Automated Voices With Attitude

Please don't think I am out of my mind, but I swear this just happened to me....I was calling one of my credit card compnaies to check on a balance and accidentally entered my credit card number wrong twice in a row after being prompted to enter the number by an automated voice.

The first time I entered the number wrong the voice said to "please try again". Basic automated machine voice jargon. Okay. But the second time I entered my number wrong the voice said "you are entering in an incorrect number. try again or press 0 for assitance"....but this time the voice sounded bitchy. I am 100% serious!

I literally stared at my reciever for a second before entering in my number again, this time purposefully to see what the voice would say and i got a snappy "that number is incorrect." I have never had this happend before with any other autmated voice system. I have been told that I have typed ina wrong number ,etc. but it was the actualy TONE of this voice that changed each time I put in the wrong digits. What?! This voice was a woman's....perhaps automated voices get PMS too? So bizarre. When my husband gets home I am going to make him call because I know he won't believe me if he doesn't hear it for himself!

ModelMom – June 13, 2006 – 11:32am

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Lol. It sounds just by the

Lol. It sounds just by the wording that it was getting more attitude each time.

Funny story- when I call my husband at work, and I get his voice mail, I swear that it takes on a different tone. That one I KNOW is all in my head, but still it's funny. When I call to hit him up for a few bucks, his voice mail sounds exasperated. When I let him know about a catastrophe, it sounds panicked. Etc. He thinks I'm nuts, and given that it's the same message, it might be true. lol

So did your husband listen?? What did he think?

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IntricateGirl – June 13, 2006 – 4:58pm

My husband listened!!!!

and it's official...I'm not crazy! He couldn't stop laughing though but had to apologize for telling me I was nuts when I told him about it. The voice really does get more and more curt the more times you type in the #'s wrong. This is SO weird!!! Okay, I can understand trying to make robotic/autmated voices sound more human, but come on now! What is next? The heavy breather automated voice the next time I call to schedule an appointment with a doctor? LOL!!

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ModelMom – June 13, 2006 – 6:50pm