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002 - Video - Public Service Announcement

[The video clicks on, and there's Aoko, perched on a stool, that firm set to her mouth almost swallowing her lips in that firm, white line. Someone's going to get it . . . and they're going to get it good.]

I'd like to make a public service announcement.

[Her spine straightens, chin lifting, and almost veritably, she glares at the camera.]

If your new TV or microwave or disco ball or whatever doesn't work . . . maybe you should make sure it's plugged in before calling tech support and fussing at them for half an hour.

And then figuring it out and hanging up on them because you're embarrassed.

Jerks.

[That last part is obviously directed at certain unspecified individuals and not the world as a whole, but Aoko doesn't look as though she's in the mood to specify, bright pink by the end of it all. With a toss of the head, she looks tempted to say more, but flicks the NV firmly off.]

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[... there's something amusing about this video, and he tries not to snicker]

Bad day?

[Eyeing him through the video. Don't even start, Kaito, or she'll eat you.]

You try to deal with a bunch of people who haven't even plugged it in or touched the "on" button. Hamsters are more tech-savvy!

And then they sit and chew you out like it's your fault it's not working and they can't watch their porn!

[Translation: Yes, bad day.]

[biting his tongue and pulling on a straight face]

Next time you should just hang up on 'em.

[a beat]

... too bad that would probably get you fired.

[See this, Kaito? This is deadpan.]

Yes, it would.

Wanna punch a pillow when you get home? You can pretend it's your customers.

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That's awful! They should have at least apologized for wasting your time. [Protective face for her new friend.]

Of course not. They just hung up.

It's not my fault they locked themselves out of 26 channels because they didn't read the manual.

[Once more, with feeling!]

Jerks.

Well... [Hinamori's tempted to defend these people, because that's what she does, but you're someone she knows and therefore more important... NICE GIRL INTERNAL CONFLICT WHAT DO.] You really shouldn't call them names...

[Even nice girls have RAGE, Hinamori. You will learn this.]

I didn't deserve to be called what they called me, either, and it was definitely worse than "jerk."

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Uh- hey, baby. Uh, huh huh.

[. . . This is not creepy. Not at all. Sorry, Butthead, but Aoko will not be answering you.]

[ :( so rude... ]

Well. They must've felt really embarrassed for being such idiots.

Is that your job? Taking calls?

Yes.

[And she sounds like she just loves it, doesn't she?]

And maybe they were, but they could at least say "sorry" or something.

Being on the phone with strangers can be kind of weird.

It's really weird.

But mostly they have you reading off of scripts anyway. They don't trust you to come up with the answers yourself.

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['Give me a break. You're kidding, right? Of course not.']

... Well, I guess there really are idiots in this world, too.

Idiots are everywhere.

[You've said it, Kyon.]

[Maya's not in any position to comment on being technology stupid. As Aoko will probably be able to tell from this genius comment:]

They could always whack 'em, too. That always works for me!

[Twitch.]

. . . Usually that makes it worse. And broken.

They deserve it if they have to be smacked just to work properly!

[What is this logic even]

[Laughs.] Oh, I hate that!

[Have an image of a thoroughly grumpy Aoko.]

Do you work in tech support too?

Not all the time, but sometimes people call in when there's something wrong, and I try to help. But it's always something... like, they didn't know to turn it off. Things like that.

What do you do?

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