# Customer service?  I don't do customer service!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 4, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475 "2019-05-04T18:53:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/41 "2019-05-12T02:15:02Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> As long as there’s decent music.

I once worked on a help desk that I swear had the North Korean electronic army marching music, rammed through a VOIP system that had strings for cables. Not only did it echo, it dropped out about two thirds of the beat…

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/42 "2019-05-13T14:45:41Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Cleaned up resume and forwarded it to Oldest who forwarded it to her friend.

Smart move. Glad we didn’t talk you out of it here.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/43 "2019-05-13T15:29:17Z")

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Somebody tried to talk me out of it?

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/44 "2019-05-14T04:42:36Z")

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I just meant “Hey, glad all the horror stories from the trenches didn’t scare you off!”

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/45 "2019-05-14T17:24:49Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> As long as there’s decent music.

They really ought to give customers some choices for hold music: “Contemporary pop, press 1; contemporary alternative, press 2; classic rock, press 3; oldies, press 4; R&B, press 5…”

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-i-dont-do-customer-service/833475/46 "2019-05-14T18:19:10Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> I just meant “Hey, glad all the horror stories from the trenches didn’t scare you off!”

If you haven’t gathered, I’ve been in the trenches, likely as not, since 1973. The headline was facetious. 😃

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