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[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

I wonder why companies insist in playing small snippets of music, usually
non music, on their on hold feeds when its clear their telephone lines are
about the worst quality voip you could imagine making it painful to listen
to?
One might think a bit of useful info might be the way to go or maybe just a
ringing sound with the occasional, you are connected and you are number xx
in the queue? Some do of course, but most do not you just get your call is
important to us, if you wish you can see our web site help section on, and
then the terrible music again. grr.
Brian

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[Brian Gaff]

Actually, I don't mind too much if you really are number x in the queue, but
this should be only said when the number changes not every 30 seconds.
Surely, software wise that should be simple to do?

The big disappointment is when finally you are answered by a muffled foreign
voice in a noisy room who has no clue as to what you are actually calling
about even though you have been transferred there from another extension in
the same company.
Bah humbug.

Brian

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"noel" <delet...@invalid.lan> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:33:52 +0000, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:
>
>>
>> you are number x in the queue?
>
>
> most people find that annoying, when you go on hold, it should be music,
> until the oper answers, having this automated "you are important blah
> blah" and "caller numbner foo" is useless, and annoying, since people on
> hold for ages are doing other stuff whilst waiting have already had their
> brain tune it to background, when thats disturbed by a voice they stop
> what they are doing and direct full attention to phone, just to here some
> useless message about your call is important we'll be with you soon" -
> everybody already know that.
>
> The annoyance of those messages is that some idiots have thm play 15 to
> 30 seconds apart, thats worse than some elevator style noises they cal
> MoH, that some systems play.