• dubyakay@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 day ago

    Phone menu trees

    I assume you mean IVR? It’s okay to be not familiar with the term. I wasn’t either until I worked in the industry. And people that are in charge of them are usually the dumbest people ever.

    • MangoCats@feddit.it
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      15 hours ago

      people that are in charge of them are usually the dumbest people ever.

      I think that’s actively encouraged by management in some areas: put the dumbest people in charge to make the most irritating frustrating system possible. It’s a feature of the system.

      Some of the most irritating systems I have interacted with (government disability benefits administration) actually require “press 1 for X, press 2 for y” and if you have your phone on speaker, the system won’t recognize the touch tones, you have to do them without speakerphone.