Alright, I’m getting really tired of the cell phone company’s automated prompts that play before you leave a voicemail for someone. When I call someone, I just want to leave a message quickly, not jump through a bunch of hoops!
Why do they have all of those silly prompts: “Record your message after the tone. To send a numeric page, press 5 now.” Who sends a numeric page anymore these days? Is it still 1992 or something?
“When you are finished with your message you may hang up or press pound for more options.” More options? Wait, you want me to listen to more prompt menus? I’m just leaving a message here – simple stuff. Can I just get to the freakin’ beep?
And then, when I am listening to my own voicemails, I get all these prompts telling me what phone number it came from and what time and day each message was left – more time wasting!
Is it possible the cell phone companies just want to keep us on the phone longer so they make more money? Think about it: if millions of people spend an extra 15 seconds per call waiting for the prompts just to leave messages, that ends up being a pretty nice built-in profit from forcing people to use more minutes. Anyway, I think we all know the drill with leaving a message for someone; we don’t need those instructions anymore!
So this is my voicemail message to Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, T-Mobile, and all the rest: To refund me the money I’ve spent on waiting for your lame-o prompts, press 1. To keep overcharging me and wasting my time, press 2. To leave me a message with some BS legal/corporate reasoning behind your time-wasting instructions, press 3. To offer me a…whoops – lost the signal! Guess they’ll have to start all over again. Cha ching! |
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“Oh, Oh telephone line, give me some time I’m living in twilight”…
Haven’t guessed your song tune, however the above one is easy enough….
Time is money youre right S why waste it esp with everything going through the roof??, (Its the economy stupid!) tell that to the repubs running!! f— THEIR war!!!!
No one speaks hardly to a rep anymore, if we do its always with a person with a kurdish accent s you might as well get prompted how abou a refund for all the time we are charged wile waiting
a smaller chiching back at us for a change!..
If it is not one way, its another way the utility companies are/will constantly looking for profits at our expense, no pun there..
Anybody see my carrier pigeon?
Me too! It’s a momentum derailer, when you’re busy and just want to talk, to have to pause while some charming digital voice gives an excruciatingly long list of instructions that no-one needs. Pet peeve of mine too. Almost as bad as people not using their turn signals. Peace!
Hey JG
yes it gets you totally off track and whatever you were excited about is a has a little less urgency. Lol
S
what up with these estimated wait times??? Can u please hire enough people so I don’t have to listen to the same two songs over and over..oh don’t forget the static..on hold for 45 mins to ask one question and get the wrong answer in 5 seconds!!
Hey Blue O
Yeah I hate when the automated prompt for credit card companies is a robot hot woman, and she’s like hmmm, I’m sorry I didn’t get that? Can you say it again? You just want to scream and how calm and annoying robot-hot is.
S
silly girl,of course its all about the benjamins,the prompt and b/s is to a save money on an
actual human being answering the phone ( ya know making a living to feed thier family)
and the xtra time it wastes on your phone….just wait till they perfect the robots….oh
yeah !!!
Rich is right. Call waiting, prompts, leaving messages, caller ID, etc. —-all about money for the phone companys. and we continue to fall for every gadget and “necessary modern convenience” that comes out. We are being led like sheep, and everyone is buying it. Can’t we do anything for ourselves? Oh yeah—we are saving so much time by all these conveniences in order to spend more time searching out ways in which to waste on other time saving devices and methods that add to our self importance. Nice cycle.
That’s exactly why they did it… if you spend more time on the phone they can bill you for minutes used.
Here’s a shortcut to bypass cell phone voicemail:
For Cingular/AT&T or Sprint push 1, Verizon, push *,
T-Mobile or Nextel push #.
Note: This may actually waste more time if you are not sure of the caller’s carrier. If you hit the wrong button, you will not be able to leave a message and will prompt you to leave a paging #.
Hey Carlos,
How’s Robert Dinero doing? Ha
I will try this and then I’ll call you and let you know how it goes..hope you pick up! Lol
S
i think the prompts or waiting
period can by bypassed by hitting the pound key as with audix ( the automated systems for many companies).how bout
just push buttons and see if
we can piss the phone companies
off
I’m in!! Pushing buttons…my favorite
Ha
Let’s file a class action. I’m in. How do we get started.
New Edition!