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What a great future we have ahead of us
"Hello there, It's great to hear from you and I hope you're doing well today! I will be happy to assist you!"
I didn't make this up, this is a real message I got from a support team.
I wonder how good it is at defecting fake smiles and attitudes. Because I'd rather interact with non-smiling staff than someone who is obviously faking it for the camera. Reminds me the "Welcome to costco, I love you" scene from Idiocracy: https://youtu.be/ZIFCWpn4qQ4?si=nJpGjA33-sf5QE_Z
There's a funny anecdote about Walmart trying to open stores here in Germany, and when the business eventually failed, apparently one of the reasons was that German customers were routinely freaked out by the completely fake smiling staff and the weird company motivational chants in the morning. When you see the sort of pearly white stereotypical American diner smile almost everyone would associate it with insincerit…