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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:33 AM Original message |
The new customer service: no human beings |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. pretend you don't have a push button phone. usually if you don't push ANY numbers |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Likely. Please name names, which company are you talking about? n/t |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Its happening at a lot of places. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Swear into the phone and you'll likely get a human response |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. This source tells you how to reach a human for many companies |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. pressing zero will sometimes get you a live body on the phone |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. The end goal is to make you never call. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Just keep pressing zero - usually works for me n/t |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Public Corporations must list officers |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you sneeze or clear your throat, you get the response: "I'm sorry, I didn't catch |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. bots are the scourge of modern life |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. If you have the iPhone ... |
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JimmyJubes (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. There is no such thing as customer service |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So even those crappy low paying call center jobs are gone. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Naw, outsourced to India |
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MaryEllen71 (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. no they are not |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
16. I just hit "O" continuously. Then a person comes on. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Stay on the line, |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. I often don't respond at all... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh, that reminds me of my co-worker calling Dell |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. HATE that. And hate all the advertising they subject you to |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. You know what else makes me crazy? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, that's one of my pet peeves too... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I worked at a call center. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, but if you have to assume they've done it wrong |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well, I don't know who you are calling, so I can't say. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LOL. Sounds like the usual corporate think. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Most companies don't answer email either. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Another excellent company for customer service: |
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