MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
to give smb the runaround?
Hi,
Imagine the following situation:
(1) You buy an expensive gadget or something from a certain company.
(2) Soon you find out you can't get your gadget up and running.
(3) So you start bombarding the manufacturer's customer support with your 'SOS emails", hoping that the CS can give you some help, but
(4) Although they seem to respond to all your queries, their replies/instructions are useless/misleading/etc.
What do you call this kind of "pseudo-help" they (customer support, etc.) sometimes offer you for real help?
Is it called runaround?
Thank you!
mus-te
Imagine the following situation:
(1) You buy an expensive gadget or something from a certain company.
(2) Soon you find out you can't get your gadget up and running.
(3) So you start bombarding the manufacturer's customer support with your 'SOS emails", hoping that the CS can give you some help, but
(4) Although they seem to respond to all your queries, their replies/instructions are useless/misleading/etc.
What do you call this kind of "pseudo-help" they (customer support, etc.) sometimes offer you for real help?
Is it called runaround?
Thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
Can I say: he became a president and he became a treasure? I still don't understand about "a", "an" and "the". When are they used and not use?
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Can I say: he became a president and he became a treasure? I still don't understand about "a", "an" and "the". When are they used and not use?
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Hi Mus-te,
My opinion is that a native speaker would say something to the effect of: I've been calling and calling and all I get is the runaround.
John
My opinion is that a native speaker would say something to the effect of: I've been calling and calling and all I get is the runaround.
John
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Hi John,
Thanks for the perfect example!
Now I see how it (=runaround) works!
mus-te
Thanks for the perfect example!
Now I see how it (=runaround) works!
mus-te
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