Comment on Most consumers hate the idea of AI-generated customer service
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago“Talk to a human”
Repeat these words over and over. Most automated phone systems are programmed to bail out when its clear the customer is just flat out unwilling to engage with their bullshit.
I think it was Comcast that refused to connect me with a human unless I said the right thing.
No matter what method, it would either hang up and tell me to try again or just not route me to the right place.
I ended up sending a letter to my state Attorney General. 30 days later my issue was fixed.
I bet I could make an phone app that just repeats that until you get through
Probably not. Access to phone calls is heavily restricted on modem smart phones. It’s why call recording apps are almost impossible to make now, despite many jurisdictions being one party consent (meaning only one person involved in a conversation needs to know that it’s being recorded).
I’ve called companies that disconnect the call or “in order to connect you to the right agent, please tell us what you’re calling about,” them inevitably get it wing enough times to make you sit through a menu of about ten choices that are not correct and disconnect after three rounds of this nonsense.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I usually use the “cuss at the bot” method. Gets out my frustration ahead of time so i can be sweet with the human. Tho one time the computer hung up on my ass haha
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Also surprisingly effective.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yup, it turns out you’ll often get more concessions from a support agent if you can manage to sound both angry at the problem and happy to work with the customer support rep to resolve it.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Might not have been speech detection, might have been a call center agent with a sound board
Entropywins@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Tha poor fucker…“I wanna talk to a human”…“you are beep boop”
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Sound board? I don’t know what that means. Can they press buttons and computer choice prompts pop up?
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Yeah or something similar.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
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