How can you by pass call centre answerphones 2 speak to someone direct without pressing 1 for this etc?

I find it infuriating to keep pressing numbers

Answers:
here we go!! that is the date-base that by-passes all! no more menu-tree!! I love that website!!

http://gethuman.com/us/
keep pressing zero
You can't unless you have a direct extension number. Know what you mean it does my head right in.
i don,t think you can
dont press anything you will go straight through
I find that a lot of the time if you dont press anythink and just keep hanging on, the phone will ring and you will be put straight through but do not press any numbers. Give it a try 9 out of 10 times it works
Different company have different phone systems. Some, when you press "0" goes directly to a representative. But for some companies there is a direct extension. When you go through the button pressing and actually speak with a rep, ask them how you get through directly.

They will tell you, or at least I do.

I find the voice prompts more annoying then the button pressing.
when you call and get an answering service you must listen to the first recorded message ie. for training purposes ect..then hit STAR HASH STAR HASH several times and this should take you straight to a person on the other side
works for me good luck..
some call handling softare screens for people who dont have a touch tone phone. so if you dont press a number when requested it may divert to an operator.
failing that you need to know the persons direct line
Press star and the hash sign together and repeatedly quickly. This forces the system to jump to a person.

Works, I've done it.
A very good question! Most automated systems I've visited work in a 'loop' ie. if you don't press a button you start again; and if you're lucky/unlucky enough to reach a real person, you're connected to a place you don't want to be. Lots of this type of system use a Premium Number, and we pay them for the privilege of 'getting nowhere'. I hope we all get a good answer here!

EXTRA: The US links might be ok for the US, but not here in the UK
http://gethuman.com/us/

This should help its a cheat sheet to get straight threw to a live person
Don't Press anything they'll think you're a dinosaur with an old phone and get a real person to answer. Works every time.
press 0 then * several times the systems dont reconise this and just puts you straight through to a advisor okay it may not be the correct department but u can ask them to transfer you!

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