If Life had a Customer Service Line

[@FrankJames]

What would YOUR call be?

[@chebryan]

I'd be complaining about why I can't find motivation to animate, only to then find motivation the second they pick up the call

[@meganleffingwell3437]

I'd probably give ⭐⭐⭐ 😂

[@MetaFanWing]

Ask them how to troubleshoot my brain.

[@MetaFanWing]

@@chebryan Also; mood.

[@theflowerhead]

Will I ever be not tired.

[@yumedreamdream]

"I'm a grown-up, but I still don't know what I wanna be when I grow up." 😆

[@TheEvilOverlord_Ret]

My dad once asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up (I was 45) and I said "You first" (he took up surfboarding when he was 78 because his doctor told him he had to stop body surfing)

[@Liat.]

Same 🫠

[@RayPeng-07]

Same! :D

[@janewestmoreland7239]

I can't remember who it was, but there was a comedian who said the reason adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up is because we're looking for ideas! 😂

[@Liat.]

@ this 💯

[@nathanreedy4380]

OMG, Frank, this was hilariously accurate. And honestly the ' customer service response(s)' all sounded exactly what my interactions with other people when I vocalize my struggles with & to other people go all of the time. 😂

[@JKNat9004]

Oh yes, the line "That's just how things are" is repeated by the CSR throughout the video. I know that's what I tell myself over and over in life.

[@Elena.J]

0:05 "How can I help you to die?" Well, that escalated quickly! 😂

[@olive4naito]

You said that knowing it would be hard to un-hear that.

[@servantrose]

dude you caught that! I did not even notice but he was intentional when you go back and watch it again.

[@Livlovbts]

@@Elena.J At least it wasn’t a suicide hotline.

[@umartinko]

That quick math section made me make the same face Mr. Ethan did, and SEEING it cutting to him made me burst to laughter. Cheers for another AMAZING one Frank - so relatable, insightful, and amusing at the same time!

[@FrankJames]

haha thanks so much!

[@samanthadiaz05]

Let’s get “I’M PERTURBED” on a mug or shirt pls 😂 It will sell like hot cakes.

[@joe-skeen]

Or "it's perturbing"

[@madeleineburrows5671]

Yes, because we *are* perturbed 😂

[@elliotschnabel8364]

2:18 “On a scale of one to five, how would you rate your satisfaction-” “Negative ten thousand!” I thought this was a sketch, not a documentary on my life!

[@The_three_best_friends]

The response does feel like my response to rating things when I was in primary school

[@kailtonalexandre1646]

He could be a recurring character, the way he gestures even while on a phone call is hilarious!

[@BeingArtful]

I guffawed and then belted out loud upon hearing the southern accent. That effort to be simultaneously syrupy sweet while being dismissive with serving up broad generalizations. Thanks for the lighthearted entertainment!

[@anonymousperson8259]

Syrupy sweet + utterly dismissive/hopes that you'll stop getting on their nerves = The quintessential meaning and embodiment of "Bless your heart darling!" 😂😂😂

[@ameliauschmid6558]

Oh my goodness the ice cream scooping joke was priceless 😂. It's so funny. One of the reasons I hate talking on the phone is because I need to use actions to emphasize my points and people just don't get that over the phone.

[@theflowerhead]

Me too lol.

[@hengi333]

I was the 42nd like, which feels synchronistic, as this video too is the answer to all my questions I currently have about life , the universe and everything.

[@FrankJames]

how serendipitous 😎

[@P7-kq8pg]

I accidentally read it as if lift has a customer service line and thought maybe the guy was stuck in a lift and started having existential crisis and phoned emergency to talk about it instead of asking for real help

[@RelliRelli2773]

😂 I’m perturbed! You always use the best words. Love it. I could totally relate to that call. Time passes way too fast now. What happened?🤔

[@Mae-ReAnn]

1:02 why is this line so relevant. I’m an adult struggling to be an adult.

[@Irie-Gee]

As an INTJ from the South, add a few "Bless your hearts" and this would be perfect LOL, because this is exactly how I would sound on the customer service line about life.

[@heterosapiens_sapiens]

An INTJ who's recently moved to the South to do customer service - is this how to do it?

