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I’m having a hell of a time with my current ISP (sitting at 18 days now without a connection) and I’m having to bite my tongue every time I’m talking to them (Remember The Human and all that)

Whilst the front line support are nice people and answer the phones quickly they are honestly pretty useless and they never really sound like they know what they’re talking about, also seemingly none of the departments seem particularly good about communicating what’s going on so it’s hard to get a straight and useful answer out of them.

Have you ever lost it with a rep? What happened? and did it ever help push things along?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes. More than I care to admit. No. It never helped.

It's even worse today, where the front line support starts with a defensive attitude now.

I've tried a bunch of different strategies. But as Im now in my 40s, I've learned that you always get better service with honey.

I started doing that Gen Z stuff of like, "Hey man. You are probably just doing what you need to do, and I'm hoping my issue is easy as fuck to solve. If not, I'm not here to give you trouble because the system sucks."

There's a great book called Verbal Judo which goes through how to deal with the suck. Its not for everyone. But for people like me who tend to blow up easily, it's great for keeping your composure, getting to a solution without ruining your day (even if it isn't what you want), and remembering the person behind the screen/phone is human.