Fox operator!
One of my biggest pet peeves is the emotional flavoring that the Fox operator uses when she says the words, "...while your call is transferred." I don't know who Fox hired or who coached her, but listen to the schpiel and then pay close attention to how she gives an extra ladelling of maternal sweetness to the last four words. To me, it's insincere and even a tiny bit odious. She sounds like Louise Fletcher playing Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Tell me if you don't agree.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 20, 2006 at 2:45 PM
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Mike Gebert says ...
She sounds like someone is reaching under her skirt and she's about to laugh and slap him.
It is funny that a big media company's phone voice sounds like she teaches second grade in Oklahoma-- definite midwestern twang to it. Rupert, spend a few bucks and get Sally Kellerman or somebody.
Posted by Mike Gebert at July 20, 2006 2:54 PM
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JTag says ...
You guys have lost your marbles in la-la land. On the East Coast, that's called a perfectly normal recording.
Posted by JTag at July 20, 2006 7:10 PM
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Trammell says ...
She does sound like she's about to laugh at the end. Not annoying. Maybe something else is bothering you and you're transfering it to the operator.
Posted by Trammell at July 20, 2006 7:18 PM
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Mike Gebert says ...
I agree that this is an insanely trivial issue, but don't you expect some kind of polished vaguely Asian dominatrix voice at a company like this, instead of the receptionist at A-1 Machine Tools in Cherryvale, Kansas?
Posted by Mike Gebert at July 20, 2006 8:16 PM
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Eric says ...
This is part of HE's branching out. Next up: critiques of the plays children put on at summer camp. "And what's with that rejected Madonna choreography?"
All said in good fun, of course.
Posted by Eric at July 21, 2006 5:50 PM