It’s useful when you’re talking to somebody on a bad line who doesn’t really understand English all that well. Such as when you’re trying to cancel your ISP, because they are always in India.
I learnt it to work in a call centre ten years ago and can still remember them all with a bit of effort, but I still don’t know the Dutch one, which is more likely to come in handy now and is all people’s names.
A few months ago I expended the effort and learned that goddamn alphabet. Guess what? Haven’t needed it since. All gone.
Count your blessings, sucks having to get on the phone and play the spelling game
It’s useful when you’re talking to somebody on a bad line who doesn’t really understand English all that well. Such as when you’re trying to cancel your ISP, because they are always in India.
I learnt it to work in a call centre ten years ago and can still remember them all with a bit of effort, but I still don’t know the Dutch one, which is more likely to come in handy now and is all people’s names.