Quote Originally Posted by Gnome Rage View Post
On the topic of this actual thread: My insurance company keeps calling me from an automated phone service. They ask you if "now is a good time" and to press one if it is. so I press one. I wait, and wait, and fucking wait for 20 minutes until someone picks up. This person proceeds to hang up on me, I'm sure by accident, so I call back... another 20 fucking minutes... I finally get to talk to a person, she asks me to confirm my information -- confirmed, alright. Now I have to answer a health questionnaire, okay... so, I start answering her questions. She proceeds to ask me each question AT LEAST twice, and responds skeptically to almost all my answers. "Are you pregnant?" "no" "are you sure?" "yes"... my personal favorite, "Do you wear a seatbelt?" "Yes, absolutely" (this is something I do before I even turn my car on) "Are you sure you wear one, every time?" "YES IM FUCKING SURE LADY". She was also clearly the slowest typist ever, I could hear her hunting and pecking over the phone. Also, while I was on hold I'm pretty positive I could hear other people talking in the background of their automated messages, idk if it was a bad recording or if somehow the line was bleeding through, but seriously. I was hearing someone saying yes and no to questions the whole time.

If they like their automated calling system so fucking much, why don't they put these questions into an automated questionnaire? I could have easily answered yes or no using press 1 or 2, and press 3 for more clarification or if you need to speak to someone specifically. It was so fucking bulky and took me over an hour to deal with... I was at work during this time, fortunately no customers came in, but seriously. I've been getting this call twice a day for about a week now--always during working hours, always twice in a row if I don't pick up.

or better yet, make an online log in so I can answer these on the computer. :|
When I got insurance (pre-Obama) the insurance agent for some reason did half the questionnaire when we met in person then called me back to do the rest while apparently eating a marble sandwich. The best part:

him "have you ever had mumble? no I don't think so, okay next question..."
me "er, wait... what?"
him "have you ever had mumble?"
me "Sorry, I'm not getting that last word."
him "you ORGASMMMM"

This is an inside joke. Take it up with Obama.