One of the annoying aspects of modern life is the inability to get a real person on the phone when you attempt to call the service department of a major corporation. We've all been led through a labyrinth of touch-tone menu choices, only to discover that what we wanted wasn't covered by the available options. So here's your shortcut: Find-A-Human. It's simply a list of phone numbers for various corporations (banks, computers, travel, etc.) with instructions on which keys to push in your phone to most quickly get a real person on the line. Sometimes it's sneaky -- for Cingular, you can easily get a human by pushing the buttons as if you wanted to close your account, after which the person you get can help you with whatever you want. More often it's straightforward -- for Chase bank, you hit five, pause, then hit one, four, star, zero, just as you might have guessed. Don't say that Cosmic Variance never did anything for you.
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