If you would like somebody to tell you to work Press 3.
If you are trying to avoid work stay on the line and the next available agent will help you.
You are transferred to another department by the quick press of a button, but this time a gruff voice demands:
Press 1 for motherly nagging.
Press 2 for a stern scolding.
Press 3 for the Harvard Party Line.
Obviously, you choose to be connected with the most social department in HUN.
If you would like a list of the weekend's parties Press 1.
If you would like a date to one of the weekend's parties Press 2.
If you would like to have a good time at one of the weekend's parties Press 3 to be transferred to UCLA.
If you would like the Science Center hours Press 4.
If you do not like any of these options, hold for voice mail.
There is a long pause. The phone starts to ring again. A voice informs you that federal law now prohibits option 1 for campus phones registered to students under 21.
You are automatically connected to Voice Mail.
You curse violently into the phone. A voice responds:
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