Automated Answering Systems

Remember the good old days when you called, let's say, a credit card company and someone answered the phone? Nowadays it's fucking impossible to get a hold of anyone. I love it when I finally get to be able to reach a human...even if her name is Wanita and she clearly is chewing Milk Duds. It's better than having to press a number to get to a different department and then of course the Answering System starts to develop a personality and asks if they can ask you what the nature of the call is. Has anyone figured out their problem by talking to an answering system? I had some 'cunt' (and I am referring to an answering system at a Doctor's Office) have the audacity so say, "I'm looking up your records right now." What the fuck is that? I found myself yelling at her but it got me good because it really is just an answering system. The best thing to do is just to continue to press '0' but some systems have gotten to be tricksters and they won't even let you do that. How about the one's that don't even give you the option to type it in? They want you to 'say' your 16 digit account number. This works well right. I'm pretty sure you need to be in a cave, underground like that Preacher from Poltergeist 2 for them to hear you. Of course then you won't have any reception, and even if you do they'll ask you to press * or # and no one knows where that button is on your cell phone. Again, tricksters.  You know you all have gotten the, "please say yes or no," and you yell 'Yes' and it comes back saying, "I did not get your response." Really? Because yes and no sound so similar. Absurd.