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Been a good week at Funnytel. Finally worked out why the telemarketing invoices didn’t balance.
Been a good week at Funnytel. Finally worked out why the telemarketing invoices didn’t balance.Some of CurryCall’s accounting systems were working in rupees and the rest in US bucks, and when they consolidated the conversion module swapped each of ’em to the other.
It was a train wreck. You gotta laugh.
Monday
Still down at Portsea for the long weekend. Ran into that posh guy with the dorky English accent that used to do regulatory at Netspace. Had some good advice, though. He says: ‘Remember, it isn’t binge drinking unless you stop.’ I can’t say it like he does though, toff.
Tuesday
It gets worse. Some lizard brain sports reporter at the Melton local paper has called our netball team the Funnytel Shitsters. ‘It isn’t Shitsters. It’s Skystars,’ I call and say. ‘Well it says Shitsters on their headbands,’ says the peanut. ‘That’s not Shitsters, it’s Shysters,’ I say. ‘We need a retraction.’
So now they’re printed a correction that Funnytel’s Shitsters are really Shysters under the frigging headline ‘We may be dodgy but we’re not crap’ say Funnytel netballers.
Still, it’s not as bad as November when I didn’t pick up that the radio scripts spelled it ‘nakked DSL’. CEO Steve really lost it after Larry phoned larfing his head off about ‘Funnytel’s new knackered plans’.
Gotta turn on spellcheck.
Tuesday
Dropped in on the network admins meeting and they’re sweating on some report that 92% of net traffic is pirate. Far as they can tell, we’re at 85% and Steve wants to know why we’re so far under the industry average.
Rick showed why he’s Cisco-certified though. Brilliant idea of identifying the top 100 legal P2P users and aggressively shaping them. Oughta minimise the proportion of legit stuff in no time. Those do-gooders are really gonna get knackered DSL.
Wednesday
Farkin trade practices advertising compliance training session, courtesy of those dim ACCC orders. Steve is making me and Kellie the receptionist do it, since two staff have to. He says it’s better for us to go cos it shields the sales and marketing team from it, which I agree makes sense. Those guys have serious marketing stuff to do.
Today the trainer rabbited on about what they call the main message in adverts. I said ‘Like Dodo’s main message is that you could get lucky with a bikini babe’ ? Hahahaha.
Thursday
Completed contract review of new Telstra CRA. Actually, Kellie from reception did most of it, cos I figure we should get value from this legal stuff she’s had to sit through.
I told her not to make any comments or change anything since every page is headed ‘Draft for discussion purposes only’ which is Telstra-speak for ‘Set in concrete not negotiable won’t even talk about it’. But now I can put it on my CV that I’ve done a Telstra CRA 
No probs.
Friday
CurryCall has offered Steve a half interest in their new idea of a web employment service for Indians in Oz. Gonna call it sikh.com.au. Steve says are we gonna get pinged for idea theft. Kellie googled sikh idea theft and reckons there’s nothing about it, so I gave Steve the all clear. Simply dunno why people waste good money on lawyers now there’s google.
Cheers.
