tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post354328590786266175..comments2023-11-14T11:44:10.396-05:00Comments on The Legion of Decency: CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRYjimhenshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-31310211086673845912008-09-04T21:53:00.000-04:002008-09-04T21:53:00.000-04:00A couple of weeks ago I got my quarterly call from...A couple of weeks ago I got my quarterly call from Bell Mobility thanking me for being a "loyal customer" and oh yes - the real point of the call - to try to lock me into another 2 year long contract. I declined his nice offer & then took the opportunity to tell the guy that the 1st time they charged me for an incoming text message I would be cancelling my service & switching to another "service provider" (now there's an oxymoron). He then tried to sell me on a text message plan. I explained to him that I don't text & that the only time I ever receive texts is when I call 411 & I get a text of the number automatically - I already pay $0.75for every 411 call!!! Of course, the guy couldn't do anything except quote the party line, so I gave up after a couple of minutes.<BR/> <BR/>You're right Jim - they simply aren't trained in any aspect of service. <BR/><BR/>Since Rogers (at this time anyways) says that they won't charge for incoming texts I guess I'll switch to them - not because I like them, but because I hate them less than the other two.<BR/> <BR/>(I'll never forgot the endless hours I spent on the phone w/ Telus several years ago attempting to convince them to stop billing {the series I was working on}, for cell service which they had been told to cancel between seasons.)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226528655777620215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-67053216630576400632008-09-04T17:30:00.000-04:002008-09-04T17:30:00.000-04:00You're probably right about the origin of the phra...You're probably right about the origin of the phrase, Webs. I'm just saying that while the rest of the world evolves, Canadian corporations still resort to Rum, buggery and the lash.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-62052462419658901812008-09-04T16:43:00.000-04:002008-09-04T16:43:00.000-04:00Yes, Captain in the Navy = Colonel in the USAF or ...Yes, Captain in the Navy = Colonel in the USAF or Army. <BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Veteran BillCunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137025404327426886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-39723222646202816912008-09-04T14:43:00.000-04:002008-09-04T14:43:00.000-04:00Actually John, it is the landline that is optional...Actually John, it is the landline that is optional today. I could see dropping that but a cellphone is the baseline for personal communication.<BR/><BR/>Blenz coffee shops here in Vancouver have free wi-fi and I support them over Starbucks whenever I can. Timmie makes some nasty coffee so I don't go there anyway.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a fan of corporate welfare be it a mining company, telecomunications company or a film production company. It makes them weak and uncompetitive so that they then need state protection against competition.<BR/><BR/>They cost the taxpayer to subsidize them - then we are stuck with a substandard product made palatable only by; keeping superior products out of the market, handicapping them with tariffs or forcing them to go through the protected indigenous industry.<BR/><BR/>This isn't really a problem of capitalism, it is a problem of politics. As long as politicians have the power to select the winners, the "Captains of Industry" will pay them for that.<BR/><BR/>Remember that the key players in a capitalist system are not advocates of capitalism, they are advocates of economic power and if it is possible to build it through buying politicians to set up a socialist or fascist system with them at the peak of a protected sector... that is fine by them.<BR/><BR/>Between the politicians and the businessmen, the businessman is by far the lesser of two evils- but capitalism still has to be protected from the depredations of both.Clint Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16901736531611837722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-3942016402207220072008-09-04T13:15:00.000-04:002008-09-04T13:15:00.000-04:00"Captain of industry" probably comes not from the ..."Captain of industry" probably comes not from the military rank but from the captain of a ship. He's the one that leads and guides it. And there are many ships on the sea, just as there are many companies in any given industry (usually).Webshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877918422921900328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-35280024503223654112008-09-04T13:05:00.000-04:002008-09-04T13:05:00.000-04:00You can always choose to not own a cellphone, not ...You can always choose to not own a cellphone, not buy a $9 beer, not pay for Wifi at the airport. So why don't the customers rise up and "vote with their wallets" against all of these monopolistic practices?<BR/><BR/>Because Canadians are whinging, compliant bitches who love to complain, but never actually DO anything about it. <BR/><BR/>That's why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com