r/mildyinteresting • u/Content-Processor • Aug 15 '26

electrifying energy ⚡️ Soap Anger Management

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u/kyngslinn Aug 15 '26

I'm just here chortling because this is the "on hold" music at my job

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u/-poupou- Aug 15 '26

I hear it a lot on hold with pharmacies, healthcare providers and health insurance companies. It sounds like frustration and despair.

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u/FlowerComfortable889 Aug 15 '26

I used to support contact centers and after our fourth Cisco upgrade, it was brought up that our customer service department wanted to find out how much a different set of hold music would cost. It was shockingly expensive and didn't seem to matter if it was just different instrumentals, a live feed, whatever. The project costs and ongoing licensing fees were almost a third as much as the entire phone system

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u/-poupou- Aug 16 '26

This awful composition must be the absolute cheapest available. It's probably unlicensed?

Or, hear me out, they make it painful on purpose so that callers are more likely to hang up.