Getting a locksmith on the flat earth

[Cloud]

ah well. system not perfect yet, or ever. Good try, though!


so . . . were you naked?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Cloud

ah well. system not perfect yet, or ever.

If UT had picked up the actual phone book and used those paper yellow pages to call the locksmith, he would have had the same result. The problem was in the locksmith's business practices, not UT's smart phone, or Google Maps, or the linked yellow pages. The problem is that the local locksmith uses some call routing system that goes through Timbuktu to find a locksmith from far away. It was probably the day off for the local locksmith or he sold his business or something and his phone was forwarded to some large locksmith conglomerate like the FTD florist one.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

yeah...i started it in this thread

You say that as if it's something new....

Originally Posted by glatt

If UT had picked up the actual phone book and used those paper yellow pages to call the locksmith, he would have had the same result. The problem was in the locksmith's business practices, not UT's smart phone, or Google Maps, or the linked yellow pages. The problem is that the local locksmith uses some call routing system that goes through Timbuktu to find a locksmith from far away. It was probably the day off for the local locksmith or he sold his business or something and his phone was forwarded to some large locksmith conglomerate like the FTD florist one.

Was there actually a problem? It saounds like everything worked out pretty smoothly.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Was there actually a problem? It saounds like everything worked out pretty smoothly.

Depends on your point of view I guess, and what you were expecting.