Phantom engineer

Way back in July (after several telephone calls to half a dozen different people in two continents, one of which lasted 1 and a quarter hours - but that's another story for the complaints department) I managed to get an engineer booked for Monday 20 August 2012 between 1pm and 6pm to come and replace an old junction box with a new master socket (this, I was informed, is known in the trade as 'Conversion of hard-wired master socket to Linebox and Regularisation of illicit master socket'). BT confirmed this appointment on 18 August 2012 both by email ('Get ready: our engineer's visiting soon‏') and by voicemail. So, yesterday on 20 August, I 'got ready' and waited...
No engineer.
Shortly after 6pm I telephoned 0800 800 150 (the contact number given on BT's web site for 'tracking an order'). The first assistant couldn't help, but put me through to a second assistant. After some time she informed me that the appointment was confirmed, that an engineer had been assigned, and that the engineer 'was at the exchange' (why?) and would contact me.
No contact.
At 7pm I again telephoned 0800 800 150. A long conversation with two different assistants on two continents proved utterly futile.
I hung up and tried again. The first assistant couldn't help, but offered to transfer me. I hung on in a queue for about 15 minutes and hung up close to 8pm.
This may be the time to part company with BT, unless anyone can get this fixed now.

Well, an engineer turned up, unannounced, at 8am this morning and did the conversion in a half hour or so. He was fine, but didn't appear to be the one 'assigned' yesterday.
I've absolutely no idea whether this is the result of any of my numerous telephone calls or emails to BT, as they simply do not communicate. And this will be the subject of my complaint. I've needlessly wasted time on telephones and computers fruitlessly trying to establish what was happening, when all that was required was a simple call from BT along the lines of 'Sorry, your engineer won't / couldn't make it today, but will be round first thing tomorrow.' You expect, though you do not welcome, non-communication from Banks, the NHS, etc. (add your own baneful institution), but not from an organisation whose core business is, after all, COMMUNICATIONS.
As far as I am concerned, BT are on probation with me. A previous occupant set my house up for cable and I receive begging letters almost daily from Virgin: up to now these have gone straight into recycling, but I'll be taking a closer look next time.

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Shelf Life Days     0
Price Tolerance %     0
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Costing Enabled     Yes
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Include in Rollup     Yes
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Purchasable     Yes
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uklee wrote:
i ordered Infinity yesterday and received all teh relevant emails from BT confirming order.
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Hysitron, Inc. is a premier scientific instrument manufacturer. Founded in 1992 with headquarters located in Eden Prairie, MN we are committed to promoting nanotechnology by developing advanced transducer and control technology. This leadership has made Hysitron the world leader in nanomechanical test instruments. The TriboIndenter®, TriboScope®, Ubi, and other Hysitron innovations have opened new horizons for scientists interested in investigating and understanding mechanical properties of materials at nano-scale. Hysitron fosters an environment and culture where innovation flourishes, teamwork is encouraged, and superior performance is rewarded.
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The software development engineers would be responsible for developing test and measurement software applications for nano-mechanical testing instrumentation. Job deliverables would include:
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-          Test software applications using debugging and simulation tools
-          Perform software releases and software quality assurance activities
-          Participate in the design of new software products
-          Perform maintenance activities for existing products
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Qualified candidates should send a letter of application and their resumes to (please include ‘SW Engineer’ in subject line):
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Phone: (952) 835-6366
Fax: (952) 835-6166
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Open letter to the chief designer/engineer of the Q10

Premises:
- I have never bothered to post anything on any forum in my whole life but today I could not hold it.
- I have been using blackberry devices every 5 minutes for the last 6 years of my awake life.
- I work in a bank and half of my 2000 contacts have a blackberry as a work phone.
This is the rudest I will get in this post and I hope you will publish it: "Chief engineer, what the hell passed through your mind when you decided to remove the trackpad from the new Q10?"
One step back. Let's go back few years.
Bold 9000 was the best handset I have ever had. The mechanical trackpad was razor sharp and accurate and fast. Yes maybe I had to replace it once every 18 months but who cares, and how much can it cost you guys anyway a little ball of plastic? At that time I used to challenge any iPhone user to see who could type faster. I always won. If I still had it I could still win. It doesn't matter that I type with 2 fingers on my PC keyboard and that I have a permanent RSI on my right arm. I was lightning fast. Sometimes I can type even without looking at the BlackBerry keyboard.
Then you decided to make the keyboard smaller or remove it all together to feel like an iPhone. Not a great choice. Keyboard (together with the trackpad and instant emails) is all you had. And believe me that was more than enough. I feel crippled when using the Bold 9700 and I do not have giant hands. The software has been designed to maximize the number of clicks to do anything. Why should I waste a click to open the tray when 3/4 of the screen is empty?!? I endured 18 months of my contract waiting for the latest bold.
At some point you realized that the keyboard was important and you made it bigger again. Fantastic! Your realized that most business people do like the physical keyboard and they use their phone for writing and reading. Many of them. Very often. And they have to be quick.
But then today I go to try the new BB Bold Q10 and I realized that you have removed the trackpad. So instead of moving any of my thumbs 2mm higher to click and scroll now my fingers have to travel a much longer distance to do the same in a more awkward and wasteful way. Things keep getting less accurate. Mechanical trackpad, then the worse optical one, now what?
I went on Ebay. Some new old BB Bold 9000 are still for sale at 70 GBP. I will buy a couple today. This will keep me running for 2-3 years. By then I hope that you will have either lost your job because your company went bust or repented and produced what business people really want.
I hope not too many other people will be bidding with me today.
E.S.

I was on BOLD 9900 before, I loved it, but moved on to Z10, and now got the Q10. Honestly - the most superb phone in the world ! Don't need the trackpad

Phantom engineer

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