(Hotline from a phone company): "If you got general questions, press 1. If you got questions regarding your contract, press 4. If you need technical support, press 9."
So, why not just 1, 2 and 3? Is it too easy? Too obvious?
I'm shocked, dismayed, and disappointed that Dogbert didn't come up with a scheme to reverse the long-distance charges of the poor fools making the tech support call.
Thank you for calling (insert name), your call is important to us. If you you're calling for for product support, we're sorry. Your product is obsolete and is no longer supported. For other issues please enter the value of π (pi) and wait for the next available operator to direct your call.
Usually when I call for either tech support or customer service, I get someone speaking "broken" English. That tells me to get the h-e-double hockey sticks out of there.