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Re: Friday humor - "I wanna talk to a real person."
Subject:Re: Friday humor - "I wanna talk to a real person." From:Suzanne Chiles <suzchiles -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> Date:Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:56:36 -0800
No wonder I have high blood pressure. :-) That's a really funny story,
though.
Suzanne
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:
> Suzanne Chiles wrote:
> > ...
> > I really hate the systems that make me speak my choice; I would much
> rather
> > push numbers, as I typically wind up screaming and cursing at the phone.
>
> I had to use Bank of America's horrid system when it listened for voice
> even after you were pushing buttons, and I had a bad cold.
>
> Me: BEEP BEEP BEEP "<cough! cough-cough!>" BEEP BEEP
>
> It: "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that." <Back to beginning or into a
> new loop.>
> ^
>
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Suzanne Chiles
suzchiles -at- gmail -dot- com
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