From WikiHow, as highlighted in today’s iGoogle “How To of the Day”, you must read this article on How to Talk to a Human when Calling a Business. And, here is the wonderful cheat sheet by GetaHuman.com. It gives you all the shortcuts to get a real person on the phone when calling the top 500  megacorps.

Love it!!

Or store 1.800.373.3411 on your speed dial.
In case you didn’t know about this already, this is a FREE directory assistance service, most practical to avoid being gouged by the phone companies. What is it now? $1.50? $1.99 to get a number?
The only caveat is that this service is made available because of the advertising, so you will have to sit through a short ad before making your request.  I can deal with that!
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An excerpt from today’s Ideal Bite… bite ( I love this daily newsletter):

MAILBOX OR MAUSOLEUM?
Unwanted mail crowds out invites and tax refunds, and uses up valuable natural resources like trees, water, and energy. Point, click, and put to rest credit-card offers and catalog clutter once and for all.
The Benefits
Keeps you out of the sanitarium. Each American receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail per year – more than enough to drive you crazy.
Saves energy. Junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars every year.
More trees. Annually, 100 million trees are used to make junk mail.
More free time. Americans waste [...]

It’s a very clever and oh-so-simple reminder service. Jott.com. Get it? As in Jot it Down? And it’s absolutely free. Here’s how it works: you call the provided 800 number. You leave yourself a message. The message is automatically transcribed in text and then delivered to your email inbox. You can Jott to yourself or to anyone else in your group.

Imagine how useful this is. If you’re like me, you are invariably thinking about your crucial To Do List item and your latest genius idea when you are nowhere near your computer or calendar or notepad. I have been using [...]