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Some people are incapable of walking at a normal speed and talking on the cell phone at the same time. Ditto driving a car. I can almost guarantee you that these people are pretty stupid.

Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.

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IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.


Hold down the star button for a few seconds. That should be a shortcut to a real person. Don't quote me on that but you should definitely try it.
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Rotten Tanx wrote:
IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.


Hold down the star button for a few seconds. That should be a shortcut to a real person. Don't quote me on that but you should definitely try it.


I have been very successful at getting a person on the line (with shitty old Comcast at least) by saying, "I want to talk to a person." I'm not kidding -- I think the robots may be programmed to understand this.

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A large portion of the population is really fucking stupid or what I like to call 'oxygen theives'. I mean, they wouldn't hold up the progress (or lack of) of evolution or anything serious if they just disappeared.

Just sayin'.
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IceManCometh wrote:Also: every customer service phone number is automated nowadays, and the menus and options are growing considerably more complex. "For this, press 4, for that press 5 followed by a star and a pound sign, three seconds apart, then scream yes nine times." Etc. Then, you'll be routed to yet another menu where you have to repeat this process. I don't know why this enrages me to the degree that it does. I'll say "operator" repeatedly, out of frustration, and inevitably the automaton says, "Sorry, I don't understand your question," then return you to *the beginning* of the menu. Sometimes, it takes a good 10 minutes just to get through those menus. It's almost as though they *want* you to hang up.


It should be noted that with some systems if you curse or use an angry tone you will be bumped to the beginning of the line. And then the operator gets on the line and you have to apologize for your automated tone.



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