I was calling the VA to inquire the amount on the latest bill. I had used the 888 number instead of 866 – and the remaining digits were the same. The first was for a life alert – which I could probably use – but that is not the number I meant to call.
So the first answering machine tells me that I may qualify for life alert absolutely free. I then get a robot named Jessica who tells me the benefits and asks questions but answers (though in a human voice) didn’t always match the response (can you imagine)
I finally get an actual human who is walking me through the routine and asking questions and providing expression and the more we talked the more I figured this “free” was going to cost me even more than my time. All I wanted to do was understand the VA statement was so high. I finally guessed my error and hung up on the life alert call.
888 and 866 was the only difference – which I still didn’t figure out until just before I started this post. I think I should return to bed and attempt to restart my day.
