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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Started going to get my wrists done because I've got
carpal tunnel in both of them, because I'm just a winner.
It was when I had an X ray down this
is ages ago. I had to go and get an
ultras hand done on my right hand, and the man
who was doing the untosund said, that is the biggest
nerve I've ever seen, and I was like, you're welcome anyway.
(00:20):
Finally going to go and get the surgery. Finally got
the appointment through going.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Just through you know what causes carple tunnels being a legend.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We should all have it, should have it, I should
have that in my knees.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So I would called up to get an appointment and
it was here at work, And after about fourteen minutes,
I was kind of like, oh, hoping the show is
going to not start, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Still on hold because I'm committed.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Now there's a point I reckon after about ten minutes
where you committed and you can't just stuff it.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'll call another.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Day and you can't let anybody look after your phone.
No ten minute mark because you know what answer yep.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
And you have to have your numbers with you and everything.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Everything's going to be in front of you, So you
go bathroom, take.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You with you, you're taking it with you.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Twenty minutes in, we're still going, yep, in for the
long haul.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Twenty four minutes in trying to get a drink, still going,
made it to twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
I was on hold.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Imagine if someone guessed that.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Trevor actually guessed the exact time.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I was sitting there, roughly around about the nineteen minute mark,
and I said to missus doing my head, and he goes,
I reckon, they'll pick up at it.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I don't know about twenty seven minutes, and then they
did booh wow boom. That's amazing, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
I rang him and said, ring him, now, did you
thanks to that? Got straight through to Joe yep, all right,
he's on hold online nine.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, just pick up a big trip yeh. Twenty seven,
twenty seven all right, twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We don't know how long you've been on hold, doesn't
matter to whom, but twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Longer than that, that is when you're on with Telstra
or anybody else. Yeah, that's ten minute mark to there.
You have to go through with you there until your
birthday or like.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Any department of something, Yeah, Department of Transport, Family services.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
To stay there of anything. Yeah, and then if it
hangs up, you ring straighter. Yeah, you are seventy eight millions.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Your call is important to us. Now, it's not start
running out your will. You'll be here for a while.
And isn't it weird? They're always experiencing high call volumes at.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Any time, always, anytime, always? How long were you on hold? For?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
One hour and sixteen minutes?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
And then they hung up on me?
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Oh it said, sorry you've called outside of business hour?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh way, way packed up and going on. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
Yeah, not not happy at all.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Did you give them a serving the next day?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
What was the ato? You can't serve anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Thank you so much for hanging out with me, ato,
I really enjoyed that, the best hang up I've ever had.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yeah, I love that time to myself so good. I
think they do the serving too.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
They do.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Wendy from mull and Dina, how long were we on hold.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
For an hour and forty five minutes?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Who were you on hold too? If you don't mind
us asking link?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Lovely good lovely and blessed them to link.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh yeah, God.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Bless them, all of them and everybody that works there.
They deal with a lot of crap. And now I'm
forty five minutes. Oh sweet lord?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
What did you get done in that time?
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Did you did you go out? Or did you just
stay at home? Team Biscuits?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
No?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
No, no, I was. I was doing emails.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Most productive. You haven't been that one hour?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Actually yeah it was actually yes, yes, yes, I prepared
dinner too, and not speaker phone.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yes, dinner for the week.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
If you if you've ever listened to the music? Did
they put you on hold with I could have easily
gone to sleep, but not you?
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Not you?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Are you Wendy?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
No?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
You just powered on three you Wendy? Well, do all right?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Margaret from Highland Park? How long were you on hog?
Speaker 1 (04:04):
For?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Two hours and forty four minutes?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Oh my god?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
What?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
What?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Were young?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Why?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Why?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Well, it was about fifteen years ago.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
My in laws were here from the UK and I
don't know if you remember, the volcano in Iceland erupted. Ah, yeah,
and all the flights got canceled, so I had to
actually ring up their airline to try and obviously get
a return flight for them because they were supposed to
be going home. Yeah, and it got it got to
two hours and forty four minutes, and then the phone
(04:36):
went dead.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh no, oh my god.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
I didn't even I didn't even get to talk to anyone.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Oh so they're still here.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Fifteen years later, fifteen years later exactly.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
That's yeah, that's crap.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Yeah, well, let's just say I gave up that day
and tried again the next day.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Oh no, I didn't.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
I had to wait about forty minutes, but I did
get through to someone.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Thank you so much for your call. It was important
to us.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
And you win, you won, you actually won market. Yes,
you are the longest on the whole person. Yeah today,
so we're going to hang up on you real quickly,
hanging up but nicely. Yes, bye now bye bye.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
A bite size bit of Moira and big Dress
Started going to get my wrists done because I've got
carpal tunnel in both of them, because I'm just a winner.
