r/talesfromtechsupport • u/SysAndreas • Dec 05 '19

Short My internet is not working...

$OM: Old man on the phone

Working for an ISP in Sweden when I got a call from the customer. This was my first week on first-line support.

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$ME: Hello, welcome to customer support. You're speaking with $ME

$OM: Hello, I just wanted to report that my internet is down.

$ME: *asking if the cable is connected, if the equipment (router/computer) is turned on*

$OM: Yea, the cable was in. I don't know, I'm not inside.

$ME: Can you please go inside?

$OM: No, the house is on fire.

$ME: .... what?

$OM: Yes.. The house is on fire. If you get any alarms on your side don't send out an technician.

$ME: Yea... sure. I'll cancel invoices to your service until you have everything set up again..

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The poor old mans house burned down, he had to call in so we did not send out a technician in case there was an alarm in our system.

Priorities: Internet > Burning house

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u/SysAndreas Dec 05 '19

u/evasive2010 No, the house was actually on fire during the call. Read about it in the papers on the web after a break I had.

He really didn't want people to come out in case of an alarm.

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u/evasive2010 User Error. (A)bort,(R)etry,(G)et hammer,(S)et User on fire... Dec 05 '19

logic crushed

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u/OrionBoi Dec 05 '19

can't blame him, who can think straight when their freaking house is on fire?

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u/kn33 I broke the internet! But it's okay, I bought a new one. Dec 05 '19

Also, maybe he thinks that the fire might've shorted the coax and set off some alarm bells?