A thread dealing with a number of issues but mainly for pointing out the inapprr

[#1]

I've just changed my account plan. The nonsense generated is just stunning 
A simple confirmation mail is all that's required. What I got was disproportionate waffle. Its also fundamentally flawed because it states that I asked a question.
Here's what appears on the portal :

A record of your Help Assistant QuestionsQuestions - The question or information that you send to our Support Team using the Help Assistant. We'll send you an email telling you to come back here when the Support Team provides their response. and Service NoticesService Notices - the record of any account related events (such as taking payment for your account). You can read these by viewing your closed Questions.
Your open Questions:
Question Topic Status
Your question Awaiting your response
View:
Question topic: Your question | ID: 23604***  Open
Your original Question 1:25am, Monday 10th December 2007
This Customer has chosen to downgrade from "Free-Online Broadband Premier Option 1 (Annual Contract, No Modem)" to "Free-Online Broadband Your Way Option 3 (Monthly Contract) with included 20GB bandwidth" on their next invoice date (2007-12-14). The required CLI for the account is 0189*******. The Regrade fee for this downgrade is £0.00 (£0.00 inc VAT)
You have chosen a fixed cost Broadband Your Way option
- Lets you set a price limit for your broadband, if you know you don't want to pay any extra per month.
1:25am, Monday 10th December 2007
Your Contact Us Ticket has been placed on hold until Tuesday 11th December. If you have any further queries regarding this order, please raise this by creating a new ticket on your account as this issue will be unmonitored until the above date.
Script User Unused - ADC - Developers 9:07am, Tuesday 11th December 2007
We would like to inform you that your Help Assistant Question [ 23604*** ] has now been returned to the CSC - Account Change pool. A member of our Support Team will investigate your issue as soon as possible.
CSA Removed
9:29am, Tuesday 11th December 2007
Dear Mr Geddes,
Your account type will change on 14/12/2007 to BBYW option 3
Please check the Account Summary section of the portal to confirm.
Regards,
CSA Removed
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You what?? 
And all that is in addition to the emails. When i go to buy a loaf of bread, it's good to have the ingredients listed on the packaging for me to look at if I want to. I don't expect the supermarket to indulge me with a description of the road conditions endured by the delivery driver in getting the bread to the store and a copy of his taco disc.

Moderators note by Roger (Rogerloxton): CSA Names removed as per the Forum Rules

[#2]

We put this information on customers' accounts so they can see every change we make to them. It's basically an audit trail. I can't really see anything out of the ordinary on there, you requested an account change and when my colleague had done it he replied to the automated ticket stating so.

[#3]

Quote from: Chris

We put this information on customers' accounts so they can see every change we make to them. It's basically an audit trail. I can't really see anything out of the ordinary on there, you requested an account change and when my colleague had done it he replied to the automated ticket stating so.

I didn't ask any questions. I didn't have any "issues".
If you can't see that the waffle is nonsense to a customer then you're probably too deep in the world of  jargon and Newspeak to be saved now.

[#4]

Any ticket raised is called a "Question", however, I do believe that this should have been renamed back to tickets.
Furthermore, I would adjust ones' tone accordingly, as it's obvious that the staff are only trying to help, only to be met with replies that seem a tad terse me ole china

[#5]

Quote from: rogerloxton

Any ticket raised is called a "Question", however, I do believe that this should have been renamed back to tickets. Furthermore, I would adjust ones' tone accordingly, as it's obvious that the staff are only trying to help, only to be met with replies that seem a tad terse me ole china

If any ticket raised is called a "Question" then that's the first thing that needs addressing. I didn't see that being addressed by the helpful member of staff.
I write concisely and efficiently. It would be hypocritical for me to do otherwise in this situation. How one interprets that is up to the individual.

[#6]

I feel your pain.
My manner of writing is often construed as being argumentative or abrupt so I geenrally have to watch what I actually type rather than wondering into a free flowing element of speech which people often take as being condescending

[#7]

Quote from: Jameseh

My manner of writing is often construed as being argumentative or abrupt so I geenrally have to watch what I actually type rather than wondering into a free flowing element of speech which people often take as being condescending

Subtle!

[#8]

Quote from: Jameseh

I feel your pain. My manner of writing is often construed as being argumentative or abrupt so I geenrally have to watch what I actually type rather than wondering into a free flowing element of speech which people often take as being condescending

Maybe you should try using strange terms of endearment to wrap your posts. "Me ole china" might work.

[#9]

Quote from: axisofevil

Subtle!

I've not worked out how to do that bit yet.

[#10]

Quote from: geewizz

Quote from: Jameseh My manner of writing is often construed as being argumentative or abrupt so I geenrally have to watch what I actually type rather than wondering into a free flowing element of speech which people often take as being condescending

Quote from: Jameseh

Quote from: axisofevil Subtle! I've not worked out how to do that bit yet.

I think you have
Did you mean that you type what you ought to think rather than what actually think?

[#11]

Quote from: rogerloxton

Any ticket raised is called a "Question", however, I do believe that this should have been renamed back to tickets.

I do agree with that especially as everyone refers to them as tickets.

[#12]

I remember a statement from Plusnet a year or so back that they were going to be renamed back to tickets - I wish I could remember where!

[#13]

Yep, I remember that.
We all refer to them as tickets, but we haven't done the work on Workplace and the Portal yet as it's fairly low priority.
Cue line about Development resource.

[#14]

It seems they told PUG it was going to happen 25/08/2006
http://usergroup.plus.net/news_060825_pngremlins.php - Stop press

[#15]

Well on schedule then