It was when I had an X ray down this
is ages ago. I had to go and get an
ultras hand done on my right hand, and the man
who was doing the untosund said, that is the biggest
nerve I've ever seen, and I was like, you're welcome anyway.
(00:20):
Finally going to go and get the surgery. Finally got
the appointment through going.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Just through you know what causes carple tunnels being a legend.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We should all have it, should have it, I should
have that in my knees.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So I would called up to get an appointment and
it was here at work, And after about fourteen minutes,
I was kind of like, oh, hoping the show is
going to not start, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Still on hold because I'm committed.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Now there's a point I reckon after about ten minutes
where you committed and you can't just stuff it.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'll call another.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Day and you can't let anybody look after your phone.
No ten minute mark because you know what answer yep.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
And you have to have your numbers with you and everything.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Everything's going to be in front of you, So you
go bathroom, take.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You with you, you're taking it with you.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Twenty minutes in, we're still going, yep, in for the
long haul.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Twenty four minutes in trying to get a drink, still going,
made it to twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
I was on hold.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Imagine if someone guessed that.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Trevor actually guessed the exact time.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I was sitting there, roughly around about the nineteen minute mark,
and I said to missus doing my head, and he goes,
I reckon, they'll pick up at it.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I don't know about twenty seven minutes, and then they
did booh wow boom. That's amazing, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
I rang him and said, ring him, now, did you
thanks to that? Got straight through to Joe yep, all right,
he's on hold online nine.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, just pick up a big trip yeh. Twenty seven,
twenty seven all right, twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We don't know how long you've been on hold, doesn't
matter to whom, but twenty seven minutes.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Longer than that, that is when you're on with Telstra
or anybody else. Yeah, that's ten minute mark to there.
You have to go through with you there until your
birthday or like.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Any department of something, Yeah, Department of Transport, Family services.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
To stay there of anything. Yeah, and then if it
hangs up, you ring straighter. Yeah, you are seventy eight millions.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Your call is important to us. Now, it's not start
running out your will. You'll be here for a while.
And isn't it weird? They're always experiencing high call volumes at.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Any time, always, anytime, always? How long were you on hold? For?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
One hour and sixteen minutes?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
And then they hung up on me?
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Oh it said, sorry you've called outside of business hour?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh way, way packed up and going on. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
Yeah, not not happy at all.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Did you give them a serving the next day?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
What was the ato? You can't serve anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Thank you so much for hanging out with me, ato,
I really enjoyed that, the best hang up I've ever had.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yeah, I love that time to myself so good. I
think they do the serving too.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
They do.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Wendy from mull and Dina, how long were we on hold.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
For an hour and forty five minutes?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Who were you on hold too? If you don't mind
us asking link?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Lovely good lovely and blessed them to link.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh yeah, God.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Bless them, all of them and everybody that works there.
They deal with a lot of crap. And now I'm
forty five minutes. Oh sweet lord?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
What did you get done in that time?
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Did you did you go out? Or did you just
stay at home? Team Biscuits?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
No?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
No, no, I was. I was doing emails.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Most productive. You haven't been that one hour?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Actually yeah it was actually yes, yes, yes, I prepared
dinner too, and not speaker phone.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yes, dinner for the week.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
If you if you've ever listened to the music? Did
they put you on hold with I could have easily
gone to sleep, but not you?
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Not you?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Are you Wendy?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
No?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
You just powered on three you Wendy? Well, do all right?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Margaret from Highland Park? How long were you on hog?
Speaker 1 (04:04):
For?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Two hours and forty four minutes?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Oh my god?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
What?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
What?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Were young?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Why?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Why?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Well, it was about fifteen years ago.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
My in laws were here from the UK and I
don't know if you remember, the volcano in Iceland erupted. Ah, yeah,
and all the flights got canceled, so I had to
actually ring up their airline to try and obviously get
a return flight for them because they were supposed to
be going home. Yeah, and it got it got to
two hours and forty four minutes, and then the phone
(04:36):
went dead.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh no, oh my god.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
I didn't even I didn't even get to talk to anyone.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Oh so they're still here.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Fifteen years later, fifteen years later exactly.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
That's yeah, that's crap.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Yeah, well, let's just say I gave up that day
and tried again the next day.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Oh no, I didn't.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
I had to wait about forty minutes, but I did
get through to someone.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Thank you so much for your call. It was important
to us.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
And you win, you won, you actually won market. Yes,
you are the longest on the whole person. Yeah today,
so we're going to hang up on you real quickly,
hanging up but nicely. Yes, bye now bye bye.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
A bite size bit of Moira and big Dress
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