In these days of digital communications, some still prefer the relatively quaint tradition of talking by phone.
Unfortunately, it’s not always possible at City Hall whose phones were recently on the blink for a Double Take reader who was desperate to access a particular council service.
Our man went to the council’s website for a contact number, eventually finding its Request a Service page.
Unfortunately, the pictured message appeared above the usual contact details.
So he waited and tried again later. Same message.
So he waited and tried again later. Same message.
And so on. And so on. And so on, day or night, early or late.
“Get the feeling they don’t want to talk,” our correspondent finally realised.
Maybe City Hall needs its own Siri!
But don’t hang up on the City just yet – Double Take checked on Thursday and the no-calls message was finally gone.
Which seemed strange timing, given the onset of potholes across local roads over the past week. Surely the City’s call centre should have been run off it’s, err, mouths.
Anyway, the council’s taking calls again, so feel free to holler for a service on 5272 5272.
Meanwhile, Deakin University was this week trumpeting its rise up the rankings of the world’s greatest universities.
The uni released a statement brimming with pride about its shuffle up the apparently important Times Higher Education rankings.
Great news indeed. So, top 10?
No.
Top 20?
Err, nope.
50? No.
100? Not that, either.
Turns out Deakin cracked the 251-to-300 section after finishing 301 to 350 in 2015.
The rating mirrored Deakin’s rating in a separate Academic Ranking of World Universities, which placed in its top 300 in August.
Okay, so it’s not top 10, or even 100, but the world has a lot of unis, so Double Take will just say, ‘Well done, Deakin’.
And the mortarboards fly!
