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Originally Posted by dd74
I was looking for the phone number of a restaurant we wanted to go to. So, I called 411. First, and new to me, I received one of those robot-Betty voices that asks 1) City and State; then 2) Name. I give the name "Hugo's" and Betty goes bonkers. She confuses the Hugo's for "Hugo's Tacos," which is part of "Hugo's," but not what I want. I told Betty "Hugo's Restaurant," but she gives up and switches me to a live operator, who asks me 3 times the street and city where this restaurant is located (it's a major street and cross street in L.A.). I finally lost it, and said, "I'll find it online," which I considered right then only because of my frustration.
So, a couple clicks on Google, and boom, there's the restaurant and phone number .
Lesson: forget 411. What a waste of time! I'm surprised 411 (whomever they are) are still in business, since it's much easier to find whomever you need online.  |
Oh man, I hate hate hate the 411 and have vowed to never dial it again after my last attempt. I got caught in the "what town" game. "I don't see any listings for McDonald's in Atlanta, I'm sorry." "Well I know it's in Atlanta....what about Norcross" "No listings in Norcross, sorry." "OK what about Lilburn" "Sorry no listings in Lilburn" "What about snellville?" "Sorry I can only do three searches for you" "Oh really? I am paying $1.25 for this call to INFORMATION and I would like the information I called for, please. Do I need to speak to a supervisor or something?" "CLICK"
I'm gonna be all over that 1800GOOG 411, thanks to whomever posted that.
Sca-REW 411.
Oh and I think when you dial 411 on a cell phone, it just goes to whatever 411 service your provider offers, internal. No longer does it hook into the big ATT system I was used to. I'm on Verizon, and whatever they are using to supply 411 info is a big pile of crap.