Your call is (not that) important to us : customer service and what it reveals about our world and our lives /

Main Author: Yellin, Emily, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, c2009.
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245 1 |a Your call is (not that) important to us :  |b customer service and what it reveals about our world and our lives /  |c Emily Yellin. 
260 1 |a New York :  |b Free Press,  |c c2009. 
300 1 |a 291 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-282) and index. 
505 1 |a Random acts of rudeness : customer encounters, Comcast, and customer rage -- What would Alexander Graham Bell say now? : the telephone and the birth of today's customer service industry -- "You're going to listen to me" : Internet advocacy, Consumerist.com, AOL, GetHuman.com, and Sweden -- To send us your firstborn, please press or say: "One" : automation , Amtrak Julie, artificial intelligence, and eavesdropping -- The other end of the line : call centers, JetBlue, reps, supervisors, prisons, and CustomersSuck.com -- The next available agent: John, Juan, Sean, or Sanjay : international outsourcing, Argentina, TeleTech, Egypt, and the United Kingdom -- The solution is the problem : the old AT&T wireless, Sprint, consultants, cottage industries, and CRM -- Absolutely, positively : FedEx, Zappos.com, Credit Suisse, and CEOs. 
650 1 |a Customer services 
650 1 |a Customer relations 
650 1 |a Corporations  |x Public relations 
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