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goobster  ·  2865 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 18, 2017

So what did you choose for hold music?





kleinbl00  ·  2865 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The thinking right now is KPLU. But I mean, shit. It's not like I have no choices.

Besides which, it's gonna be a long-ass time before we put anybody on hold.

user-inactivated  ·  2864 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I lobbied hard for this over the default Asterisk knockoff-Enya hold music last time it came up, at least for programmers who only over put people on hold if we have no intention of actually talking to them, but I was overruled every time.

kleinbl00  ·  2864 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes. Well, we're trying not to make our customers feel hated.

The worst part about most IP-based hold music is it fucking starts at the beginning every time you move in the queue. Apple was the worst for this, especially as their call centers were all wired together using coat hangers and baling wire. Crackle crackle fizz fizz distorted guitar fizz crackle "hi, I'm representing the world's largest tech company can you hear me sir?"

user-inactivated  ·  2864 days ago  ·  link  ·  

From experience, making a large phone system that doesn't suck is a pain in the ass and not enough of a priority to the powers that be, so you can either have a humorless phone system that makes your customers feel hated or a humorous phone system that makes your customers feel hated. I'll grant that you probably have more room to approach not-infuriating than most of us.

kleinbl00  ·  2864 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is so nice that I have fewer extensions than fingers.