WTF? Apparently, you can drop the F-bomb to fool phone bots into connecting you to a human being. Silly bots. “Operator” works for me, but it’s good to know there are other options. Make sure the kids are not in the room.
h/t Lifehacker.
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Joseph, I would have liked to seen your post yesterday as I was navigating the “friendly” GE phone menu to get a replacement part under warranty. btw, their website solution was no more helpful.
Such are the trials and tribulations of technology, doing its best to separate us from each other.
If only this worked for websites!
Ahahaha…It works for Sprint customer service IVR system, usually I wait till the representative gets on the line before I start waxing profanitastic…Nice!
I heard that pressing the Spanish option puts you through to a person too (a person who is obviously bilingual), but I haven’t tried it yet.