• @[email protected]
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    431 year ago

    (Goes through a phone maze to get the option you need, then the robot voice comes on)

    “OUR STAFF CAN HANDLE THAT REQUEST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS BETWEEN 10AM AND 4PM. GOODBYE.”

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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      161 year ago

      Don’t forget the 2 minute preamble about how the options have changed, and how they value you as a customer.

      If some bad shit went down, it’s also a 30 second recording of “unprecedented times”.

      • @jaybone
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        71 year ago

        When have the options ever not changed?

        Do they think I’m calling so regularly that I have the options memorized? If so, that assumption says a lot about how shitty their product or service is.

        • Punkie
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          41 year ago

          It’s a psychological trick to make you pay attention.

          Source: I used to program call centers.

        • @CosmicTurtle
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          1 year ago

          There’s one doctor’s office I call that has been saying “our menu options have changed” for like 10 years and literally the options are:

          • 1 - If you are a doctor
          • 2 - New patient or existing patient scheduling an appointment
          • 3 - medication refills
          • 4 - billing
          • 5 - directions and fax number
          • 0 - talk to a representative

          It hasn’t changed and have my phone programmed to wait 3 seconds before hitting 2.