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MiraLink's own disaster
Tuesday, May 23 2006 | Author and
categories:Justin Hall
| NW tech news
MiraLink, a Portland-based expert in remote disaster
recovery solutions, announced today free disaster
recovery prevention tips as part of Hurricane
Preparedness week. What are the tips? Well, you have
to call a number or email support - go figure.
Apparently hurricane tips are top secret these days
and you need to be screened by expert personnel. At
least that's what you're led to believe. Here's what
I imagine happens when you call:
MiraLink: "Hello, thanks for calling the MiraLink Hurricane Hotline. Hit 1 to speak with a sales representative or 2 to get the hurricane tip of the day from a MiraLink sales representative."
ACME Corp. caller hits 2: "Hello, I need tips for helping my business during a hurricane."
MiraLink: "Well, there are lots of things you can do to prepare your business for a hurricane. However, we recommend you forgo the important things and purchase our MiraLink Disaster Recovery Solution. That's our tip of the day."
So I couldn't resist calling the hotline. Drum roll please. And guess what.....an automated system that's not really a hotline at all, but instead the company directory listing sales first, tech support second and so on!!!!!! I have run out of words to describe this......
-posted by Justin
MiraLink: "Hello, thanks for calling the MiraLink Hurricane Hotline. Hit 1 to speak with a sales representative or 2 to get the hurricane tip of the day from a MiraLink sales representative."
ACME Corp. caller hits 2: "Hello, I need tips for helping my business during a hurricane."
MiraLink: "Well, there are lots of things you can do to prepare your business for a hurricane. However, we recommend you forgo the important things and purchase our MiraLink Disaster Recovery Solution. That's our tip of the day."
So I couldn't resist calling the hotline. Drum roll please. And guess what.....an automated system that's not really a hotline at all, but instead the company directory listing sales first, tech support second and so on!!!!!! I have run out of words to describe this......
-posted by Justin