Lifehacker publishes tips on how to get our of voicemail hell (and phone menu hell) by pressing keys that will get you a human operator. I merely add the request that you make sure that you don’t already have the human operator you crave, since pressing buttons in her ear isn’t the way to super-friendly service. Just saying. Though it is interesting to see how many times you have to yell “Hello? Yes???” until they knock it off.