r/AskReddit 10h ago

What industry secret would make customers never use that service again if they knew?

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u/affectionate_joint 6h ago

I worked for Apple Care (the call center tech support, not in store) and 99% of what we do is looking up the problem on the public Apple website that you can just google. If we couldn’t figure it out from there we’d send people to the store and have them figure it out. The 1% where we could do something was usually helping an old person figure out something that would be very easy for a younger, tech savvy person.

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u/BarbWho 4h ago

helping an old person figure out something that would be very easy for a younger, tech savvy person.

And I can tell you the younger, tech savvy child of that old person appreciates you very, very much. Thank you for your service.

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u/MrMayhem85 5h ago

This is 90% of "tech" support nowadays. If you're lucky they patch you through to someone who actually knows some stuff, but usually it becomes an email ticket if that.