Andertoons by Mark Anderson for February 03, 2024

Couldn’t be in a major key or less than half an hour

For an encore, “Your Call Is Very Important To Us.”

Your holding may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.

Second encore: “Can’t Wait Another Minute!”

“Your call is 34th in li. . . “ click

Well, somebody had to write those hold music tunes.

And why does it sound like they recorded him on an old portable cassette player they bought at a garage sale?

See today’s Broom Hilda.

How about John Cage’s 4’33"?

And it will go on four hooooooouuuuuuurs.

When does he get to “We’ve forgotten you’re still here, we’re just too polite to hang up on you”?

“Your ears are very important to us. This hold music may be recorded for training purposes.”

And just when you can tolerate it “Thank you for your patience. A representative will be with you shortly.” Every 30 freaking seconds.