Or Press the Star Key

[phone]
NPR ran a great story today about how to avoid the
voice-mail systems put in place to 'direct your call,'
and get right to a human.

For example at FedEx, at message say "Representative,"
at Ikea, as soon as you connect, hit "0000000 (hit ""0""
many times fast, if you do it once, or too slow,
it will merely repeat the menu)."

Listen to the NPR stream to hear them argue with the
Apple phone answering system. Hilarious!

All hail Paul English and his band of insider tipsters
for this exhaustive list.