my old person trait is that I think I should be able to afford college, a car, and a home, on a part time job, like our grandparents could.
None of these are actually old person traits. These are just things that should be happening automatically.
Agree completely with the first 3, but my young person/introvert trait is that I think I should be able to get anything, including paying my bills, to work without having to talk to someone on the phone like I’m my boomer dad.
Unfortunately now it seems to be the worst of both worlds: companies don’t have a contact email, but only a phone number and sometimes a useless chat bot. When I finally work up the courage to use the phone, I have to go through a long automated menu system, and/or wait for half an hour.
Once I actually get a human on the phone it’s never as bad as my mind made it out to be -but I would still very much prefer an email.
Also in a lot of cases it’s simply a waste of an employee’s time to answer basic questions on the phone all day long. Robots should be able to do that better. But I do agree that customers should be trapped on hold for 30 minutes.
But I do agree that customers should be trapped on hold for 30 minutes.
…You’ve worked in customer service, haven’t you? 😛
I don’t have any old person traits! Now get off my lawn, damn kids!
My old person trait is that i keep butterscotch in my pockets in case grandchildren stop by.
