• Mr. Semi@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s beyond that. People also have trained themselves to tune out of greetings and handle them on autopilot.

    Decades ago I was required to answer the phone with “Thank you for calling Domino’s Pizza, will this be for pickup or delivery?”

    Around 50% of the time, the response I got was some variation on “Yeah hi, do you deliver?”