invention otd

[42itous]

In the future of telephone communications, generic hold music will be replaced by a menu of satellite radio stations: "For classic rock, press or say 1; for country music, press or say 2; for hip-hop, press or say 3; for classical music, press or say 4; for up-to-the-minute news and weather, press or say 5..."

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[moechus.livejournal.com]

The problem is that you have to go through the other options before you get to the music options, e.g., "For instructions in English, press or say 1, for instructions in Spanish, press or say 2, to speak to someone in Department A, press or say 3, to speak to someone in Department B, etc." until we get to For classic rock, press or say 201; for country music, press or say 202; for hip-hop, press or say 203; for classical music, press or say 204; for up-to-the-minute news and weather, press or say 205..." My sanity has long since abandoned me by then.