Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for June 30, 2010
June 29, 2010
July 01, 2010
Transcript:
Person (Voice from phone): "All of our phone representatives are currently busy being sound asleep, as it is the middle of the night in the country where they live." "As soon as they're up and have had a nice breakfast, they'll begin answering calls in the order received." "Please stay on the line OR visit our website at..." Irving: I JUST SPENT FOUR HOURS ON YOUR #@!!*@!! WEBSITE! I NEED TO ASK A HUMAN ONE *#@!#! QUESTION! Person (voice on phone): "All calls are being monitored. You've just been sent back to the end of the line for foul language."
kfccanada over 14 years ago
Tsk! Tsk! The income tax department does not appreciate that sort of language. They will now add a penalty of $50 to your outstanding account.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
With that kind of inexcusible (forgive my spelling) conduct, it should be $50 times 500!
lightenup Premium Member over 14 years ago
All calls are being monitored?? Tell them you want to speak with a monitor, Irving.
mcveinot over 14 years ago
So glad we don’t have to deal with this! We’re driving and tenting this summer!
Smiley Rmom over 14 years ago
Why would two people who aren’t in school, and don’t have kids who are, want to take a vacation when everyone else does? With homeschooling, we rarely took a summer vacation.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
this calls for an air strike on corporate headquarters
RadioTom over 14 years ago
Fly the Friendly Skies…..
BTW - you all DID notice the concurrently-running arc in Foxtrot Classics about Mr. Fox’s business trip, right?
flong2934 over 14 years ago
Oh Good one! I can’t count the times this has happened to me. Or at least something approaching it.
Why do we allow the companies to abuse us like this? Why can’t we force them to hire people who speak the same language we do and in an understandable accent?
I laughed so hard after reading this comic that I nearly lost my breath and fell out of my chair.
markwalton over 14 years ago
Amen, amen, and amen! Although trying to book a flight during the off-peak season might be slightly LESS horrible and outrageously expensive, it still hardly qualifies as a vacation. ;)
avonsalis over 14 years ago
flong, I’m with you totally. I think today’s is a truly exceptional Cathy … it comes closer to the real experiences of all of us than Irving or Cathy ever seem to do, and it doesn’t have to caricature or exaggerate anybody in order to point up what’s really wrong. (The System gets caricatured, yeah, but it’s totally deserved - and nobody is going to concede that it’s any exaggeration.) This one is golden. Only thing is, it really doesn’t have anything to do with any characters in “Cathy.”
lindz.coop Premium Member over 14 years ago
For once you could almost feel sorry for Irving – or at least empathize (oh are we allowed to use that word?) because anyone who has ever tried to get any answers in today’s high tech world gets the same garbage.