Reply #24: This isn't new

[arikara]

25 years ago, of my friends who used to work for a phone company as a lineman told me to never say anything that I didn't want to be overheard while on the phone. He told me that no one would ever believe the stuff that he heard while on the job. Only thing that's changed now is that there is more technology.

I like some of the ideas of getting attention while on hold though.