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If Dante was writing about the circles of hell these days, there's a decent chance he'd include a level featuring souls stuck eternally on hold, waiting just to ask one stupid question of a customer service rep but never connecting to a real, live human being. 


Readers of his hellacious tome would probably shudder in painful recognition. But there's good news: If you're hoping to get off that endless, awful hold, a TikTok user has a hack for bypassing the endless robotic loops.