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Most businesses in the world? I'd like some proof.

Unless, of course, you and I have different ideas of what "the world" is

I own a business in Denmark, I never received a call as described. I received lots of email reminders though, because this is something you can update yourself.

Snarky, but I expect that to be a kind-of circle with a small radius, around their offices and the favorite places their employees in SF visit.

Never heard of this happening, and not something I'd expect google to do. I'd expect them to send emails at most, with a link to some page that is broken for anyone not using Chrome, then no support available.

Maybe my business is a corner case which avoids the automation - I am open usually 9-5ish, but can be open anytime if a customer rings the well and waits for someone to get out of bed.

Google has an actual human call every 2-3 months, who usually just asks the opening hours, confirms one other detail (usually the website) and then says goodbye.

> Google has an actual human call

I guess congrats to google on passing the turing test

A local restaurant near me in Australia said they had a Google employee ring asking to confirm their opening times.

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