Digital Commo[n(on)]sense

Scene: Checked into a 5* in Mumbai, India. Want to try out the WiFi. A screen pops-up and asks for room number as the userid and surname as the Password. I try and get, "Invalid room number and Password Combination".

My inference (illlogical) the hotel chaps must have goofed up my surname. I know my room number, I know my Surname!

My Action

Me: Dial 0
Reception: How can I help you? ...
Me: Looks like there is a cross talk
Reception: No Sir, there is another girl laughing outside.
Me: OK. The WiFi login page .....
Reception: I will connect you to the IT department ...
Me: Hold .......

IT: Sir, you had a problem with WiFi .. can I help you.
Me: Guess my surname has been spelled wrong ...
IT: No Sir.. Please try to login ..
Me: Surname ...
IT: Please try sir, I am looking at the logs ... (creepy!) I will hold on

Me Trying: 636,

IT:Sir, you entered your surname wrong.
Me:What? I know my surname!
IT: You missed the second p the second time, Sir.
Me: Uhmm .. what is my surname!
IT: Spells it out --PP-R-PPU ... you did not type the second P
Me: Stunned.
IT: Please try giving the second P.
Me: Still Stunned. But that is not my name!
IT: Then I can not help you, you should contact the reception "0".
Me: That is what I did!

Me had a hearty laugh :-)

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