One of the most frustrating little experiences you can have nowadays is calling a company's helpline and being forced to interact with one of those automated phone agent simulators. Truly a vision of bureaucratic techno-hell the entire thing is a maze of trying to find the right prompts that let you talk to a real human.

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Stupid little game of hide the cheese by not offering you an option to reach and operator but still being able to reach one to not be taken to court over it