The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for May 21, 2013
Transcript:
Telephone: Hello. You have reached the Ruud Cable TV Company. IF you aren't an existing customer... Telephone: And you wish to purchase our service, press one. Approximate wait time is thirty seconds. Telephone: If you are an existing customer and you are experiencing trouble with our service, press two. Approximate wait time is thirty minutes.
falcocherrug over 11 years ago
Oh so true!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 11 years ago
Only 30 minutes.
BlueEyedCatMom over 11 years ago
Then you talk to some guy in India who schedules a repairman to come out the third Tuesday of next month.
And then the repair guy either doesn’t show or takes a quick look and says they’ll have to order the part, which will take approximately 4-6 weeks to arrive from China.
crissi over 11 years ago
Wow! Every comment is right on target.
linsonl over 11 years ago
And, then, if you are lucky, you problem will be fixed. If not, go to the end of the line and start over.
Henry Robertson over 11 years ago
Only thirty minutes???? I want THAT cable company!
jmcx4 over 11 years ago
I like the part where that “new low rate” deal only applies to new customors. The existing customers that have been loyally paying the higher rate for years may continue to do so.
danlarios over 11 years ago
if you’d like to make a call hangup and try and try and try again
Lyons Group, Inc. over 11 years ago
I rather go back to over-the-air TV.
lbasualdo over 11 years ago
Algun parecido con tu servicio?
jbmlaw01 over 11 years ago
We receive 60 over-the-air channels in Atlanta. 10 are radio stations, and another 10 are shopping /infomercial channels, another 10 are Spanish- or Korean-language, another 10 are religious broadcasting. That still leaves about 20 English-language entertainment channels.