference for our household bandwidth.

So I called Verizon last night, and the conversation that unfolded had so many similarities to Eddie Izzard’s Death Star Cantina sketch that I am moved to illustrate it here. It’s a bit out of order, though, so I’ll stick with the Izzard script (transcribed here - 1 pic very mildly NSFW, language NSFW).

End result, though, is that they’re going to exchange my old modem for a new one that they do support, but that if this doesn’t fix it (and odds are damned low) I’m going to move to a dedicated line with Speakeasy.net, probably with a lower bandwidth, but also probably with less stupid. I will however do some more diagnostics inside the house first, and probably also call normal phone repair about a possibly related problem with the entire line I have ADSL on. [Read more →]