Thank You For Your Patience (We'll Be With You As Soon As Possible)

How many times have you heard that when you make a phone call? A
phone call about something which is absolutely vital to your
current state of mind? A matter of utmost importance to the
nation's welfare...nay - the WORLD'S!! ...(umm..that may be a bit
exaggerated - but hey, I'm annoyed!)

It seems that every corporation, government department, odds and
sods subsidiary - in fact any entity that has it's own logo -
these days is incapable of providing real live people to talk to
on a "first contact" basis.

Of course there is the option of eventually talking to a real,
live person - at least that's what we're told...by the
machines...but can you really trust a machine who cannot feel
your pain...but I digress - as long as you have a good 20 minutes
or so to spare. (yes, that is a conservative figure) Now there's
a lot one can do in 20 minutes while waiting for the real live
person to show up at the other end of the phone line. Wash some
dishes, clean something, think about cleaning something. Crikey,
my mum could even have a batch of biscuits in the oven! Not me -
my bikkies taste better out of the packet...

But then, we're faced with another dilemma.....What if they turn
up and I'm not there? They'll hang up and, what's worse, they'll
think I'm not the really nice person I am because I wasn't there
to show them what a really nice person I am and......@#$#%%@
burnt biscuits!!

So you stay there, on the end of the phone, humming to the dulcet
strains of "I Left My Soul in Some Elevator" played in D minor
(hey, isn't everything?) on something which is pretending to be a
baby grand but is obviously computer-generated by the same
digital dolly apologising for your inconvenience but assuring you
that your call is important to her...

And wait for your call to progress in the queue.

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Carol Dorman is a WAHM from Sydney, Australia and publisher of
Nurture the Nurturers ezine - "the ezine for every woman,
everywhere" To subscribe mailto:5016-subscribe@zinester.com
To request her FREE report titled: EARN $$ WHILE PROTECTING YOUR
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