Those stupid computer voices

[tdn]

@Snowboarder_Bo

Sometimes I think I must be the only person in the US to have figured out that saying “operator”

Is your name Ogilvey, Oppenheimer, or O’Malley?

I tried that the other day, with no success. Sucks double hard when you call from work, and are announcing to your coworkers that you’re conducting non-work related business. Sucks even more when the first time silence is broken in over an hour, it’s you saying “Legally Blonde.”

[kaylasdad99]

@Zjestika

I think I’ve talked to Simone. She sounds really hip and cool, doesn’t she? Virgin Mobile knows we cool pay-by-the-minute phone users don’t want a boring button up computer voice. We want a computer voice that we can relate to- young, “with it,” and unable to handle regular monthly cell phone payments.

Funny that they can’t figure out that what we really want is a human being to answer the phone and direct the call to the appropriate department.

@tdn

Originally Posted by Snowboarder Bo
Sometimes I think I must be the only person in the US to have figured out that saying “operator”

Is your name Ogilvey, Oppenheimer, or O’Malley?

I tried that the other day, with no success. Sucks double hard when you call from work, and are announcing to your coworkers that you’re conducting non-work related business. Sucks even more when the first time silence is broken in over an hour, it’s you saying “Legally Blonde.”

Oh, that’s easy. Just say things that you would say on a business-related call. Computer won’t be able to parse that into an appropriate response.