If it were not true, I'd post it in "Humor" - story of an "awesome" ATT clerk

[Mira]

So I went to the ATT store today, to ask about the rules for my iPhone which I want to use in Europe. That’s what I told the uniformed handsome young guy and also that I plan to travel there in about a month.

He pushed buttons on his iPad. Started over. Tried again and I asked him if I had given him a real challenge, and he said yes I had, because they had absolutely no way to connect my phone in Europe. All other countries that start with E would work fine, as he turned the screen to me and said: “ See, here they all are, Egypt, Ethiopia etc. etc. but see for yourself, there is no Europe.”

I looked at him. I did not crack up. I did not even smile.
“Europe is a continent” I said, “and these are countries.”
Europe is a continent that is full of countries.

Oh, he said.
I did not know that.

[unblock]

1. oh dear. actually, i'm impressed he knew it started with an "e"

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Oh my. With my Samsung, I just go to MyATT and purchase a 30 day

International option for $60. You get text and some data and reduced call rate. As you enter each country, phone auto finds carrier.

[Mira]

4. Thanks. They have something similar to that at ATT I learned

once I told him the names of the countries I was going to be in.
I just have to decide the gigs I want to purchase.

[Freedomofspeech]

3. That is seriously sad

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Oh, my!

How terribly Palinesque of him!

Reminds me of when, in the '70s, I relocated from Albuquerque to Virginia. I was thunderstruck when my employer casually asked what the currency exchange rate was between the US and New Mexico.


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[earthshine]

6. Apparently, he is incontinent. nt

[TexasProgresive]

7. That is punfully awful. Actually it's great.

[nolabear]

9. ...

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. painfully worth a duzy, too!

[TexasProgresive]

8. My wife doesn't do DU but I had to paste that in an email.

[Mira]

11. I hesitated to post it

emailed it to a DU friend, and she said "I insist you post this on DU"
So I obeyed. I'm still amazed I stayed quiet, and did not suggest he go back to school. It reminded me of the innocent and honest question an American adult asked me once: Were there ever Indians in Europe?

[TexasProgresive]

12. Kudus to your DU friend- It is priceless.

Edit- I am amazed that you were able to be kind. I think I would've had trouble.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. When I first came down to the South, people were very curious abut Washington State.

They asked me did we live in igloos.
and how did I stand all that ice and snow year round.
And what were the Indians like.

yes...seriously.

apparently in their mental geography, there is California somewhere out there, and north of it lies the Arctic.
No Oregon, as such, no Canada, no Alaska.

[RandomAccess]

10. Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Frightful.

Do they not TEACH these things any more???

[ProudLib72]

13. That's bad, but not as bad as those who don't know New Mexico is a state in the union

[OhNo-Really]

16. Willful ignorance? Lack of curiosity? Brain damage from toxicity?

I have an incurious grandson. The only member of a family that rocks at trivial pursuit.

I wonder if there are neurological indicators for willful ignorance?