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Good Agent vs Bad Agent Decision Rule

Quickly assess whether a customer service representative can actually help you, and hang up immediately if they can't

Decision Rule

Within first 2-3 minutes, determine if agent understands your problem and has authority to solve it. If not, politely end call and try again

How It Works

Saves time by avoiding dead-end conversations and increases chance of reaching someone who can actually help

Failure Modes

Being too quick to judge agent capabilities

Not giving agent chance to escalate or find solution

Burning through multiple agents without clear ask

Example Decision

Calling Schwab to get special ATM withdrawal limits - if first agent says 'impossible,' hang up and call again until finding agent who understands business use case