Look into the various Telstra funnies, digs, jokes, etc.

We all may think Telstra is bad but at least. Questioningly 1 could say they do not discriminate?

A perfect example of this happening is we recently had the unfortunate experience of having to sort out problems caused by a communication breakdown with Telstra. Neither party being able to understand the others language fully causing a disconnection to occur. I understood what I was saying and the Indian fellow understood what he was saying. However it turned out he either did not put the right code in and or did not explain to me he was disconnecting the service if payment was not received by December 29 2006 instead of what I agreed to pay being 2 fortnights $70. At this point he stated we would be owing $140 still, to us this did not add up, however to keep the peace it was agreed.

Though the Indian fellow was very pollite he kept repeating his statements and seeming to ignore ours. At this point we should have clicked something was wrong, due to the fact we have Indian friends who do this we thought it was just a trait they have, getting their point across.

It is now clear to us that the person we initially spoke with that caused the problem did not properly understand English or what we were saying other wise we would have got a confirmation he stated he would send. If we had of got this the matter would have been rectified hopefully without incident and Telstra would not be being charged $560 for our 4 hours labour due to the negligence of Telstra.

Unfortunately due to Telstra being partly owned by the government they feel they have lots of power. As a result of this they snub their nose at the threat of 1. the Telecommunications Ombudsman most times. This only leaves choice 2. the Court system which Telstra do not like and seem to wish to avoid at all costs unless the operator is antagonistic then the operator dares you to go ahead take Telstra to court.

The below partly depicts how it happened.

Mujibar was trying to get into Australia legally through Immigration.

The Immigration Officer said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one.

Unless you pass it you cannot enter Australia.

" Mujibar said, "I am ready."

The officer said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green."

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said,

" Mister Officer, I am ready."

The Officer said, "Go ahead."

Mujibar said,

"The telephone goes, 'green, green, green, green, green, green'
and I pink it up, and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar,
how can I be helping you today ??.'"
Mujibar now works at Telstra, perhaps you have spoken to him.

I know I have...