I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number?
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave probably candid camera or something
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave @siracusa Sounds like a hallucination. The problem is, you’re trained on popular literature and movies, which do sometimes portray an experience like this, and you’re having trouble distinguishing between that fantasy and reality. This is a common problem with the current generation of humans - but hopefully it will be fixed in the next version.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I recently heard a client turn off all chatbots and contact forms on their site and show a phone number instead; their retention went through the roof. People are craving it!
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I can imagine that they get alot of hangups, due to flustered people being thoroughly unprepared to talk to an actual person. Starting in phone menu mode that allows you to warm up to human mode, and prepare your perspective based on how the vendor POV is expressed in the phone menu.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I didn’t know you could do that. I figured there would be a law.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave It's a nice feeling on the odd occasion that it happens.
My ISP and my domain name registrar both do this, but I can't think of many other organisations I have a relationship where this is the case.
My GP is desperately trying to get away from having phones at all. (But their receptionists were already grumpy, verging on surly).
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave Is this what the ancestors used to call "Customer Service"?
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave Wow, how weird!
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave Not sure I believe this tall tale.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
Wow. Goldmine!
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave If you get one of those "rare your recent interaction with our business" requests, make sure to give them five stars!
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave thank you for the bedtime story, now I'll sleep well
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I work at a small company, the phone number is on the front page of the web site, and there's greater than 50% chance when you call (during business hours) that you'll talk to the owner.
You'd be amazed how many customers are like "It's so great I can just call you guys and get answers!"
I know not every company can do this, but I think it sets us apart.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave Oh, I have friends who work at a company that does absolutely everything they can to hide their phone number and even email addresses, with the belief that every customer needs to go to their online forum for all support and customer relations matters.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave
I'm nearly half a century old and I promise you, what you just experienced used to be the bare minimum. Call a place, human answers, problem solved. That was it. For most of my life that's just how things worked.Somewhere along the way companies figured out that making support so painful that people just give up is cheaper than actually helping them. And we all just kind of accepted it?
Glad you found one of the survivors out there.
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
I work at an outfit that has live, in-house front desk service, & I get that response on a moderately regular basis. "Eeek! A human! Well, uh, hi, uh...."
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@dave Oh, I have friends who work at a company that does absolutely everything they can to hide their phone number and even email addresses, with the belief that every customer needs to go to their online forum for all support and customer relations matters.
If they were honest, they'd just turn it off & post a notice: "Need help? You're on your own! Enjoy!"
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I got an email from a company about my order had an issue with the cc. Signed by “Anthony”. I called and guess who answered? Anthony! I was like “uhh I just got an email from you?”
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
@dave I can beat that.
I had a call from the tax office yesterday. The lady was friendly, helpful, asked all questions in easy-to-understand words, was clear about next steps.
Maybe it was a phishing call? It’s quite unusual for a
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@dave It's a nice feeling on the odd occasion that it happens.
My ISP and my domain name registrar both do this, but I can't think of many other organisations I have a relationship where this is the case.
My GP is desperately trying to get away from having phones at all. (But their receptionists were already grumpy, verging on surly).
I mean, in fairness, online interactions work fine (if they're responded to in a timely & complete manner), & have the additonal virtue of being asynchronous.
But that's no excuse for not having a human interface, as well. I mean, the whole point of pretty much any endeavor is...providing service to humans...?
