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Oh, lovely, they've reorganized public health care and now you can't book appointments online for our location except to a few specific services like vaccinations, lab tests, and diabetes. So I have to call them on the phone.

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Date: 10 Feb 2023 07:35 pm (UTC)
princessofgeeks: Shane smiling, caption Canada's Shane Hollander (Default)
From: [personal profile] princessofgeeks
*cheers you on*

You might try writing out a script for yourself so you don't have to try to remember what you are wanting to say.

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Date: 10 Feb 2023 08:49 pm (UTC)
anatsuno: a women reads, skeptically (drawing by Kate Beaton) (Default)
From: [personal profile] anatsuno
Arrggh so annoying! I'm very sorry :(

otoh I meant to say I got your lovely postcard and I am thrilled with it! Thank you! <3

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Date: 11 Feb 2023 05:54 am (UTC)
vass: Small turtle with green leaf in its mouth (Default)
From: [personal profile] vass
Argh. Many sympathies.

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Date: 11 Feb 2023 01:28 pm (UTC)
vass: Small turtle with green leaf in its mouth (Default)
From: [personal profile] vass
I KNOW THE FEELING.

Recording phone calls without consent is illegal here, so my phone's software doesn't permit it, and that is a shame, because I have SO OFTEN been tempted to record the music and do one of the following:

- Somehow get hold of the manager of whichever store/government department/organisation was responsible, and play it for them. At length. Until they beg for mercy. (Because they can't know what it sounds like in use, surely. They just can't. Can they?)
- Public shaming via YouTube.
- Sound collage/art project.

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Date: 12 Feb 2023 06:50 pm (UTC)
waxjism: bauhaus (here and now NOTHING is going on)
From: [personal profile] waxjism
It's because of compression/saving bandwidth and how phone sound is optimized for voices. Tom Scott had a video about it back whenever that went into some detail.

You'd think someone would be able to produce music that is in turn optimized for the limitations of the systems, but I guess no one cares enough to do that. Our suffering continues.

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