I just received a call a few minutes ago, and I KNEW it was a wrong number because it had the 888 in front of it and I don't have this phone on my business cards so no one should have it anyway, but in any case I decide I might as well answer it and tell whoever it is that this is a wrong number.
"Hello?" I say.
(Insert LONG PAUSE here. Then add a few seconds.)
Obviously recorded robot voice kicks in: "Hi, this is Helen from Hope Medical Hospital, please contact our Business Department....."
At this point I hang up. And have a little WTF moment.
Seriously? This is HELEN!? I know this is not HELEN, you are a ROBOT, and not just a ROBOT but a RECORDED ROBOT VOICE*.
What has the world come to? Why are these robots calling me and playing their stupid recorded messages and how do I get them to stop?!**
*Actual robots, like the ones at the AT&T help desk, can respond to what you say based on some verbal cues, which makes them no less annoying since you spend the whole time on the phone shouting things like "SERVICES" "CUT OFF INTERNET SERVICES" "NO, YOU'RE WRONG" while it goes, "I'm sorry, I did not understand what you wanted, did you mean, billing?"
**I am on the Do Not Call registry, why do you ask?
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