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** The Company's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange PBX]] has (partially) crashed.
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** The Company's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange PBX]] has (partially) crashed.[[note]]At least Bob had been put on legitimate hold, whereas Alice only got halfway through "[[ForInconveniencePressOne Press "1" For Incon]][[RepetitiveAudioGlitch -con-con-con-…]]" when it crashed.[[/note]]
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* '''Justified''': The company's customer service is very busy.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The company's customer service is verybusy.busy.
** The Company's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange PBX]] has (partially) crashed.
** The company's customer service is very
** The Company's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange PBX]] has (partially) crashed.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is being chased by a SerialKiller and calls 911, but gets put on hold. By the time the cops arrive, Bob has been brutally murdered and the killer [[KarmaHoudini gets off scot-free]].
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* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when she calls customer service.
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* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when she he calls customer service.
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For RidiculouslyLongPhoneHold, please hold. It may be a few hours.
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For RidiculouslyLongPhoneHold, please hold. It may be a few hours.hours.
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'''Basic Trope''': A phone hole that lasts for an extremely long time.
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'''Basic Trope''': A phone hole hold that lasts for an extremely long time.
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* '''Justified''': The phone line is very busy.
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* '''Justified''': The phone line company's customer service is very busy.
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** ...but he is actually just [[PhoneyCall faking the conversation]], and he is still on hold.
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** ...but he she is actually just [[PhoneyCall faking the conversation]], and he is still on hold.
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* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when he calls customer service.
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* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when he she calls customer service.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob is just making a PhoneyCall to get some "alone" time.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is actually still on hold after making his PhoneyCall.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is actually still on hold after making his PhoneyCall.
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** Bob hangs up and tries again, and someone appears to be talking to him this time...
** Bob is just making a PhoneyCall and is pretending toget some "alone" time.
be on hold to make it seem more convincing...
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** ...but he is actually just [[PhoneyCall faking the conversation]], and he is still on hold.
** ...but then he has to call customer service for real and ends up on holdafter making his PhoneyCall.for a long time.
** Bob hangs up and tries again, and someone appears to be talking to him this time...
** Bob is just making a PhoneyCall and is pretending to
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** ...but he is actually just [[PhoneyCall faking the conversation]], and he is still on hold.
** ...but then he has to call customer service for real and ends up on hold
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Due to the long holds, the company loses customers and eventually goes bankrupt.
** Bob gets very hungry and sleep-deprived from waiting on hold.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** More companies find a way to not lose customers to long holds.
** Bob gives up, and after a huge meal and a long rest, he learns never to trust customer service from that company ever again.
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'''Basic Trope''': A phone hole that lasts for an extremely long time.
* '''Straight''': Bob is put on hold. The hold takes 12 hours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is put on hold, and ''two seasons later'', 2 years have passed, and Bob is ''still'' on hold.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is on hold for 6 hours.
* '''Justified''': The phone line is very busy.
* '''Inverted''': Bob puts the customer service people on hold for a long time.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is just making a PhoneyCall to get some "alone" time.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is actually still on hold after making his PhoneyCall.
* '''Parodied''': The company's slogan is [[SelfDeprecation "Our holds last for days!"]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is on hold, and he hangs up and tries again after a few hours. This cycle repeats over and over again.
* '''Averted''': Bob is on hold for only up to an hour.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want to make fun of phone holds that seem to take ''forever''.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I've been waiting for literally ''days!''"
* '''Invoked''': Bob calls customer service despite the fact that the company is very busy that day.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses the hold as an excuse to be using the phone during "family time".
* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when he calls customer service.
* '''Discussed''': "Why have you been on hold for so dang long?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why do people on these shows end up on these long phone holds?"
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'''Basic Trope''': A phone hole that lasts for an extremely long time.
* '''Straight''': Bob is put on hold. The hold takes 12 hours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is put on hold, and ''two seasons later'', 2 years have passed, and Bob is ''still'' on hold.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is on hold for 6 hours.
* '''Justified''': The phone line is very busy.
* '''Inverted''': Bob puts the customer service people on hold for a long time.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is just making a PhoneyCall to get some "alone" time.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is actually still on hold after making his PhoneyCall.
* '''Parodied''': The company's slogan is [[SelfDeprecation "Our holds last for days!"]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is on hold, and he hangs up and tries again after a few hours. This cycle repeats over and over again.
* '''Averted''': Bob is on hold for only up to an hour.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want to make fun of phone holds that seem to take ''forever''.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I've been waiting for literally ''days!''"
* '''Invoked''': Bob calls customer service despite the fact that the company is very busy that day.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses the hold as an excuse to be using the phone during "family time".
* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure the company is not busy when he calls customer service.
* '''Discussed''': "Why have you been on hold for so dang long?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why do people on these shows end up on these long phone holds?"
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