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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.