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[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bad muzak I can handle. It's when they interrupt it every ten seconds to remind you that there's still the same number of people ahead of you that really gets my goat. And I need that goat!

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Did you know that you can use service X online? Just go to ...

10 seconds of horrible music in even worse audio quality

Did you know that you can use service X online? Just go to ...

10 seconds of horrible music in even worse audio quality

Did you know that you can use service X online? Just go to ...

10 seconds of horrible music in even worse audio quality

Did you know that you can use service X online? Just go to ...

10 seconds of horrible music in even worse audio quality

... repeat for an hour

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

Bonus points if it has 10 times the volume of the person you'll eventually speak to.

[–] WilloftheWest 5 points 9 months ago

On a phoneline service that I have to call about twice a month, you also get a frequent click and a second-long pause in the music, that makes you think you’ve connected to an operator. Given how the service is outright malicious to its users, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was hard coded into the system to keep callers on edge.