Today's pet Peeve 12 Sept 09 (phones, places, weird, name)

[Sudcaro]

I sure hate those long messages...

[Summerz]

This place is especially annoying,,,and how do they know I am Blonde?

Answering Machine at the mental Hospital:
Hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline
If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you
If you have multiple personalities, press 3,4, 5 and 6
If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the
line so we can trace your call
If you are delusional, press 7 and you call will be transferred to the
mother ship
If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully, and a small voice will tell
you which number to press
If you are a manic depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press,
no-one will answer you
If you have amnesia, press 8 and state your name, address, telephone
number, date of birth, social security number, and your mother's maiden
name
If you have bi-polar disorder, please leave a message after the beep or
before the beep or after the beep. Please wait for the beep
If you have short term memory loss, press 9. If you have short term
memory loss, press 9. If you have short term memory loss, press 9. If
you have short term memory loss, press 9
If you have low self esteem, please hang up. All of our operators are
too busy to talk to you
If you are menopausal, hang up, turn on the fan, lie down and cry. You
won't be crazy for ever.
If you are blonde, please don't press any buttons; you'll just mess
it up.

[Nomadicus]

I get disgusted with all of them and especially when there is no option to speak with a warm body.

[jersgrl1969]

I hate those systems that pick up every little sound in the background--you sneeze or cough and the recorded voice says "I"M SORRY! I DIDN"T UNDERSTAND..." GRRRRRRR!!!!! I also hate having to repeat "CUSTOMER SERVICE" twenty times to a recorded voice before it finally takes me to a real live person.

On another note, I was waiting in a long line today-one cashier working, naturally-and as soon as another cashier opened up, the guy behind me runs over to the counter.
Uhh, HELLO, I was next in line, I should be waited on next, right???
GRRRRRR!!!!

[PhotogGal]

Usually, by the time I get through all the press this and thats and get a live customer service person, I'm not in a very good mood!

[rrtechno]

Try pressing 0. Many times that will take you to a real person if there is one there.

On a similar note, I used to get a call from a nurse at a service provided by my health insurance company, just to check how my blood pressure had been, and if I had any other health questions. If there were they would evaluate things and recommend a trip to the doctor if they felt it was serious. Now I get a call from a machine telling me to call an 800 number to speak to a nurse. Why can't the nurse call me and we could take care of things. If I'm not, they could leave a message to call them back.

[Sweetie Pie]

How the H-e-double L did I miss this???

I hate this when it happens!!! But I do keep presing th "zero" to get the english speakin", warm human being!!!

[AliceT]

Originally Posted by Sweetie Pie

How the H-e-double L did I miss this???

You didn't. I know that because you just responded to it.

[Sweetie Pie]

Thanks Alice, for all your Pet Peeves threads!!! It is one of my favorite OT topics!!!

[Vichel]

I seem to develop a sudden case of Attention Deficit Disorder when I hear those long drawn-out messages with the 23 different options. If my option isn't 1 or 2, forget it ... my mind starts to wander, I start thinking about all the other things I should be doing ... and then I realise I've missed my option. So I usually just press anything and if it's not the right place, they forward me on. Pressing zero often works too.

My voicemail message is simple ... "Sorry I can't take your call now, please leave a message..." Beep! That's all I want to hear from voice mail messages. Not some boring epistle on why I'm not hearing your live voice.