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The best experience I ever had on hold was a short-lived experiment by “Gateway Computers” back in the 90’s, I think it was. The music was “Surf/Beach”, and there was a Surfer Girl acting as a DJ. It was great!
Reminds me of a story on This American Life, where an 81 year old man was crazy about the hold music when he called various providers in his healthcare system. He spent a long time trying to learn more about it. Turned out it was the default hold music on Cisco phone systems, and he and a librarian were eventually able to find the composer. I love good driveway stories like that one.
Last week I spent 2 hours and 44 minutes on hold, waiting to speak to a live person at Social Security to fix something. After leading with that comment, she replied that someone she had just spoken with was on for over 3 hours!It was the most annoying hold music because the loop was ‘not quite’ seamless and my musicial sensibility was irritated approximately every 45 seconds.
C 15 days ago
Shazam
fuzzmoz 14 days ago
You go, Bub! Well done.
ChessPirate 14 days ago
The best experience I ever had on hold was a short-lived experiment by “Gateway Computers” back in the 90’s, I think it was. The music was “Surf/Beach”, and there was a Surfer Girl acting as a DJ. It was great!
KaraBooBunny 14 days ago
Reminds me of a story on This American Life, where an 81 year old man was crazy about the hold music when he called various providers in his healthcare system. He spent a long time trying to learn more about it. Turned out it was the default hold music on Cisco phone systems, and he and a librarian were eventually able to find the composer. I love good driveway stories like that one.
NJ Maryanne Premium Member 14 days ago
Last week I spent 2 hours and 44 minutes on hold, waiting to speak to a live person at Social Security to fix something. After leading with that comment, she replied that someone she had just spoken with was on for over 3 hours!It was the most annoying hold music because the loop was ‘not quite’ seamless and my musicial sensibility was irritated approximately every 45 seconds.
Kevin Parker Premium Member 14 days ago
I actually did this once and then bought the CD.