What’s the Most Frustrating Part of Making Phone Calls?
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Blah, blah, pay attention… the menu may have changed. Does it drive you as batty as it does me when you have to call a phone menu? I want to connect with a human being. Some random menu can’t help answer my questions. Oh.. oh!! What about when you finally get a person, and they ask you for the same information you just entered on the automated hoops… how do you like those apples? It makes me crazy, I’m telling you!
Sometimes you get so frustrated with jumping through those hoops, because you just want to get to the part of the menu where you need to be. There’s now a way where you can navigate phone menus by way of the Web, using the free service fonolo.
fonolo transcribes phone menus from many large companies, so you can scan them quickly. fonolo lets you “Deep Dial” to any point in a company’s phone menu. fonolo automatically organizes your notes and recordings from all your calls.
For example, you want to call your cable company, which is indexed on fonolo’s site. They will show you everything that is in the menu when you call the cable company. You enter your phone number, and tell them where you need to be on the phone with the cable people. fonolo will then call you, connect you with the cable company, and then get you exactly where you need to be!
This can save you some time, and a lot of frustration! Make your life a little easier by trying out fonolo today.
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25 Comments
The Kent Lewis Experience
December 22nd, 2008
at 3:40am
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kevin
December 19th, 2008
at 11:34am
i hate any thing frustaiting
Albert Munsee
December 19th, 2008
at 12:01pm
The part that i hate the must is trying to remember people’s phone numbers when i don’t have my cell phone on me to look at the address book. That is the hardest part for me.
Shai Berger
December 19th, 2008
at 12:32pm
Chris,
thanks for the post.
We’re just getting warmed up. More features to empower the consumer are on the way..
- Shai
Septarius
December 19th, 2008
at 3:18pm
What’s bad about long waits on a support call is they say that “your call is important to us” but if your on a cell phone you burn right through minutes just to get transferred or a very short answer.
brian (bamagic)
December 19th, 2008
at 3:42pm
that’s really cool but i find myself wondering how this works. if it realy does work i’m going to use from now on, but i don’t call company’s that require phone menus that often.
Radtaz
December 19th, 2008
at 4:12pm
That right there is the man reason I stopped calling companies to handle stuff over the phone. I know do most everything over the internet or by mail, I know by mail but sometimes I think its faster still. I will give this website a try who knows maybe it will solve the big problem I have with trying to call companies. Thanks for the tip Chris.
everythingmac
December 19th, 2008
at 4:49pm
I hate being holed but im more happy to skip it. When im on hold i feel like i want to stomp on my phone. why would u want to hold on for a long time to just to get to someone
Dslrocks10
December 19th, 2008
at 4:55pm
The most frusturating thing about phone calls for me is, dropping the call. I mean what’s more embarassing then getting a lost/dropped call when your on the phone with your boss about an upcomming meeting that you must attend?
David Hanson
December 19th, 2008
at 5:26pm
I hate phone menus with a burning, searing, passion. Sometimes by the time I actually manage to connect with a real, live, human being I’m so frustrated that I can barely remember why I was making the call in the first place. Maybe that’s the whole point behind phone menus?
Mike George
December 19th, 2008
at 6:24pm
this seems like a cool website. ill chek it out………
i just looked at it and registered with them they have a lot of companies on their list. no more annoying menus
Aaron Bates
December 19th, 2008
at 7:19pm
Finally a way to go straight to blizzard tech.. no more waiting muahaha
Matt Bebich
December 19th, 2008
at 7:20pm
The most annoying apart of Phone Calls to companies is being on hold for like 45 minutes. Then the person coming on you ask your question then “We need to transfer you to someone else” “Please hold” for 45 more minutes Hey thanks. You get on takes them like 3 minutes to give you your answer.
Jeremy Rom
December 19th, 2008
at 8:06pm
I hate the fact that using a cell phone can be harmful to your health… Brain Tumors! lol
Calvin
December 19th, 2008
at 8:08pm
The hold time, all the prompts, and sometimes never reaching an actual person is what bothers me the most.
Zerhynn
December 19th, 2008
at 8:32pm
Nothing frustrates me more than getting a machine instead of a human when calling a number. I can’t stand going through 10 menus to talk to a real person. It’s something that needs to be changed.
lilxkid24
December 19th, 2008
at 9:41pm
when people don’t freaking respond or say hello hello like 6 freaking times now that gets annoying to me.
Brandon
December 19th, 2008
at 9:44pm
It can be so akward when you run out of things to say. It’s so much easier to say “gtg” in chat thank to try and end a phone call!
Walter Gray
December 19th, 2008
at 9:45pm
Wow this is amazing program. Thanks alot i can’t wait to put this into use.
Thanks alot Chris. Much appreciated
BLCMAN
December 19th, 2008
at 9:45pm
I find it annoying when you have the voice command and it hears you incorrectly
Landon House
December 19th, 2008
at 9:45pm
I hate when you call every place and their always machine it would be a lot easier if there was a person on each phone line
Jeremy004
December 19th, 2008
at 9:47pm
I hate when that happens.
dillonpapst
December 19th, 2008
at 9:49pm
i hate when u get a machine
Andrew Erhardt
December 19th, 2008
at 9:51pm
I Really do Hate those phone menus. They get Annoying!!
Pspfan2468
December 19th, 2008
at 9:57pm
having to talk to machines is my most frustrating part of making phone calls
Kevin
December 20th, 2008
at 11:03pm
After using mobile phones for well over 14+ years or more now, what drives me nuts is the standard Verizon, At&t, Tmobile etc. 1+ minute on your bill every time voice message telling you how to leave a voice message. Doesn’t every air breathing form of life older than 12 months know how to do this?