Fri
Jun 5 2026
12:14 pm
By: bizgrrl
I sent a question via a retail business chat bot. A very simple question. They responded 6 times asking me to rephrase my question. There are only so many ways you can provide a very simple question. Alas, I gave up and they lost a sale.
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TN Politics
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Knox TN Today
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