I cuss like a maniac. Some systems seem to pick up curse words and escalate the caller to a rep. Used to work better than it does now.
Loud, clear, dispassionate. I don’t know who’s listening. I’ll kick a roomba when no ones looking tho.
I’m usually really nice; after all, the robots will soon take over and I want to be on their good side.
Or sometimes I just use a silly voice or say it sexy. Especially fun when they ask to speak your issue, cause that leads to a fun bit of confusion when the guy or gal on the other line picks up knowing ahead of time I’m a weirdo from a kids cartoon.
After watching Linda Litzke yell/ennunciate (yellunciate?) AYE-GENTTT AYE-GENTTT in Burn After Reading, that became my default.
I am become Linda Litzke.
Angry and fed-up and sick of everyone’s shit?
Protip: don’t even engage with those systems. Just press 0. Every time it prompts you to say something to proceed. Has yet to fail me.
Ok I say “human” to chatbots, what’s my diagnosis
Same but I say it increasingly angry. I have also been known to threaten them with magnets.
same, it never occurred to me to say “representative” lol
I was really confused by the post
I didn’t even get that this saying is actually talking to phone trees instead of online customer service robots
Mildly irritated in a way that suggests that I know exactly what needs to happen but am about 85% sure it won’t but I also don’t want to be mean to anyone but I also do want them to take me seriously?
Seems about right
This isn’t “who you really are” though. It’s actually better to sound irritated to the IVR because some can detect vocal inflection and swear words. They will send you to a live agent faster than if you are polite. They make the polite people jump through more hoops.
The first time or the 9th?
I just smash the 0 as soon as I hear a robot voice on the phone.
