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- Fucking with the Operator courtesy of the Jolly Roger
-
- Ever get an operator who gave you a hard time, and you didn't know
- what to do? Well if the operator hears you use a little Bell jargon, she might
- wise up. Here is a little diagram (excuse the artwork) of the structure of
- operators
-
- /--------\ /------\ /-----\
- !Operator!-- > ! S.A. ! --->! BOS !
- \--------/ \------/ \-----/
- !
- !
- V
- /-------------\
- ! Group Chief !
- \-------------/
-
- Now most of the operators are not bugged, so they can curse at you, if they
- do ask INSTANTLY for the "S.A." or the Service Assistant. The operator does not
- report to her (95% of them are hers) but they will solve most of your problems.
- She MUST give you her name as she connects & all of these calls are bugged. If
- the SA gives you a rough time get her BOS (Business Office Supervisor) on the
- line. S/He will almost always back her girls up, but sometimes the SA will get
- tarred and feathered. The operator reports to the Group Chief, and S/He will
- solve 100% of your problems, but the chances of getting S/He on the line are
- nill.
- If a lineman (the guy who works out on the poles) or an installation man
- gives you the works ask to speak to the Installation Foreman, that works
- wonders.
- Here is some other bell jargon, that might come in handy if you are having
- trouble with the line. Or they can be used to lie your way out of
- situations....
-
- An Erling is a line busy for 1 hour, used mostly in traffic studies A
- Permanent Signal is that terrible howling you get if you disconnect, but don't
- hang up.
- Everyone knows what a busy signal is, but some idiots think that is the
- *Actual* ringing of the phone, when it just is a tone "beeps" when the phone is
- ringing, wouldn't bet on this though, it can (and does) get out of sync.
- When you get a busy signal that is 2 times as fast as the normal one, the
- person you are trying to reach isn't really on the phone, (he might be), it is
- actually the signal that a trunk line somewhere is busy and they haven't or
- can't reroute your call. Sometimes you will get a Recording, or if you get
- nothing at all (Left High & Dry in fone terms) all the recordings are being
- used and the system is really overused, will probably go down in a little
- while. This happened when Kennedy was shot, the system just couldn't handle the
- calls. By the way this is called the "reorder signal" and the trunk line is
- "blocked".
- One more thing, if an overseas call isn't completed and doesn't generate
- any money for AT&T, is is called an "Air & Water Call".
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