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Neo-techno-fascist transistion right on schedule
This entry was posted on 12/24/2009 2:37 AM and is filed under Techno fascist asshole culture, Incremental tyranny, That Darn Orwell.
Tried to actually talk to a human lately? Be it cell phone, dish/cable television, Internet service, credit card service, banking, the neo-techno-fascist construct of dealing with customers (obedient citizens) has become more elusive than ever. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) recordings are more egregious than ever. And many of us thought outsourced live people from India were bad news over the last 10 years.
The robot female voice droned on and on and asked me at least 25 questions. Of course none of the questions addressed my problem. Actually, I don't feel this type of shit is my problem, "Can you hear me now?" They arbitrarily dumped my automatic billing deduction. Then they sent me a letter telling me I was a dead-beat for not paying.
After 20 minutes, the IVR hooked me up with some perky-voiced woman probably in her twenties. She claimed I needed to email my question because I did not have the telephone code I had apparently set up at some point. She could not answer my questions without the "telephone code." I couldn't help thinking about the Nazification of Germany before World War II. This neo-fascist technology speaks to incremental tyranny - the taking of one freedom at a time. Before you know it you have no freedoms left.
"Just one more barrier to simple living is all we need to make your, simple life...more simple. Just one, we promise. Just one more code, just one more password."
About 12 hours after I emailed said company, I relieved a response from a person identifying herself as a female (but how do you really know on the Web if your not using video talk). Said alleged female was a perky-writer who politely explained in about 3000 words, I would need the "double secret code" to talk to her on the email. "This double secret code," she explained was different than the "telephone code;" and as well, different than my log-in passwords I need to connect to my account on their Web site.
I have an industrial cell phone, so it is tough and hard to damage. After trying to call customer service again the next day, after about 15 minutes of listening to robo-chick, I threw the phone at the stuffed chair, it slid behind the pillow. I retreated to my man-palace in the basement to put the wash in the dryer. A few minutes later as I was updating my own Web site back at the living room computer, I had forgotten the phone in the stuffed chair. I heard a voice coming from the stuffed chair and realized the IVR robot female voice was still rattling off information and selection options. About 20 minutes later the talking-chair finally shut up. Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
This week's Wisconsin military service person to remember is Marine Lance Corporal Richard D. Warner, age 22. The Wisconsin Department of Veteran's Affairs lists Warner's home town as Waukesha. Richard was killed from wounds he sustained while engaging the enemy in Babil Province, Iraq, on December 13, 2004. Lance Corporal Warner was in 1st Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. He was a riflemen on a foot patrol when attacked by an improvised explosive device fired from a vehicle in Babil Province, Iraq. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stated Warner was a graduate of Kettle Moraine High School and joined Fox Company in January 2002. His company consists of about 185 Marines and were based in Yusufiya, Iraq. The unit includes Golf Company from Madison. The 2nd battalion was activated in May of 2004 and then deployed to Camp Pendleton, California. They arrived in Iraq in September 2004 for a tentative seven month tour of duty. Lance Corporal Richard Warner was the 32nd Wisconsin military service person killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
94,902 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,316 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,374 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
933 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
603 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,603 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,683 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
16 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
139 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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