BlackBerry owes this guy a girlfriend
By Paul McNamara on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 3:01pm
It's just like in that series of AT&T/Cingular TV commercials where the gaps of silence created by dropped calls lead to terrible misunderstandings - only this case involves BlackBerry and real life.
Just as the smoke is starting to clear from today's massive BlackBerry blackout, Rafael Paz, a loss control specialist for a car rental agency, writes to tell me that he has been "getting my e-mails about one to four hours late minimum since yesterday." And it hasn't just been loss control that has suffered, he adds: "This issue sucks. I've been getting grief about it from my now ex-girlfriend thanks to this delay. She thought I was ignoring her e-mails when I was receiving them hours late."
So I write back expressing my fervent hope that he was kidding about the "ex" part. No chance.
"We got into a really bad argument earlier in the day," he replies. "She sent me a few e-mails and when I didn't respond right away, she thought I was ignoring her and called it off. I didn't get the e-mail it was over until around 2 a.m. today."
Not knowing what else to say, I suggest that perhaps this situation might be covered by his BlackBerry service-level agreement. His reply:
"I'll call RIM and tell them to give me an upgrade on a new girlfriend."
Article found at NetWorkWorld.
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1 comment:
Rafael's girlfriend was obviously not very committed to their relationship in my opinion. So they got in a fight and then he was delayed in responding to her emails. He attempted to explain the situation only hours later and she had already called off the relationship?? This only leads me to believe that she is a bit controlling and maybe Rafael is better off without her. Maybe he will be able to move on and find someone more committed and less controlling. So in a sense, RIM has already granted him a better chance at an "upgrade".
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