Pet Peeve Number 1,000,004 = Redundancy

by nycgadgetgirl on June 18, 2008 · 2 comments

in rants

I’m on the phone on hold listening to muzak and the much too frequent recorded interruption. It says “…all agents are currently helping other guest at this time. If you’ll hold one moment, the first available agent will assist you as soon as possible…”

Ugh. I have noticed the “currently / at this time” combination a lot lately. What is that all about? Could “currently” ever NOT be at this time???

Of course, then the recording says “…we will expedite your call in just a few moments…” And yet I have been on hold for fourteen minutes and counting.

Actually… I just hung up. My call must not be as important to them as their recording claimed or they would have answered it or, at least, given me something more enjoyable to listen to!

{ 2 comments }

1 Rae June 21, 2008 at 9:05 am

I hate bad grammar. Maybe they repeat what they want to say because no one is listening?? Except those of us who care. Sigh.

2 bibby June 22, 2008 at 2:37 am

my peeve is when the menu at no point or option allows you to talk to a human being. Credit card companies specialize in this art .

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