The same thing happened here. She sounds pretty much the same "in real life" as on the recorded messages. We had a secretary who had a similarly bubbly voice, and so it's probably just her natural intonation. But hey, maybe it's a California thing. On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, bcurnow wrote: > > About a year ago, the lady who does the voice answered my call, and I > ignored what she was saying for a few seconds because I didn't realize it > was real. Unless she's always hopped up on something, the recordings are > pretty close to the "real thing." > > I found it annoying at first, but now it is part of "the experience": > Long wait times, often-less-than-clueless front line people, and The Phone > Company in general. > > ----------------- Brian Curnow ---------------- > > On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Jason Nealis wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Shiloh Costa wrote: > > > > > > > > > > (Has anyone else noticed that the female voice that comes on > > > > when one is on hold for tech support seems to be barely able > > > > to keep from laughing when she offers the option of leaving > > > > a message for a callback, or am I just imagining things?) > > > > > > You are not imagining things. I hear it the same way. Actually its kind > > > of annoying, because usually when you are calling Tech Support, you are in > > > a very frustrated mood, and the last thing you want to hear is some > > > automated recording where the person is just about to crack up laughing - > > > and it does sound that way. Kind of ridiculous. > > > > > > I even got the front receptionist to listen to it once. "Sounds stupid" > > > was her response. I think its a cross between ridiculous and comical. I > > > can't decide. > > > > > > > > hahaha, And I think she sounds hot.. Also seems as if she has > > other things going on rather than recording a message greeting. I'd > > rather hear that voice then some dude. > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > > > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > > > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > > > > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10348.html">Re: (ASCEND) re: Ascend's Comedy Voice-Mail</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: bcurnow <bcurnow@sonnet.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10363.html">Re: (ASCEND) Quake/QW and Pipeline 75 and NAT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10358.html">Re: (ASCEND) re: Ascend's Comedy Voice-Mail</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10348.html">Re: (ASCEND) re: Ascend's Comedy Voice-Mail</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10347.html">Re: (ASCEND) re: Ascend's Comedy Voice-Mail</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#10359"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd226.html#10359"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>