Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The Birds





Swallows at The Western Medical Building in Casper. There have been a lot of swallows around this year.

When Only a Human Will Do by Froma Harrop on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

 In an odd example of synchronicity, our local paper ran this column this morning:

When Only a Human Will Do by Froma Harrop on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

Then, later here at work, I had the opportunity to call a contractor for Medicaid that has a fairly involved phone message system.  Of course you never speak to a human.

My favorite of these, however, is the one that one of the airline carriers has.  Not only is it fairly involved, the options never apply to me.  I'm trying to speak with sombody to change a reservation or the like, and I'll get something like this:

Voice:  If you are calling to book a flight to Botswana, say Yes.

Me:  Ummmm. . . .no.

Voice:  Did you say Schmo?  Schmo is not an option.

Me:  Ummmmm. . .okay.  . . .

Voice:  Did you say we'll pay.  If that is correct, say Yes.

Me:  Huh?  No, I'm  . . .

Voice: We'll now transfer you to baggage. . .have a nice day.

Ufff