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Villains are a staple of any great cinematic experience. They go against the norm in every way possible, and leave you hanging on the edge of your seat waiting to see what they'll do next. But what happens behind the scenes when the hero eventually catches up with them? They get fingerprinted…

Great customer service is the best! It's like playing with a puppy while eating a marshmallow only box of Lucky Charms while falling asleep on your grandmothers lap - yeah, it's that good. So we thought it would be fun to put together a list of customer service all stars from film…

As an answering service, we're obviously way into phones and the technology behind how they work. Since Super Bowl LII (go birds!) is coming up, we tried to see how we could incorporate phones with football. We thought about the technology that allows the quarterback to talk to the coach via his…

When you think about it, it costs an awful lot to fill your office with staff. We're not just talking about the salaries that you're paying. There are slew of expenses that, taken as a whole, may make your head spin. It's a little thing called overhead, and there's usually nothing little…

What happens when you let a robot answer your phones? The simple answer is, nothing good. Even if it's a super friendly virtual robot like Siri or Alexa, there are just some things that robots can't do. Let's start with empathy, for one. How can a robot address an upset caller? If…

Has this ever happened to you? You walk by the front desk at the office and find the receptionist hidden behind a magazine or glued to their iPad. The phones are ringing off the hook, literally screaming for someone to pick them up. Eventually, the ringing stops, and the sound of new business blowing…

Imagine that you are speaking with a customer service representative to place a balloon order for your kid's first birthday. Everything seems to go smoothly, so you hang up, certain that the order will be delivered just in time for little Joey's big day. All the guests arrive, the party starts, and instead…

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Remember when you were little and you used paper cups and a string to create a makeshift telephone? While our society is attached to the Smartphone like some sort of technological conjoined twin, way back when, before the invention of the electromechanical phone came the tin-can telephone – aka the lover’s phone.…

Ever wonder how they handle customer service at the North Pole? Even Santa can't do it all. That's why he has elves! So we interviewed one. He drew us a picture and we posted it below. Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays from Specialty Answering Service! Copy the code below to use this infographic: [html] <img…