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I ve abused a robot 😢

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seadragon Sun 12-Jan-25 04:28:28

Siri can't understand a word I say. Odd as I have a neutral accent. We no longer speak since I last screeched at her/him/them/it...

Indigo8 Sat 11-Jan-25 22:33:52

prestbury

It's a good job you did not try typing Scunthorpe smile

Very good prestbury:grin

Indigo8 Sat 11-Jan-25 22:31:36

BlueBelle

I can only think of Tony Hancock but that’s not two stars

You are right Bluebelle I do mean Tony Hancock but for some reason the GN bot wouldn't let me put 4 stars.

Allira Sat 11-Jan-25 22:21:51

Have you ever abused a robot
Oh yes. But I don't feel a bit sorry.
Why do they not understand the word nought for 0? Why do they prefer O? Nor did she understand my postcode.
So I told her not to be so stupid.

Elegran Sat 11-Jan-25 21:30:32

The missing stars are because GN only prints the first and last of a star word.

When I was a child my parents had friends whose surname was, er, the same as Tony's. I wrote to them once to thank them for a present, but spelt their name with Hang where it should have been Han. That would definitely get censored by the purity bots. I did wonder why they laughed so much about the letter.

grannyqueenie Sat 11-Jan-25 17:06:03

In a similar vein!
Hoping this link will work.
youtu.be/NMS2VnDveP8

BlueBelle Sat 11-Jan-25 16:50:28

I can only think of Tony Hancock but that’s not two stars

petra Sat 11-Jan-25 15:53:17

I was suspended for a week on GN for calling out a BOT 😂

prestbury Sat 11-Jan-25 14:29:38

It's a good job you did not try typing Scunthorpe smile

Indigo8 Sat 11-Jan-25 14:22:47

The GN robot keeps deleting two of the stars but I am sure most people know who I mean..

Indigo8 Sat 11-Jan-25 14:20:25

Sorry Han**

Indigo8 Sat 11-Jan-25 14:19:55

I was once on a site which invited people to submit book reviews. I had just read a book by Caroline Slowcock and I started to write the review but when I typed in the author's name an icon came up saying I had been blocked from the site for using offensive language. A very offended robot.

As Tony Han** used to say "You wouldn't credit it, would you?"

BlueBelle Sat 11-Jan-25 13:30:15

Yes she poor little thing gave up and eventually I got a nice gentleman (with a very strong accent) but we did get there 🤣

Babs03 Sat 11-Jan-25 13:30:05

Chatbots are the worst, you put in a question that they don’t understand and they refer you back to the main site where you try to navigate your way to a phone number but instead find yourself back with the chatbot. Many sites don’t show a phone number or email address anymore.

Aveline Sat 11-Jan-25 13:24:21

I just kept saying no when it kept asking if it was correct. Eventually, it gave up and transferred me to a real person.

Baggs Sat 11-Jan-25 13:24:00

Have you tried 'echo' instead of E? Don't know if it would work but it might be worth a try.

BlueBelle Sat 11-Jan-25 13:21:30

Today I was trying to renew my home insurance Now it seems virtually impossible to speak to a human, even to do that you have to go through a robot and my poor little robot could not understand my post code I speak very ordinary English I have absolutely no accent at all but every time I told her my post code she got one letter wrong most often saying ‘Y’ when I said ‘E ‘even ‘Eeee’ and then I got ‘that doesn’t match’
We played this game a few times and then I shouted at the poor little thing I didn’t hear her cry but I think I must have hurt her feelings with my frustrations
Have you ever abused a robot 😢