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City Employee Gets in Trouble Again for Talking Like a Robot
New York Magazine ^
| September 29, 2015
| Jen Kirby
Posted on 09/29/2015 11:04:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The saga of this city worker is a gift that keeps on giving: Despite receiving a 20-day suspension last year for mimicking a robot while answering IT calls to the Department of Health's help desk, employee Ronald Dillon is about to be disciplined once again for talking to customers like a droid.
Dillon will likely be put on 30-day unpaid leave after he overrode supervisors' orders to stop impersonating a machine, which the judge who presided over Dillon's hearing described as "a slow, stilted and monotonous voice."
Dillon was also censured for not responding to customer-service requests and purposefully misdirecting calls. The judge noted that it appeared as if Dillon, who had been working for the Department of Health since 1976 and has an MBA, believed his qualifications made him superior to his job as a help-desk drone, which explained some of his antics. But the last time Dillon was accused of doing his best AI impression, the city worker claimed he was only trying to make his voice "atonal" because his superiors objected to the sound of his regular-person and Brooklyn-accented voice. Here is a clip, thanks to DNAinfo, of Dillon using robot speak and then breaking character, so you can decide which works better man versus machine.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: governmentjobs; napl
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To: nickcarraway
"Hello, IT."
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posted on
09/29/2015 12:32:45 PM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: nickcarraway
he was probably reading one of those threads about everyone wanting to have sex with robots
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posted on
09/29/2015 12:35:28 PM PDT
by
TheRightGuy
(I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
To: nickcarraway; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
Like the time I worked for 555-FILK
To: ArGee
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posted on
09/29/2015 12:48:41 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There will be no conservative issue islands left to stand on if the red tide comes in."~S. Knish)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/29/2015 1:11:43 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: Larry Lucido; nickcarraway; SaveFerris; FredZarguna
Is It OK to Have Sex With a Robot?
She also happened to mention to me that her friend had wondered if going to a prostitute robot while you're engaged is considered cheating.
His feeling was they're never going to see each other again so what's
the difference. But that is a subject for another sermon.
Now, I'd like to close with a psalm.
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posted on
09/29/2015 1:16:43 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: TheRightGuy
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posted on
09/29/2015 1:17:07 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: Mr. K
Hmmmm. I think Skippy used to be in my unit.
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posted on
09/29/2015 1:34:31 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: nickcarraway
Well, I can see his point: I would rather listen to a droid than a Brooklyn accent, thank you.
To: Mr. K
Sounds like Skippy was bored that day. :)
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posted on
09/29/2015 2:19:21 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Travis T. OJustice
That would make a funny movie, wouldn’t it?
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posted on
09/29/2015 2:52:32 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: Fiji Hill
I listened to the clip. It sounds like a normal voice to me.
Except for the very beginning when he answered the call. The rest was straight human.
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posted on
09/29/2015 2:56:42 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
To: nickcarraway
That is NOT a robot voice.
What is wrong with people????
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posted on
09/29/2015 5:39:55 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
“Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again!!”
Done help desk duty. That is So true.
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posted on
09/29/2015 5:49:52 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: nickcarraway; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
I see an unemployment check in this guy’s future.
DANG!
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posted on
09/29/2015 8:11:26 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: nickcarraway
I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it.
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posted on
09/29/2015 8:39:08 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Mr. K
Yep, better than Mash or anything like it.
Guys like Skippy could really rule the world once they learn how to channel their smarts.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
That show is absolutely side-splitting!
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posted on
09/30/2015 7:55:03 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/30/2015 8:09:09 AM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(GOP = The Whig Party)
To: Manic_Episode
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posted on
09/30/2015 4:10:38 PM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(GOP = The Whig Party)
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