We're getting new phones at work. (This is exciting, because if our current phones were any more outdated, we'd be picking up the handset and asking Sarah to connect us to Mount Pilot.) These new phones are pretty slick, so slick we had to go to phone class to learn how to use them.
In class today the vendor was showing us how to customize the LCD display, and pointed out a feature called "Language." Select that, and you get a list: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Japanese.
"This is only for the language display," stressed the rep. "It only changes the words on your LCD screen. You all understand what it does?"
We all shrugged, yeah, of course, what's the big deal?
Apparently in yesterday's phone class, someone thought we could use this option to translate the actual calls.
My favorite part of "phone class" is afterwards when 98% forget instantly what all can be done with the new toy and just use it like a dumb ol' telephone. Then you've got the 2% who try to make use of all the wonderfulness included, but get frustrated because nobody else cares.
Posted by: Ted at September 16, 2004 07:48 AMI'm actually hoping that 100% of the other users forget how easy it will be to forward calls to me...and I will remember how to make use of the "send directly to voicemail" function.
Posted by: nic at September 16, 2004 04:18 PM