hold-music
Original: hold-music on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (on phone): Hi, tech support, I have a billing question about-
Automated voice: PLEASE HOLD.
Panel 2:
Automated voice: FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE REPLACED OUR HOLD MUSIC WITH THE SOUND OF GOATS IN PAIN.
Hold sound: EEEEE-YAH-A-A-A EEEEEE-YAAAAAAA!
Panel 3:
Automated voice: WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE HOLDING OR JUST ACCEPT THE SURPRISE FEE?
Man (frantic, on phone): TAKE ANYTHING! TAKE EVERYTHING!
Votey:
Caption (above): COMCAST CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER.
A man sits hunched and resigned, eyes blank, holding a phone to his ear. A thought/speech bubble of dots rises from him.
Man (on phone): Hi, tech support, I have a billing question about-
Automated voice: PLEASE HOLD.
Panel 2:
Automated voice: FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE REPLACED OUR HOLD MUSIC WITH THE SOUND OF GOATS IN PAIN.
Hold sound: EEEEE-YAH-A-A-A EEEEEE-YAAAAAAA!
Panel 3:
Automated voice: WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE HOLDING OR JUST ACCEPT THE SURPRISE FEE?
Man (frantic, on phone): TAKE ANYTHING! TAKE EVERYTHING!
Votey:
Caption (above): COMCAST CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER.
A man sits hunched and resigned, eyes blank, holding a phone to his ear. A thought/speech bubble of dots rises from him.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A red-haired man holds a phone and says 'Hi, tech support, I have a billing question about-' before an automated voice cuts in: 'PLEASE HOLD.' Panel 2: The automated voice announces, 'FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE REPLACED OUR HOLD MUSIC WITH THE SOUND OF GOATS IN PAIN,' as the phone emits 'EEEEE-YAH-A-A-A EEEEEE-YAAAAAAA!' Panel 3: The voice asks, 'WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE HOLDING OR JUST ACCEPT THE SURPRISE FEE?' and the now-wide-eyed, sweating man shouts into the phone, 'TAKE ANYTHING! TAKE EVERYTHING!' Votey: Under the caption 'COMCAST CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER,' the same man sits slumped and hollow-eyed, phone still pressed to his ear, defeated, a small trail of dots floating above him.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.