[@Irie-Gee]

@@heterosapiens_sapiens Yes, but since you aren't from the South, I'd advise leaving the "Bless your heart" out because it can be both a good thing and a bad thing, so if you say it at the wrong time, it can be seen as an insult, lol.

[@burnyizland]

@@Irie-Gee what you wrote just illustrates what makes it the perfect word for an INTJ to wield.

[@Irie-Gee]

@@burnyizland Oh it totally is, I just don't want someone to catch hands because they didn't realize it can be both LOL.

[@burnyizland]

@@Irie-Gee Fair point, and very kind of you!

[@DiRay62]

I suspect that representative is my therapist.

[@Chigger]

Why would anyone willingly go to therapy anyway? I know I wouldn't want to have my psyche picked apart until I'm completely uncomposed and then get told to pay for that.

[@darkmage123345]

negative TEN THOUSAND!

[@hunyodaisynueve]

His coffee cups are stacked on top of one another 😂😂

[@suicune2001]

Just the title alone had me cracking up. 😂 Immediately in my head, I had a thousand complaints that could be raised to customer service.

[@hihellohi5714]

Why was this the realest video ever?

[@franceswilson-kelly2779]

🤣🤣🤣 I haven’t heard the word “perturbed” in decades… bring it back FJ

[@laurenw.8178]

the line about feeling a like a child pretending to be an adult and feeling like everyone else has it all figured out - SO RELATABLE 😭

[@sarahackman8613]

The arched hand optimistically hovering over the end call button then cruelly deterred is so real

[@FFWOLLF]

This is why I love frank, he puts so much work into these silly videos. ❤

[@doriag6605]

This call was just too real for me. I legit had a call with my mom 45 minutes ago, asking when I'm going to grow up. I too am 37 years old and about to flip (January babies are always trying to catch up). Who do I call when I slip in that banana and miss the grave? Stop listening to my calls FJ 😅

[@InnocentChild0_0]

true. I've been depressed, it just snowed 8 inches and I ran out of my medication so uhh... this is hell

[@marianapretti19]

You are doing the best work ever in demystifying the Myers-Briggs test, great job at being every personality on the planet. 😂😂

[@emmtea7983]

This is true art👏 And this customer care line works! I now know I am not alone😊

[@ephemera...]

I love you so much Frank James. Enfp here. You have helped me so much. I am going to do the right thing and.....

[@ellie8001]

If life had a customer line, I wouldn't call there, but I would work there, sit and not pick up the phone...because that's life.

[@notgee6200]

Its perturbing, I'm perturbed.I died!! 💙 😂😅😊

[@Livlovbts]

This left me so stunned I forgot to leave a comment lol!😆 Whoa you did it again Frank! I literally hate calling any customer service because I mostly get the same answer. This was very relatable. I never fill out the survey after!😂

[@JIKitty]

"I am so sorry to hear that bad things have happend to good people, including you, Mr. Ethan, but I can verify that this is normal." - Why is this so hilarious? 😂😂

[@BlankPictures-1]

"I'm a grown up, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up" Same

[@dayjelly1767]

HELP! 😂 ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE ANOTHER ON A BANANA PEEL. HELP IM WHEEZING 😂 I CANT BREATHE 😂😂

[@donnaduhamel6004]

So true -Minus 10,000🎉😂❤❤❤ Thanks for the laugh😅 and the help with exact feelings!!!

[@OMGApes97]

Now we need a Coping Line to deal with the realness that the Crisis Line lays on us.

[@miriamrobarts]

I actually have a theory on year perception. When you are 5, one year is 1/5 of your entire life. If you're 40, it's only 1/40th of your life. So it makes sense that a 5 year old will feel like a year is an extremely long time, while a 40 year old feels like the years are going by quickly.

[@Mrs.Silversmith]

Precisely. Most people reach this conclusion eventually.

[@suzanneamey]

This could be a whole series

[@yoongi_shapes]

Calling customer service is such a pain sometimes, so I leave scathing reviews in my journal hoping management will follow up with some solutions 😂

[@leogrrrl5876]

I loved the banana peel line! 😂

[@emmadavey3892]

How is it possible to relate to both characters 😂

[@symbolofalfie]

This is the biggest ‘it is what it is’ irl if I have ever seen it. 😭😂

[@JasminT-y8m]

The movement of the customer service person's arm after asking for the 2nd time if there was anything else was so funny! The whole video was absolutely hilarious! It pretty much rounds up both life and customer service! Also, could you do 16 Personalites in an Escape room (All together, or maybe in 4s, like ISFP, INFJ, ESFP and ENFJ)?

