More dealings with Telstra

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Further to my last Blog relating to dealing with Telstra, I can report that in the true spirit of the Circumlocution Office, nothing got done!

As the technician failed to materialise between the appointed hours, I phoned Telstra, had the usual unsatisfactory conversations with, in sequence, the computer, the operator in Manilla, and someone in Melbourne, who then put me on to someone else in Adelaide. This last person found that ‘something must have gone wrong’, as there was no record of my request on my account. So, he now promised that a technician will appear on my door step between the hours of 8.00 am and 12 noon, on Monday next.

 

For a description of the Circumlocution Office and its workings, refer to Little Dorrit (chapter 10) by Charles Dickens.

 

August 6, 2013

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Born and educated in England, Slingsby Browning worked in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries before migrating to Melbourne, Australia, early in the 1970s. Working for a few years as a microbiologist, Slingsby then changed career and moved in to tertiary education management and administration, closely associated with medical education and research, where he remained until the turn of the century. At this time, Slingsby left full-time employment and worked as a consultant for few years before embarking on a very full and active retirement. His hobbies and pass-times include, but are not limited to, cooking, reading (mostly books by or about 19th century authors), music (both playing and listening), fly fishing and golf.

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