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I come across some of the oddest things while working sometimes, and this I had to share

David Grimes

17 August 2003
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Nobody's done an actual study, to my knowledge, but I'm guessing that the
average American spends at least two years of his or her life on hold,
listening to increasingly irritating variations of Michael Jackson's "Beat
It."
Instead of putting all our energies into thwarting telemarketers, I think we
need to find a way to punish the companies that shorten our lives by making
us listen to boring music while on hold. From now on, if our call is not
answered within 10 seconds, the following "hold" tunes will play (special
thanks to http://www.amiright.com):


* "Can't Buy Me Love" (The Beatles) ... Escort service
* "Aneurism" (Nirvana) ... American Heart Association
* "Dumb" (Nirvana) ... National Center for Learning Disabilities.
* "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (Elton John) ... Suicide
Hotline
* "Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen) ... Funeral home
* "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Queen) ... National Association of Anorexia Nervosa
and Associated Disorders
* "Day Tripper" (The Beatles) ... Drug Abuse Hotline
* "Count on Me" (Jefferson Starship) ... CIA/FBI
* "I'm in Love With My Car" (Queen) ... The National Center for Bicycling
and Walking
* "Contagious" (Isley Brothers) ... Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
* "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles) ... Weight Watchers.
* "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (Simon and Garfunkel) ... Marriage counselor
* "Here Is Something You Can't Understand" (Cypress Hill) ... Microsoft tech
services
* "Blurry" (Puddle of Mudd) ... Optometrist's office
* "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (Jimmy Buffett) ... PETA
* "Don't Stop Me Now" (Queen) ... Compulsive disorders hotline
* "Dream On" (Aerosmith) ... Florida Lottery
* "The Drugs Don't Work" (The Verve) ... Pfizer, maker of Viagra
* "Fool On the Hill" (The Beatles) ... Your local Congressperson
* "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (Pat Benatar) ... Domestic Violence Hotline
* "Hold Your Head Up" (Argent) ... National Spinal Cord Injuries Association
* "Paper Cuts" (Nirvana) ... Office Depot
* "I Want to Fly Away" (Lenny Kravitz) ... Amtrak
* "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (Beatles) ... U.S. Postal Service
* "We Are the Champions" (Queen) ... Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* "Lost In a Contraption" (CYK) ... Compaq Computer Corp.
* "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (Baha Men) Animal control.
* "Hot For Teacher" (Van Halen) ... School Board
* "I'm A Loser" (The Beatles) ... Gamblers Anonymous
* "In Bloom" (Nirvana) ... National Allergy Bureau
* "I'm So Bored With the USA" (The Clash) ... Voice mail of French President
Jacques Chirac
* "Kill the Poor" (The Dead Kennedys) ... Unemployment office
* "I Am The Walrus" (The Beatles) ... Greenpeace
* "Money for Nothing" (Dire Straits) ... NASDAQ
* "Nothing's Clear" (Ill Nino) ... Psychic Hotline
* "Tired of Waiting" (The Kinks) ... Any person or company that puts us on
hold.

Great stuff Goldilocks!

...very appropriate songs indeed!

...yet most of these tracks are really good.

Nice to see you back. *hug*

"Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen) ... Funeral home

That one is my favourite *grin*

Mah and Scayde, Thanks *hugs back*

I had a wonderful time being away, and I was sorry to see the vacation end, but it is good to come home to all of you, it was one of the things I was looking forward to

LOL, thats hilarious.

The Verve's song is just so depressing it would be a perfect hold song for Pfizer.

ROFL Now that fits my warped sense of humor.

I think that fits everybodies warped sense of humor here....

To add some of SYM's home voice males:

1. BS's home voice mail - To sexy for my shirt (Right Said Fred)
2. Chanaks Voice Mail - Theme song to blazing Saddles

3. CMs voice mail : Asereje (Las Ketchup)
4. BS's mobile voice mail : It wasn't me (Shaggy)

so how was your vacation tell us about it?
oh and welcome back.
*huggy*

Originally posted by Crono
so how was your vacation tell us about it?
oh and welcome back.
*huggy*

lol! When I get my non-digital photos put on disc (hopefully this weekend) I'm going to post some and chat a bit about my vacation

The taste police are dispatching a unit

Originally posted by frogus
The taste police are dispatching a unit

Now when have I ever been anything other than tasteful?

hmmm....I see Fas has been slumming up the board again. And the last company I had dissinfect the place guarranteed there would be no re-infestation.

If I had voicemail, my waiting tune would have to be "Hero of the Day" by Metallica. Something about that song just seems to call to me, probably because I wish my biggest inspirations were real, and that I've hungered to be a hero SO much as long as I've been alive.

Originally posted by Galuf the Dwarf
If I had voicemail, my waiting tune would have to be "Hero of the Day" by Metallica. Something about that song just seems to call to me, probably because I wish my biggest inspirations were real, and that I've hungered to be a hero SO much as long as I've been alive.

And you could alternate it with "Hero" by Mariah Carey.

The worst waiting tune I ever heard was when I was booking my tickets for the opening night of LotR:FotR... and it was Steps. Anything less important, and I would have hung up...