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[bubosquared]

Link of the Day: Cutest Firefly fic I've read in a while. Kittens, people!

Heh. I've apparently gone invisible, as one of my co-workers just asked "Hey, where's Sofie, is she on holiday?" I'm right here, people! *pokes self to make sure I'm still corporeal and stuff* Yup, all here.

Speaking of corporeality (is that a word), there's been another fake LJ death, and I feel like I should reassure you all that a) I am, in fact, real, and b) in case I get run over by a bus or something tomorrow, there will be confirmation from local LJers, at least. I also left instructions for my parents to make sure people know what happened, so if I die, you'll know it's for real.

Oh, and sort of back on the subject of work (because that's all I really write about these days: work and porn, porn and work, and occasionally, a little crack), there was a cartoon in yesterday's (? I think) Metro about call centres in India, the usual "Our agents are busy learning English" crack, and I just. Maybe it's because I'm a call centre drone myself, but I've been getting seriously annoyed at this shit, lately. Because it leads to conversations like this:

Me: "[Company], this is Sofie, can I help?"
Customer: "Oh, thank god, a British person. I called ealier and I got put through to India, so I had to hang up, and ..."

No, we don't have any call centres in india. We do, however, have an Indian team member, who has an Indian accent, obviously. There are many people in the UK who are Indian, or of Indian descent, many of whom have lived here (almost) all their lives, and most of whom have british nationality and everything. So assuming that you've been put through to India just because of the accent of the agent you get through to? Kind of stupid. Hanging up on said agent because of said assumption? Really stupid. Complaining to me about said agent? Really, really stupid, considering that I'm ESL myself, you asstwat. And for the record? So is everyone else who works here, with one exception. NO SYMPATHY FOR YOU!

And don't even get me started on that commercial with the call centre chickens. Hate!

Also, GIP! Thanks, sparklebutch!

Comments

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

I want to snuggle that icon. The fact I made it is not related, I just wanna take it home and cuddle it, and I keep forgetting I actually have a copy.

Also. Will now go read kittens, but at the moment, have no sympathy for kittens, as one of them kept me fucking awake all day and night.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

It is a snuggleworthy icon. Poor Jayne, nobody likes him, everybody hates him, he thinks he'll go eat worms ...

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

The eating worms thing, that's Caspian.

And everybody loves Jayne. Mal loves Jayne. Simon likes Jayne. Lots of people like Jayne. WE love Jayne. See.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

But Mal and Simon don't SHOW their love! Woe!

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Of course they do! Like, what about in that ep, remember, with the threesome and the medical equiptment, in the infirmary, the three of them? Remember, when the others sort of walked by, on and off, looking in, and Wash was all, "OMG I'm scarred for life" and Zoe just giggled at him, and Kaylee wanted to watch but Mal freaked out over that? With the nice leather straps and the phallic suggestive pointing of the gun? And all the sex and the three-way kissage? HOW IS THAT NOT SHOW OF LOVE?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

You're clearly watching a much more interesting version of the show than I am! :D

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

And I'm recapping it like a 12 yr old!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with that! I mean, shit, you've seen my recaps, right? All "Aww, Jayne," all the time! :D

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

"Aww Jayne: All The Time" is also good icon text. For you and me both.