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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Blade's blog - Latest Comments in Hate automated phones? Get Human</title><link>http://blade.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:27:17 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Hate automated phones? Get Human</title><link>http://blade.lansmash.com/2006/03/10/hate-automated-phones-get-human/#comment-3318934</link><description>I hope you don't mind a stranger commenting on your blog but given the frustration you obviously feel about talking to machines, I really thought you and your readers might appreciate this short comic mp3 about automated help lines&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sha-crawford.co.uk/radioplay.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sha-crawford.co.uk/radioplay.html&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">sha_crawford</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:27:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Hate automated phones? Get Human</title><link>http://blade.lansmash.com/2006/03/10/hate-automated-phones-get-human/#comment-3318933</link><description>They had a segment on Today Tonight about this. Here's the link which has hints on how to get through the computerised systems here in Australia:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=27549" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=27549&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The shortcuts&lt;br&gt;As soon as the voice prompts start, ring these numbers to get a real person:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;AussieHomeloans: 0000&lt;br&gt;American Express: 0#&lt;br&gt;ANZ Bank: 00000&lt;br&gt;BankWest: 00000#&lt;br&gt;Bendigo Bank: 0&lt;br&gt;Citibank: 00&lt;br&gt;Commonwealth Bank: 000&lt;br&gt;Diners Club: 0&lt;br&gt;Esanda: 00&lt;br&gt;HSBC: 1&lt;br&gt;ING Bank: 0 wait 0#&lt;br&gt;ING Direct: 0&lt;br&gt;National Australia Bank: ###&lt;br&gt;RAMS Home Loans: 000&lt;br&gt;Suncorp: 0000&lt;br&gt;St. George Bank: say "Everyday Banking"&lt;br&gt;Wizard Home Loans: 0&lt;br&gt;Westpac Banking Corporation (Mortgage Sales): 0&lt;br&gt;Westpac Banking Corporation (Phone Banking): 00*0&lt;br&gt;Woolworths Ezy Banking: 0</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">buffiness</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:46:26 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>