Get Out Of My Ears!

[muninnhuginn]

Now I know my hearing ain't what it used to be. It wasn't what it used to be when it used to be it. I blame all the piccolo practice. And the brass sextet and just behind my head through all those orchestra rehearsals. Still...

When you cold call me, could you do so in an environment quiet enough that I can actually hear you over the background noise? Hearing the jabber of several hundred other conversations from your call centre does not aid comprehension. I'm not going to buy from you. But I'd like to know who I'm talking to, so I can complain that you rang me in the first place.

When I go to your website to buy tickets for a show, I do not want to suddenly have a blast of music through my headpiece, especially with no option to switch it off. If I hadn't already promised that we'd go to the show, I might have changed my mind (especially with the extra quid per ticket booking fee).

[This may be the first of several grouchy posts: the ravens feel exceedingly at odds with the world.]

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

First thing I do, is to disable noise from websites. Globally. There's no good reason for a website to have noise on it.

(Or Flash.)

[muninnhuginn]

Mainly I agree. Except when playing games, there should be no sound. The wind blowing through Second Life is quite soothing, too.

I wouldn't have minded that much normally, but there was no polite request nor an off button, and it was on the page I needed to display whilst Skype-ing the Aged P.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

A game on a webpage, yes, fine. (And Second Life is sort of a game, or developed out of game tech, I gather.)

And if I click a button to play some sort of video or audio stuff, then fine.

But at that point, I'm going beyond the web page.

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

I was going to quibble with your earlier comment, but with that qualification I absolutely agree with you.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

*grin*