Have you ever telephoned a company or organisation and found their "hold" music strangely inappropriate?
So there you are phoning a company's customer service line when you're asked if you wouldn't mind being put on hold. The hold music kicks in and suddenly you're thinking, "Haaaang on a minute?".
eg - The American Epilepsy Society - "Shakin' All Over" by The Who.
| Total Votes | % of Voters | Female Votes | Male Votes | Unspecified Votes | % of Female Votes | % of Male Votes | % of Unspecified Votes | Average Age | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 7.4% | 1 | 3 | .. | 5.9% | 13.0% | .. | 35.6 | Yes, once |
| 8 | 14.8% | 2 | 6 | .. | 11.8% | 26.1% | .. | 45.3 | Yes, more than once |
| 23 | 42.6% | 10 | 13 | .. | 58.8% | 56.5% | .. | 37.0 | No |
| 2 | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | .. | 5.9% | 4.3% | .. | .. | I've never been put on "hold" |
| 1 | 1.9% | 1 | .. | .. | 5.9% | .. | .. | .. | I've never telephoned a company or organisation |
| 2 | 3.7% | 2 | .. | .. | 11.8% | .. | .. | .. | Other |
| Rating | Total | Female | Male | Unspecified | Average Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 34.9 |
| Bad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36.4 |
| No Opinion | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 37.7 |
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Abstainers | 12 |
| Male | 23 |
| Female | 17 |
| Unspecified | 0 |
| User | Vote | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| spidertea | reasonable | posted 3-Aug-2002 2:45am |
| harekrishnadasa | reasonable | posted 3-Aug-2002 1:02am |
| Strider | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 11:22pm |
| juliw | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 7:11pm |
| Zang | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 7:09pm |
| Biggles | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 7:07pm |
| teatree | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 4:23pm |
| Amanda | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 2:41pm |
| darkshadowsseeker | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 2:15pm Or like calling a psychologist or psychiatrist and getting hold music such as "Feelings" or "Out of my Head Over You". Both equally bizarre if it happened. |
| icurok | N/A | posted 2-Aug-2002 12:34pm No. It's taken from my own warped sense of humour. But I have a funny feeling that "real life" has the capacity to be more inappropriate than me. |
| dora | reasonable | posted 2-Aug-2002 12:30pm Is the example you give taken from real life?? |