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Samrob

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42. There are few, if any, human customer service people left in the world.

Sun Mar 5, 2023, 02:03 PM

Mar 2023

Try connecting with one at Comcast, Verizon, or almost any main communication center for utilities or Big Box stores.
You hit "0" for live agent and then get the message that volume is higher than usual call back later. Even the IRS that is so desperately in need of collecting your tax dollars won't answer the phones. I guess they just go on and garnish wages or place liens on your property. Same is true with State Tax agencies.

Where have all the jobs gone? Gone robots, every one.

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Welp, this pissed me off. [View all] yonder Mar 2023 OP

Barry Goldwater - and even Ike - talked about "creeping socialism...m" albacore Mar 2023 #1

It is no longer creeping. It's starting to run. lastlib Mar 2023 #41

Firehouse of hate. lindysalsagal Mar 2023 #47

You don't need to order through your bank SCantiGOP Mar 2023 #2

Good to know, thanks. As said, I don't use them much, 80 lasted several years yonder Mar 2023 #7

Proud to be a Democrat personal checks FakeNoose Mar 2023 #3

Oh my ... Delphinus Mar 2023 #35

Bradford Exchange is never cheap, soldierant Mar 2023 #53

That's an outrage. lambchopp59 Mar 2023 #4

group think NJCher Mar 2023 #12

Vista print. barbtries Mar 2023 #5

Go somewhere else dpibel Mar 2023 #6

Good for you! Wild blueberry Mar 2023 #8

I had no idea about other check providers till now. Thanks to all for the insight yonder Mar 2023 #9

I rarely write checks either... llmart Mar 2023 #10

It's not just checks Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #11

they are quite dedicated NJCher Mar 2023 #13

No fight is insignificant. Stopping this fascist machine takes a thousand small brakes. Good on you! ancianita Mar 2023 #14

Thanks for the helpful attaboy. yonder Mar 2023 #18

My C.U. will print a sheet of 5 if I go into the branch vanamonde Mar 2023 #15

I'll keep the small option in mind if available because I might just run out. yonder Mar 2023 #19

I'll take a credit union over a bank anytime. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 2023 #32

I use ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #16

I think this is the one I used to use, back in the 1990's. They used to run ads in Sunday supplement halfulglas Mar 2023 #17

I'll look into that one too. Thanks for the link yonder Mar 2023 #20

I've ordered from Bradford Exchange as well ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #21

We should all put a Biden sticker AND an American flag sticker on our cars. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #22

All I have now is my DU sticker SCantiGOP Mar 2023 #26

I know. I don't think the MAGAs understand what my current sticker means Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #27

Ice had a Biden/Harris sticker on my car since 2020, plus one that says "Democrat." ShazzieB Mar 2023 #49

Yes. I'm sick of them co-opting the concept of "patriot" to mean the opposite of Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #50

But adding this: you are right. It IS a small thing. But it IS a thing. And Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #23

OMG I don't blame you. I'd have been LIVID. GIVE 'EM HELL! CousinIT Mar 2023 #24

which company?, give us a name Shellback Squid Mar 2023 #25

Recently switched from a "bank" to a credit union. My checks are simply free checks. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #28

Link to where you can order Proud to Be a Democrat checks. Kaleva Mar 2023 #29

Is same deal with Sirius XM. Susan Calvin Mar 2023 #30

The bank I use has an option to order free checks mnhtnbb Mar 2023 #31

Glad to lend an ear!!!!! nt LAS14 Mar 2023 #33

Actually, I find it rather weird PatSeg Mar 2023 #34

+1000 Plain check, little information as possible, you are spot on. cayugafalls Mar 2023 #37

It appears to be a certain type PatSeg Mar 2023 #38

Agree. I just wanted a simple, no frills check for the same reasons. yonder Mar 2023 #43

Yes, there is a time and place for political statement, PatSeg Mar 2023 #45

This thread cilla4progress Mar 2023 #36

Perhaps they know that liberals are not the phony flag-waving patriots that Republicans are. Martin68 Mar 2023 #39

This type of thing enrages me XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #40

There are few, if any, human customer service people left in the world. Samrob Mar 2023 #42

Dump the bank and join a credit union. diane in sf Mar 2023 #44

Mine are generic greblach Mar 2023 #46

Don't blame you. Sounds like my day with Walgreens. They suck BTW. Is the co. Harland Clarke? nt Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #48

MOVE homegirl Mar 2023 #51

me too YoshidaYui Mar 2023 #52

I use very few checks these days. Hard for me to keep straight. CTyankee Mar 2023 #54