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Agreed - I've almost never called [Insert Service Provider Here] and had one of their automated responses be helpful in any meaningful way. I'm calling because
by sharkweek 2y ago
Agreed - I've almost never called [Insert Service Provider Here] and had one of their automated responses be helpful in any meaningful way. I'm calling because I have what seems like an exception to deal with.
I learned pretty quickly as a young man that the fastest way to get my problems solved was to hit 0 on my phone as many times as it took to get that sweet, sweet "Okay, I'll transfer you to a live representative" response.
- classified 2y ago> … was to hit 0 on my phone as many times as it took … You just qualified for one of those rare and hot Prompt Engineer positions, and I've got an OpenAI to sell to you.
- blowski 2y agoI normally don’t press anything to get that result.
- lsllc 2y agoSame here, but now it seems no-one implements 0 in automated phone systems anymore!
- alright2565 2y agoWhen I contact Google Fiber's chatbot about an outage, it will let me know they are aware and give me a rough ETA. First time I've experienced a useful chatbot.
- sensanaty 2y agoI usually do: 0, then *, then #, then I say Human a bunch, then I go into a swearing fit. Usually by the human stage I've gotten through, but sometimes the swearing is inevitable