This guy went out and cracked the number sequences you have to go through to get a actual human when calling a company
http://www.paulenglish.com/ivr/ examples:
Sovereign Bank 800-SOV-BANK
1 english; 1 personal; 3 then social#; passcode, #; then 0 (1-3x)
Amazon Visa 888-247-4080
Press 0 twice. Ignore invalid account message.
Capital One Visa 800-867-0904
ignore prompts and invalid entry warnings; press #0 four times
Social Security 800-772-1213
00 will confuse computer and send you to an agent
