LPT: Use Your Phone Timer to Beat Time Queues and Be One of the First
You can use your iPhone timer to call businesses the exact second they open.
If a doctor’s office, ticket line, or customer service number opens at 8:00 AM, just ask Siri, if iPhone user, to set a timer ending at 8:00 and be ready to call immediately. It’s an easy way to make sure you are one of the first.
I used this today to get a same-day appointment with my son’s pediatrician. I called the moment their system switched from the after-hours recording to the live office line and got through almost instantly.
Edit: I guess a lot of people don’t like this… lol. Maybe one point of clarification is that the timer count downs to the set time so you can call in at the exact moment. An alarm delays by only a few seconds because it is more reactionary. In my experience that may be all it takes to not get in.