“Your call is very important to us.” Is it, really?

“Your call is very important to us.” Is it, really?

Customer service has become a huge problem in this country. Just ask … literally anyone. But why is customer service so bad?  First of all, labor shortage. Especially since the pandemic, it’s hard to find people to fill these jobs. The average call-center worker quits after 18 months. Then there’s consolidation. Corporate mergers of airlines,…

How artificial intelligence is revamping customer call centers

How artificial intelligence is revamping customer call centers

How artificial intelligence is revamping customer call centers – CBS News Watch CBS News Everyone gets angry over customer service call centers – both the customers frustrated at having their complaints heard and resolved, and the employees who are on the receiving end of callers’ ire. That’s when an AI bot can step in to…

Bad News — You’re Probably Wiping All Wrong. Here’s What You Should Be Doing.

Bad News — You’re Probably Wiping All Wrong. Here’s What You Should Be Doing.

You’ve probably heard that few things in life are certain except death and taxes, but we’d like to add something else to the list: cleaning up in the bathroom. So, since we have to do it, what’s the best technique? The preferred method of wiping “is not wiping,” nationally renowned anal surgeon Dr. Evan Goldstein…

FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out

FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out

Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., on Jan. 5, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram/@strawberrvy |…

Mask mandates return to hospitals in NYC, several other states amid rise in COVID, flu cases

Mask mandates return to hospitals in NYC, several other states amid rise in COVID, flu cases

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An FAQ from the future — how we struggled and defeated deepfakes

An FAQ from the future — how we struggled and defeated deepfakes

Cast your mind forward. It’s Nov. 8, 2028, the day after another presidential election. This one went smoothly — no claims of rampant rigging, no significant taint of skulduggery — due in large part to the defeat of deepfakes, democracy’s newest enemy. Is such a future possible? So far, neither government nor the tech industry…

Trump promises to stop inflation. But would his plans actually help?

Trump promises to stop inflation. But would his plans actually help?

January 7, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST (The Washington Post/Laura Padilla Castellanos; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post; iStock) Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Donald Trump is vowing sweeping changes to the nation’s economy that threaten to reignite inflation — even as the former president blames President Biden for higher prices and…