How long is 'SOON' in the Vodafone world?

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aimsy007

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#61607 19-May-2010 17:18

"The Common Mayfly has a life expectancy of just one day.....(and ends)......Vodafone, make the most of now."

Just a very simple question from a long time on account customer of Vodafone to the Ivory Towers of Vodafone HQ:

In your world how is the word 'SOON' defined? Tomorrow, next week, month, year???

Soon is such a convenient word to use sometimes!

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#331933 19-May-2010 17:21

Hopefully they don't use the same dictionary TelstraClear use. In which case "Soon" will mean "some time in the new few years".

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#331934 19-May-2010 17:21

??????? You lost me

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#331935 19-May-2010 17:23

in the case of SKY and internet access via their set top boxes, "soon" became "never".

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#331937 19-May-2010 17:25

johnr: ??????? You lost me

lets try some contexts:

Account Manager: I'll get that completed for you SOON.

Salesperson: We'll have the new mini boosters on sale SOON.

Corporate: We'll have our new iPhone plans out SOON.

define SOON. :P

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#331946 19-May-2010 17:59

Maybe soon should be changed to when we are ready

patatrat

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#331948 19-May-2010 18:09

johnr: Maybe soon should be changed to when we are ready

They are awaiting delivery of one of these:

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#331957 19-May-2010 19:10

The English language can be so arbitrary. No wonder lawyers make so much money - it's all about playing with words.

Next time, ask for "now" rather than "soon":)

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#331959 19-May-2010 19:21

VisualVoiceMail for Vodafone NZ was coming soon... 18mths ago

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#331960 19-May-2010 19:23

MattD: VisualVoiceMail for Vodafone NZ was coming soon... 18mths ago

Yeah that's a classic example!

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#331980 19-May-2010 20:45

I'm pretty sure a memo went round at VF about this... "Soon" has officially been changed to "Watch this space"

And currently reviewing the policy to get "Make the most of now" changed to "Dropped the ball" or "Incompetent"

I'm not sure about the second one... I just caught the end of it on TV3 last night... lol.

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#331982 19-May-2010 21:00

MattD: VisualVoiceMail for Vodafone NZ was coming soon... 18mths ago

Sounds like "soon" is telco speak for "*shrug*"

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#331987 19-May-2010 21:21

Buttonmash: Hopefully they don't use the same dictionary TelstraClear use. In which case "Soon" will mean "some time in the new few years".

Ahahaha!

aimsy007

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#331999 19-May-2010 22:07

Imagine if classic movies peddled the same line as Vodafone!

Schwarzenegger in Terminator - 'I'll be back SOON'

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 'ET phone home SOON.'

Star Wars - 'May the Force SOON be with you."

Gladiator - "At my signal SOON, unleash hell."

Pulp Fiction - "That?s 30 minutes away. I?ll be there SOON."

aimsy007

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#332038 20-May-2010 07:23

Could today be tooooooo soon?

aimsy007

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#332414 20-May-2010 15:41

Today was obviously too soon. I wonder if tomorrow is going to be soon? I wonder if Paul is going to comment soon?

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