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Net Gains (Apr 09, 99) |
Incidentally, VSNL's ad announcing their price cut also offered
10 reasons why people should become VSNL subscribers - nothing
substantial and nothing khaas. In fact, it looked like
the answers we used to write in our examinations - take a point,
split it into as many sub-points as possible and then fill up
an entire page with a lot of unnecessary words. I tried reading
the ad without my spectacles, later with them on, and finally
with a magnifying glass, but nowhere was there any mention about
good customer service. And yet that's what is really crucial to
the Internet user. However, that does not imply that MTNL is any
better - I had frantic calls last week from MTNL subscribers who
could not reach the MTNL Internet helpline… So much for the
much touted line: "The customer is king!"
Last week was when I also realised just how much the Internet
has affected our lives. There was this girl I had been seeing
for the past couple of months, and things seemed to be going well
between us - her talk was the usual girl talk about things like
feelings and emotions, while I would talk about dot com - you
know, the usual Net-nerd talk. The first and only time she used
email was last week, when she wrote to break up with me! The most
interesting part of her email however was her sign-off: "Have
a nice day, and a nice life, and don't forget to party with others
like you at www.dullmen.com" Now that was interesting
- a site I had not visited before.
The site is a place where dull men can share thoughts and experiences
- free from pressures to be "in" and "trendy"
- and enjoy instead the simple, ordinary things of everyday life.
While the entire site is geared to make the dull man feel at home
and have a dull experience, there are a few sections worth mentioning.
To help you evaluate whether this is the place for you to hang
out, the site has a simple test lined up. There are dumb jokes
(trust me, they're worse than the average PJs that are so common),
and favourite dull pastimes - like watching paint drying, the
straight row standing contest, or discussing the weather channel
throughout the day! There are links galore to dull sites and even
recipes (how to boil water was the star recipe, complete with
a bonus tip!). If you think this is the website you'd like to
call home, go ahead and download a certificate for yourself. And
whatever you do, don't leave without visiting the Odds and Ends
section. The only question on my mind is why she sent me this
URL while saying goodbye. Had she brought it up earlier, we could
have spent romantic hours surfing this site together…
Now wipe that dull expression off your face and go wash your face
- you've got an entire day ahead of you! Yawn….