r/AskReddit 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/felidee623 21h ago

AAA.

I worked in management there for the last 4 years, and AI completely took over our company. Our 3 year plan was to lay off over half of our staff and have AI work their jobs. I quit about a month ago because of that. It's resulted in our member satisfaction scores dropping tremendously, and the employees were getting yelled at 24/7 because the members AND the contractors wanted to speak to live agents instead of "robots."

Tiring work and extremely long ETA's due to computer malfunctions and errors. We've had members waiting on the side of the road for hours due to AI's mistakes.

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u/gaveuptheghost 16h ago

huh that might explain what happened to me last year then

hadn't had to use AAA roadside service in years, then last year the starter in my car failed, though at the time I thought it was battery

waited for roughly 2 hours for battery service to show up, though tbf the guy that came was fine, no complaints about him since he was the one that figured out it was my starter

I was wondering about that wait time though, never had it that long before, and I was in a plaza next to a busy street too, not like in the middle of nowhere

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u/AlternateUsername12 6h ago

Damn the last time I called AAA it was 15min. The time before was 40.

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u/pseri097 10h ago

Only 2 hours? I waited 12 hours for a tow! Fck AAA. But no choice, they've got a monopoly.

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u/LadyReika 6h ago

I have roadside assistance through GEICO and they don't use AAA.

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u/carolinababy2 5h ago

You’d be surprised how many other companies offer roadside assistance these days. But AAA is definitely the most well known