u/Surelyoojest

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LPT: Bypass questions from an automated assistant when calling businesses by adding “I will not give you anymore information” after you have said what department you are trying to reach.

ETA: TLDR This eliminates follow up questions.

I’ve done this when calling a few different large businesses like Verizon wireless and smaller companies. When the system asks how they can help, I say “customer service. I will not give you any more information.” Then it says “Okay” and connects me.

I’ve tried different variations and they’ve resulted in a follow up question. When I answer the follow up question with “I will not give you any more information”, I get connected to customer service.

My test pool isn’t huge, but it hasn’t failed me yet.

Edit: grammar

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u/Surelyoojest — 9 days ago