Out of date tbh - It’s never a labyrinthine phone tree anymore, it’s a “natural speech” based menu that can never help with more than the most basic inquiries like “how much is my bill?” and still stubbornly refuses to put you in the queue for a real person.
It’s astounding how universal this hatred is. No one likes these things except the people who think it saves on labor costs (which, does it even? they’re replacing a menu that was already automated…)
Out of date tbh - It’s never a labyrinthine phone tree anymore, it’s a “natural speech” based menu that can never help with more than the most basic inquiries like “how much is my bill?” and still stubbornly refuses to put you in the queue for a real person.
Sometimes cursing will get you connected to a human.
I’m my experience it’ll just hang up
I’ve found that “new customer” sometimes gets you a human quicker…
Speak to a representative. “Sorry I didn’t understand that”
Love to scream at my phone because the fucking robot can’t understand me.
Key presses are so simple! Why do I have to talk to the dumb fucking robot?!
It’s astounding how universal this hatred is. No one likes these things except the people who think it saves on labor costs (which, does it even? they’re replacing a menu that was already automated…)