My expected wait time is 58 minutes? Yeah, right.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205768)
Walnut Creek, California
September 22, 2022 6:06pm CST
I tried to call Medical to update my work information. I have been on "poor people medical insurance" since the pandemic hit and cost me my jobs. I only pay about $50/month for medical care.
But now I am working again, and wanted to update my information, just to be upfront and honest, especially as I may be switching to "old people medical insurance" soon.
After wading through 10 minutes of menus, and voice/input software that could not "hear" my social security number, I finally got through to a live person.
Or so I thought. They started playing some of that "soothing" kind of music, and then a recorded voice said: "Your wait time is approximately...(other voice)...58 minutes."
I uttered an oath that I would never repeat here, being a man of class and dignity (it rhymes with "truck ewe" for those who like challenges), and hung up.
I then documented the time I tried to get through.
That's enough for right now.
What's the longest time you've ever been asked to wait "on hold"?
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13 responses
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
22 Sep 22
I'm glad you found a way to ease the bitterness of defeat at the "hands" of an inanimate machine, pony. I'm quite sure the machine-in-question took your parting words to heart, so to speak.
So, how did the rest of your day go? Well, I hope. 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
23 Sep 22
@TheHorse Oh, good! I'm glad they're starting to see the sense of letting you do what you do best!
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Sep 22
It was a good day. The "specialists" working with Keke are starting to understand my relationship with the child, and are backing off a bit when he sits in my lap and sings with me. They also let me handle the "washing of hands." He and I have a routine that WORKS.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Sep 22
@DaddyEvil I hope I can continue to collaborate with them. But my "head teacher" could screw things up at any moment.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Sep 22
I haven't called anywhere lately so I don't remember but when I think about it I think that I fell asleep and then woke up when I heard a voice calling me luckily they hadn't hung up
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Sep 22
@TheHorse yup there was a song like that
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Sep 22
@RasmaSandra I wonder what they were referring to.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
22 Sep 22
Sometimes I just hang up. I thought that "home on the range" was the worst, but that was before they discovered that they could try to sell you something while you waited
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
23 Sep 22
@TheHorse It was hte first one in my country. I loved that music until I heard it instead of a human voice.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Sep 22
@marguicha They try to sedate you with that song? What an interesting choice!
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
23 Sep 22
I have waited close to an hour. I put the phone on speaker and do something else in the meantime. It's so annoying, especially now that there is a shortage of workers.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 22
@LindaOHio I suppose there are some who just don't like working. But many do.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
19 Oct 22
@TheHorse Yep. Makes no sense to me either.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
23 Sep 22
Not 1 hour. No answer at all, just play the music at the background. I just hang up and try again later
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
23 Sep 22
Probably 45- 50 minutes, if they haven't answered by then, I just call back another time.
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@wolfgirl569 (95188)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Sep 22
I really need to talk to them to wait more than 15 minutes.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
23 Sep 22
I just hang up when I am asked to wait and bash them up through a mail.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 22
@aninditasen Thanks. I'm sure I'll post about it if it does.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
19 Oct 22
@TheHorse I think you have taken the right decision. Hope it works.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
19 Oct 22
I'm impatient person. I never waited too long.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Oct 22
@Nakitakona I guess it didn't kill me (yet). That makes me stronger, right?
@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
21 Oct 22
@TheHorse Forget it. Charge it to experience.
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@Treborika (17262)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Oct 22
I am very impatient kind of a person. I can't wait something more than thirty minutes of my time.
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