I've been busy tonight, so I asked Jim to reschedule a visit from Verizon/FIOS (we're thinking of changing from Cox Cable to FIOS). I gave him the phone number, instructions to say "agent" as soon as possible to avoid all the nonsense, and our order number.
I was in the kitchen stirring stuff, when Jim started laughing. Here's what happened:
*He dialed the number I provided. (He thought...)
*He listened to the opening yada-yada, and said "agent". It didn't work, but he got another prompt which didn't totally process in his brain until he pushed the correct number. The prompt was:
"Press 1 if you're a man. Press 2 if you're a woman."
He pressed 1, not fully realizing that Verizon might not ask this question!
The next message was:
"Welcome to Mature Encounters..."
That's when I heard the laughing!
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