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I want Mr. Moviephone to tell me about the tribes of
northern Khazakstan while I'm waiting to speak with a
customer service representative. Better yet, maybe he
could just teach me their language; that way, when I
finally get a live human being on the line, I'll stand a
better chance of them understanding my problem. |
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Alternatively, just play clips of QI. |
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Better than music, but not as good as silence. |
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For maximum information on hold, the best would
be a hissing sound, as close to white as the
telephone system permits. |
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mandate their competitions' adverts. |
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[+] I might enjoy this unless the info got cut-off when they were ready to talk!! At the University where I work, there are info-mercials about the school and actually some interesting facts that I didn't know! |
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I prefer something bland and monotone when on hold. I put the phone onto speaker then go about my work and only perk up when I hear someone speaking. I hate it when they interupt muzac with voices but its only their commercial or someone telling me how important my call is to them. I would find this system distracting. |
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Not a Krusty the Clown voice? |
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I suppose there's always DocBrown's on-hold storytime... |
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Anything's better than Handel's 'Wedding Suite'. |
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Perhaps "Press 1 for monotonous Muzak, Press 2 for the
history of metallurgy, Press 3 for clips of QI" and so on. |
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... Press 666 for a burst of Carmina Burana at maximum volume and then an immediate transfer to the Accounts Department ... |
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Estuans interius. Obviously. |
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I've had BBC news before. I was impressed. |
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For Darwin's sake,
Someone get out there and make this happen boffins !! |
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My Dad is looking for a new on-hold recording for his vet
clinic; Ima suggest the Beeb, that's wicked cool. |
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er, slight correction. In the original post I mentioned
Sideshow Bob..what I was actually thinking of was
Sideshow Mel. It's the small details that count! |
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