Airtime fun
Ring Orange. Wait. "We are experiencing a high call volume, etc" (ORLY? I wonder why?)
JHR: "A porting-code, please."
Orangeman:[4] "Oh, ok. Any particular reason?" (To be fair, this would be the first non-tiresome person in an airtime provider's retention dept with whom I've spoken in ten years.")
JHR: "The staff in your Bath shop are rubbish and didn't want to negotiate."[1]
Orangeman: "Fair comment. I'll bung it in the post."
JHR: "Oh. Er. Ta very much."
[1] They can't, it transpires. You want much cheapness, you threaten them on the phone. Why the smug-faced bollix in the shop couldn't be arsed to remind[2] me of this is... Actually a good thing, since I've a nicer phone[3] for less money on a better network now.
[2] I go through this loop every two years or so and never remember to consult old bits of LJ to gen up on what happened last time. IIRC I got a deal out of Orange last time because I was still a Labbie and thus was in receipt of An Discount.
[3] Android FTW. It is very shiny.
[4] Do your own jokes.
JHR: "A porting-code, please."
Orangeman:[4] "Oh, ok. Any particular reason?" (To be fair, this would be the first non-tiresome person in an airtime provider's retention dept with whom I've spoken in ten years.")
JHR: "The staff in your Bath shop are rubbish and didn't want to negotiate."[1]
Orangeman: "Fair comment. I'll bung it in the post."
JHR: "Oh. Er. Ta very much."
[1] They can't, it transpires. You want much cheapness, you threaten them on the phone. Why the smug-faced bollix in the shop couldn't be arsed to remind[2] me of this is... Actually a good thing, since I've a nicer phone[3] for less money on a better network now.
[2] I go through this loop every two years or so and never remember to consult old bits of LJ to gen up on what happened last time. IIRC I got a deal out of Orange last time because I was still a Labbie and thus was in receipt of An Discount.
[3] Android FTW. It is very shiny.
[4] Do your own jokes.