I’ve been stuck in loops lately. Phone calls to physician’s offices to schedule an appointment. Phone calls to receive help with a computer issue. Even when attempting to sign in to Twitter, which I seldom ever do. Though I have my plethora of passwords saved on all things online – thank you Google Chrome – suddenly ones I know to be accurate are sometimes rejected.
Is the world coming to an end?
Will I expire before someone answers me and I’m no longer consigned to a tedious Muzak loop?
Will I be able to hang onto my humanity, as well as sanity, as looping seems to be the new normal?
Speaking of hang, will the loop become a noose?
Eventually, I was able to make an appointment with the doctor I desired – after three days stuck in the loop of unanswered phone calls, whose robo message suggested that I try the physician’s website… which directed me to call the office number. Incredibly, I was given an appointment the next week. I wonder if the physician might be busier if people weren’t put off by his confounding appointment system.
The frustrating computer issue was with Apple! No wonder there’s a bite in its logo! Holy crap! My IT brother responded promptly when I called him for a solution. I love my brother, who’s always in my corner. Even if he doesn’t immediately know the answer, his persistent problem-solving always scores a solution.
I love music and if this, one of my favorite songs, was the Muzak played while I was on Hold, I might not mind…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7Vn_WKkWU
All’s well that ends well, as the popular saying states. I was able to overcome the password hassle and order a passel of clothes online. On sale, too!
Alas, I remain stuck in Twitter’s PW loop. (sorry, IWSG) So many minutes lost in attempts – gr-r-r-r! So much frustration that I failed to contemplate this month’s question: What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?
Well, perhaps Sci-Fi – especially fantasy – which our leader, https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com, has covered. Applause for him!
Thank goodness the loop didn’t become a noose and you escaped in the nick of time!
Plus you scored a bonus with the online order!
~September IWSG co-host.
Thanks, Michelle – all’s well that ends well, especially in new duds (wink)
You have my sympathy, PJ! I’ve spent too much time recently caught in similar loops. And I have literally cried talking with Apple Support. Fortunately their people have talked me down and helped me out every time. Brothers are great, aren’t they? Now I’ve got “Stuck in the middle with yo” stuck in my brain ~ lol! Have a good one!
Yesterday’s loop was with a physician’s office in which staff claimed the faxed test results weren’t on file…and the Lab said they were sent! Holy crap, I thought – do I have to transport the lab report myself? In the heat, with high gas prices?
Well, I offered, but was disallowed!
Some call systems are so annoying. They do everything possible to keep you from connecting with a human being. Sorry Twitter is still giving you problems.
And yes, I have the science fiction covered for you!
Thanks for checking in with kind words. I experienced a WordPress loop when I attempted to comment on another writer’s post yesterday.
Oh, well. We’ll try again next month, as always
I empathize with you. It can be overwhelming and annoying at times. I hope things work well for you real soon!
Thanks for your empathy – unfortunately computers and phone systems have none.
That song would have been nice to listen to while being on hold and in a loop! Yeah, science fiction and fantasy requires a level of world building I’m not sure I have the capacity for anymore. It was a major obsession during my teen and early twenties years though. Not so much now.
What’s in world of your imagination now?