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Wait... Why Do We Do That?

Wait... Why Do We Do That?

Why Do We Have Hold Music?

· 24 min · Season 1 Episode 11

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Why Do We Have Hold Music?"Your call is very important to us." Is it, though? Because I've been listening to the same twelve seconds of instrumental jazz for forty-three minutes, and I'm beginning to suspect my call is being held hostage. We've all been there. You call a company with a simple question, navigate seventeen menu options, enter your account number three times, and finally hear those dreaded words: "Please hold for the next available representative." And so begins one of modern li...

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