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Usually High Call Volume<br />

What we do trumps what we say every time.<br />

I have to call my bank a lot. Because of all the travelling I do, they<br />

like me to keep in touch about where I am. You know, to make sure<br />

those withdrawals in Vegas one day, lunch out at home a few days<br />

later, and then a taxi in Chicago the next week are all on the up and<br />

up. I would check up on me too.<br />

Now they always say their mission is customer satisfaction. In<br />

fact, my bank’s number one core value, as listed on their website,<br />

is to ‘‘Deliver Legendary Customer Experiences.’’ Legendary. You see<br />

that and you know that you are important to them. The customer is<br />

the bank.<br />

The problem is, when I call, I get this message while I wait<br />

for my legendary customer service experience: ‘‘We are experiencing<br />

unusually high call volumes.’’ You expect this sometimes, right? I get<br />

it; we’re all busy. The thing is, for the past five years, every single<br />

time I call, I hear this message. And I got to wondering, when exactly<br />

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