tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10749031.post112860704209315214..comments2023-10-17T10:51:35.255-04:00Comments on ...Of Cabbages and Kings: The decline of Western Civilization slowed-slightly—UPDATEDJoel Shurkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601737202428103535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10749031.post-1129396659828405162005-10-15T13:17:00.000-04:002005-10-15T13:17:00.000-04:00I changed it to IVR and I thank you.JI changed it to IVR and I thank you.<BR/><BR/>JJoel Shurkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601737202428103535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10749031.post-1128843205309080752005-10-09T03:33:00.000-04:002005-10-09T03:33:00.000-04:00The people who set them up hate them too. They usu...The people who set them up hate them too. They usually leave a backdoor for themselves to get to where they want to go without navigating the whole tree.<BR/><BR/>They can also set it up so that particular people/options/etc. will give you a busy signal or just drop your call. It isn't necessarily a mistake -- sometimes it's done on purpose.<BR/><BR/>They are completely evil. <BR/><BR/>(They aren't called phone mail or phone trees... they're called IVRs, for Interactive Voice Response.)silverminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003954251675179215noreply@blogger.com