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Fucking with the Operator courtesy of the Jolly Roger
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Ever get an operator who gave you a hard time, and you didn't know
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what to do? Well if the operator hears you use a little Bell jargon, she might
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wise up. Here is a little diagram (excuse the artwork) of the structure of
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operators
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/--------\ /------\ /-----\
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!Operator!-- > ! S.A. ! --->! BOS !
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\--------/ \------/ \-----/
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!
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!
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V
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/-------------\
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! Group Chief !
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\-------------/
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Now most of the operators are not bugged, so they can curse at you, if they
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do ask INSTANTLY for the "S.A." or the Service Assistant. The operator does not
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report to her (95% of them are hers) but they will solve most of your problems.
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She MUST give you her name as she connects & all of these calls are bugged. If
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the SA gives you a rough time get her BOS (Business Office Supervisor) on the
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line. S/He will almost always back her girls up, but sometimes the SA will get
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tarred and feathered. The operator reports to the Group Chief, and S/He will
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solve 100% of your problems, but the chances of getting S/He on the line are
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nill.
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If a lineman (the guy who works out on the poles) or an installation man
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gives you the works ask to speak to the Installation Foreman, that works
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wonders.
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Here is some other bell jargon, that might come in handy if you are having
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trouble with the line. Or they can be used to lie your way out of
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situations....
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An Erling is a line busy for 1 hour, used mostly in traffic studies A
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Permanent Signal is that terrible howling you get if you disconnect, but don't
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hang up.
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Everyone knows what a busy signal is, but some idiots think that is the
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*Actual* ringing of the phone, when it just is a tone "beeps" when the phone is
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ringing, wouldn't bet on this though, it can (and does) get out of sync.
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When you get a busy signal that is 2 times as fast as the normal one, the
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person you are trying to reach isn't really on the phone, (he might be), it is
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actually the signal that a trunk line somewhere is busy and they haven't or
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can't reroute your call. Sometimes you will get a Recording, or if you get
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nothing at all (Left High & Dry in fone terms) all the recordings are being
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used and the system is really overused, will probably go down in a little
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while. This happened when Kennedy was shot, the system just couldn't handle the
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calls. By the way this is called the "reorder signal" and the trunk line is
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"blocked".
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One more thing, if an overseas call isn't completed and doesn't generate
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any money for AT&T, is is called an "Air & Water Call".
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