{"id":436,"date":"2011-10-25T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easyonhold.com\/blog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2012-06-01T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T19:24:10","slug":"annoying-music-on-hold-people-are-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easyonhold.com\/blog\/annoying-music-on-hold-people-are-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Annoying Music On Hold? People Are Listening!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever thought that your choice of &#8220;on hold&#8221; content wasn&#8217;t important, consider this exchange from the Comcast customer forum. The point here is, people ARE listening! What are they saying about your company?<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<\/strong><br \/>\n10-05-2011 04:41 PM<\/p>\n<p>The music that Comcast plays while on hold is the most annoying music i have ever heard period!\u00a0 It is a short annoying jingle that is irritating because it plays over and over and over and over again. And we all know how long we are on hold.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost like they do it so you&#8217;ll hang up!\u00a0 Think about that one!\u00a0 Who agrees with me?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-05-2011 11:48 PM <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The techs have to listen to that same horrible music. Imagine doing it for several hours every single day. The &#8220;tune&#8221; is still stuck in my head. blah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-06-2011 09:54 AM<\/p>\n<p>so what universe do you live in?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-06-2011 09:55 AM<\/p>\n<p>So why doesn&#8217;t someone get it changed ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-06-2011 11:40 AM <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They could turn the music off and you listen to nothing&#8230;no matter what music they pick, no matter what ads they run on hold someone will complain about it.\u00a0 Six in one and half a dozen in the other&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-06-2011 12:01 PM<\/p>\n<p>Not true&#8230;..didn&#8217;t you ever hear the saying , &#8220;silence is golden&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: ANNOYING MUSIC ON HOLD<br \/>\n<\/strong>10-06-2011 12:49 PM<\/p>\n<p>The thing about silence is you wonder if you are still connected. 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