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Whats the / worst music you've heard on call hold? Sainsburys help line have some plate smashing style Greek music for some reason. And I remember calling a rail help line in France and getting the best French cheesy pop music for 5 minutes whilst waiting..
heard anything good down you receiver recently ? are all American phone lines using patriotic music on there call holds? what's the most inappropriate music...

please list any phone numbers so we can all listen.. 0800 if you have any can you supply the phone number?

― jk, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

British Airways have that cod-Classical thing from there TV adverts with voiceovers promoting over services/the thing where you give them your unwanted loose change at the end of the flight. Very annoying.

― Bill, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't know about inappropriate, but...the standard Muzak can be interesting when the mood is right. Last time I heard an EZ Listening track and thought, "This sounds like Kruder & Dorfmeister!"

― Mark, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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― gareth, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

virgin is engaged.. ILM must have jammed the switch board..

― jk, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am not opposed to call holding music, unless it's just some vocals who start blabbering without any background music. Usually I am unaware it's holding music, so I start chatting.... and suddenly the instruments start playing.

― Helen Fordsdale, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I hate it when they have call hold music and then a voice comes on telling you thank you for holding, please keep holding, cos I always get excited and think I finally made it to a person.

― Ally, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I once called a private business company in reference to a job interview and they put me on hold. They played Frank Sinatra at me = goodness.

― Kodanshi, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Anything ironic... like the Simpsons.

― JM, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A friend of mine in Japan heard N.W.A whilst on hold trying to set up a flight.

― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a certain major american office furniture company was still playing "new york new york", on its call holding in it's Paris office 2 days after sept 11th

― tom, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

One hold line piped in a radio station. I don't remember what music was playing, but while I was on hold the station ran an Emergency Broadcast Signal test. Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuch.

― j.lu, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This is a bit of a tangent.. A friend told me that yesterday on NPR, after a story about anthrax, the musical interlude was the feedback from Gang of 4's "Anthrax" .. obscure reference to be sure.

― Dave225, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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