3800 year old customer complaint goes viral

Started by ArizonaTank, August 24, 2018, 11:16:51 AM

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ArizonaTank

Some things do not change much in 3800 years...

Sounds like my recent discussion with my internet provider...

When you came, you said to me as follows : 'I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots.' You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: 'If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!'

What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe(?) you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper, and umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas.

How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full.
Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt."


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/worlds-oldest-customer-complaint-goes-viral/ar-BBMnHFO?ocid=spartanntp

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Ubercat

 ;D Someone should send that to Battlefront.
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Steelgrave

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Did Bawb ever get his refund?    :timeout: 8) :timeout:

bob48

Eventually, yes; but I had to wait for some bugger to invent the internet first  8)
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Several of those clauses and sentences are meme-worthy.  O0
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Quote from: bob48 on August 24, 2018, 01:38:53 PM
Eventually, yes; but I had to wait for some bugger to invent the internet first  8)

And to invent money! Not that I have room to talk when it comes to age   O0