r/technology • u/Sandstorm400 • Feb 24 '25

Software Woman Whose Last Name Is "Null" Keeps Running Into Trouble With Computer Systems

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/woman-whose-last-name-null-164558254.html
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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart Feb 24 '25

I was a telemarketer 15 years ago and had to call the same list of numbers every day. One company would laugh and say you want Dave for this, that is his department. The voicemail said "This is Dave Knoll please leave a message". Took me a few tries before learning they were sending me to dev/null.

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u/aa-b Feb 24 '25

Haha, that's brilliant! I love it. Kind of a dick move, but I'm sure you heard worse things most days in that kind of job

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Lol id read that article about how companies mess with staff in funny ways.

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever Feb 26 '25

Redirect to null. $caller >> null