Hilarious! BSNL service & faith of people on them... I'm watching my favorite show (Koffee With Karan ;)) on TV, when the phone rings.
There's a agitated lady on the phone.Lady: "Hello? BSNL? My phone has not been working for...." Me (interrupting) : "I think you have the wrong number" Lady: "Oh! I'm sorry..." and I hang up the phone. 3 seconds later, it rings again. It's the samelady. Lady: "Hello? BSNL? My phone is not working..." Me: "Ma'am, the number you are dialing is the wrong number!", and hang up the phone. I return to the TV show. It's a juicy episode with Rakhee Savant, and she's bitching about Kareena. And the phone rings again. Lady: "Hello? BSNL? Listen, don't play games with me, OK? I know this is the right number. Don't try to avoid me. Do you know who I am?" I realized that this lady was not going to let me watch the show unless someone listened to her complaint. Me: "Welcome to BSNL's automated fault booking service. To continue in English, press one." beep The lady had actually pressed the '1' on her dial pad. Interesting. I thought I'd have some fun. Me: "To register a complaint, please press the last 5 digits of your Driving License number after the beep. BEEP" I can hear the lady furiously rummaging through her bag looking for her Driving License. After a while beep-beep-beep-beep-beep She had actually found it pretty fast. Me: "Because of all the SPAM we have been receiving, we will now perform a check to see if you are human. Please enter the result of 35 multiplied by 4 divided by 12" I can hear the lady shouting out to someone in the background. Lady: "Prakash, quick! What is 35 times 4 by 12?" Prakash: "What? Why do you need that?" Lady: "I'm registering a complaint for our dead phone" Prakash (sounding somewhat confused): "But why would you need..." Lady: "JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION" Prakash: "err..it's...aaaa...elevent point....errr..." beep-beep The lady actually enters 1-1 on the dial pad. Me: "Your complaint has been registered. Thank you for calling BSNL" The lady sounds pleased. I can hear her speaking to "Prakash" Lady: "I like BSNL. They have such a high tech system. They didn't even have to ask me for the number of our landline that is dead. Cool!" :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
Date: Thursday, September 11th, 2008, 16:28:04 UTC +0000
