top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

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top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

#1 Post by earendel » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:27 pm

I just finished 1-1/2 hours of training on how to use the new phone. It has all sorts of features, most of which the average user (such as myself) will never need. One of those features is a "speed dial" feature that lets you store up to 99 numbers. Unfortunately you have to remember which speed dial number you assigned to which phone number (the phone doesn't display the list), which could be problematic. The old phone system gets shut off tonight.
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Re: top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

#2 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:33 pm

earendel wrote:I just finished 1-1/2 hours of training on how to use the new phone. It has all sorts of features, most of which the average user (such as myself) will never need. One of those features is a "speed dial" feature that lets you store up to 99 numbers. Unfortunately you have to remember which speed dial number you assigned to which phone number (the phone doesn't display the list), which could be problematic. The old phone system gets shut off tonight.
Any phone system that needs 1.5 hours of training is a bad telephone system. :roll:
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Re: top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

#3 Post by earendel » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:50 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:I just finished 1-1/2 hours of training on how to use the new phone. It has all sorts of features, most of which the average user (such as myself) will never need. One of those features is a "speed dial" feature that lets you store up to 99 numbers. Unfortunately you have to remember which speed dial number you assigned to which phone number (the phone doesn't display the list), which could be problematic. The old phone system gets shut off tonight.
Any phone system that needs 1.5 hours of training is a bad telephone system. :roll:
There are a lot of features on this phone (Cisco, BTW) and it takes a while to go through them all. Plus it's done by hands-on experience as well as a PowerPoint presentation, and with 20 people in the class asking questions, it's not surprising it took that long.
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Re: top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

#4 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:16 pm

earendel wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:I just finished 1-1/2 hours of training on how to use the new phone. It has all sorts of features, most of which the average user (such as myself) will never need. One of those features is a "speed dial" feature that lets you store up to 99 numbers. Unfortunately you have to remember which speed dial number you assigned to which phone number (the phone doesn't display the list), which could be problematic. The old phone system gets shut off tonight.
Any phone system that needs 1.5 hours of training is a bad telephone system. :roll:
There are a lot of features on this phone (Cisco, BTW) and it takes a while to go through them all. Plus it's done by hands-on experience as well as a PowerPoint presentation, and with 20 people in the class asking questions, it's not surprising it took that long.
I stand by my statement.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

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Re: top o' the mornin'® 6/25/2014

#5 Post by Estonut » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:19 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I stand by my statement.
Here's BJ being helpful at work...
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