Vodafone, you tricked me!

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#206025 7-Dec-2016 10:10

On hold to Vodafone (plan change = on account discount went missing). I was just thinking to myself "Well, this is a pleasant change, no Sway on endless repeat..." when BANG! Hellooo Ms Runga!

It's the hope that kills you...

NB. This is intended to be a lighthearted post. No need for any fun police to jump on me.

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#1683705 7-Dec-2016 10:19

If you relax they get you. Hahahaha

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1683716 7-Dec-2016 10:31

Try working there for 2 years every time you transferred you would get tormented by the hold music.
Some may say its a breach of human rights.

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#1684062 7-Dec-2016 16:45

TimA:

Try working there for 2 years every time you transferred you would get tormented by the hold music.
Some may say its a breach of human rights.

It can be enough to make you look forward to calling Chorus so you could listen to their hold music for a change.

Although last time I called a VF number it was as a customer not an employee and had no time on hold at all.

Please note: I have a professional bias towards Vodafone.

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#1684063 7-Dec-2016 16:48

TimA:

Try working there for 2 years every time you transferred you would get tormented by the hold music.
Some may say its a breach of human rights.

Pfwoah, they subject the CSRs to the hold music too!? If not human rights violation, certainly something Worksafe should be investigating!

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#1684363 7-Dec-2016 23:58

I got to know Savage Garden's song To the Moon and Back quite intimately when I worked there. As well as Darren Hayes's singular solo effort. You had to listen to it when warm handshaking to customer services (back then).

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#1684365 8-Dec-2016 00:24

Heck I remember back when I was working for Vodafone in 2008 having Bic Runga as hold music for some internal stuff. The fact they expose people to that is just terrible.

@mdf I thought you'd want the YouTube video to practice your singing skills for next time you call them:

Edit: Vodafone if you're reading this please change it to the default Cisco Callmanager music. It is the best hold music out.

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#1684388 8-Dec-2016 07:57

When you changed plan maybe the new plan was not entitled to the discount,

Did you check before requesting the plan change?

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#1685189 9-Dec-2016 11:27

Seriously that song should be outlawed under the Geneva Convention :-P

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#1685224 9-Dec-2016 12:24

Linux: When you changed plan maybe the new plan was not entitled to the discount,

Did you check before requesting the plan change?

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Yep, checked in advance and the new plan (FibreX Max) is eligible. Looks like the part month billing cycle was to blame (certainly confused me and both CSRs I spoke to). Seems to have affected others too (see the gigbit thread). All sorted now.