[@littleRayluvs5sos]

The yell of “-10,000!”😂😂😂

[@madeleineburrows5671]

STOP SAYING IT'S NORMAL!! I WANT TO FEEL SPECIAL 😭😭😭 Don't worry... That's normal too 😉😂 Love ya Frank!! ❤

[@miapia1]

I do this to ChatGPT 😄

[@abby5791]

This 21 year old feels a lot better watching this video amd reading the comments! 🧡

[@_yuqey]

I feel called out 🤣 how i wish there is a Life's customer service line in this world

[@K-Mariposa]

Ha ha!! Another super clever one! As one of your older followers (actually middle aged), I have to confess that I wish this didn’t still resonate so much 😂

[@falliblewonder]

This is how pregnancy complaints go too. . Insomnia, constipation, aches and pains, heartburn . . . They say "yep that's normal"

[@meganleffingwell3437]

A year actually does feel that fast 😂 Last year though felt faster than normal 🤣🤪

[@reputationbarbie]

Life is a downward spiral... and that spiral travels inwards, hence each year/lap around the spiral gets shorter and shorter. And that's perfectly normal, have a nice day ✨

[@JessicaKowalchuk-uf2di]

37 isn't as old as it used to be

[@maderaartstudios4738]

"I'm 37, I'm not old." -Dennis (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

[@JessicaKowalchuk-uf2di]

@@maderaartstudios4738 Haha I had to look up the clip. I'm glad I'm 37 so I can quote it 😊

[@JKNat9004]

"How would you rate today's customer service?" "Negative Ten-Thousand!". 😆😆😆

[@rinboy746]

Thank you Frank, I love your videos 😊

[@ICEnovaTI]

Same call 😂

[@eileengale7661]

This video needs more views. It was EPIC!! And yes, all too relatable! 🤣😆

[@VictoriaMoraLVCE]

So painfully deep ❤ Thank you FJ

[@aleezaraza3335]

on point humor as always

[@pixiethebug]

I feel called out. *Is 38... Hides her LEGO sets and gaming consoles.*

[@JasminT-y8m]

I think it is impossible to always be a grown up, and honestly? Who doesn't enjoy LEGO and video games? (I certainly do!)

[@hollow_guy_]

- "I'm a nice person" *10 seconds later* - "From 1 to 10 how would you rate this ca-" - "NEGATIVE 10000!!!"

[@markwright3161]

But the actual experience was negative 1 million. He really is nice :)

[@CookiDough126]

• Rusty: I’m sorry you're having a midlife crisis, Mr. Ethan. • Mr. Ethan: Okay, it's more like a quarter-life crisis. • Rusty: I beg your pardon, Mr. Ethan (Frank James), but my records show you're 37. Do you expect to live to 148? 😅 Ouch, Frank-that hits hard. 37 already?! The thoughts you mention are painfully relatable(INFJ). While aging can feel difficult at times, it’s a gentle reminder to embrace each moment and be grateful for what we have in this life!🙌🏻 Nice video! By the way, I couldn’t help but notice that blue tape/band-aid on your right thumb.👀

[@becksss2672]

this reminds me of The Good Place 😂

[@wsufan5759]

This may need a warning label to warn against eating or drinking while watching the end.

[@rironarirona]

In a cup or cone 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NerkTwin9]

Much love to you FJ....from a peperually perturbed person ❤

[@BookWormNeedsYourHelpToLearn]

1. 1:45 "To have SETBACKS in one's life" means to encounter unexpected obstacles or challenges that temporarily hinder your progress or goals, essentially experiencing periods where things don't go as planned, causing delays or disruptions in your life journey 2. When someone says "CRAPPY little things happen in my life," "crappy" means "bad," "unpleasant," or "annoying"; essentially describing small, insignificant negative events that keep occurring in their daily life, often in a frustrating way. 3. 1:59 being perturbed: bothered, upset : troubled in mind : feeling or showing agitation : bothered, upset. Never in his life had he been so perturbed, so horribly anxious. finished

[@gerrimilner9448]

most of us feel like this- i think!

[@marinhusky8863]

Oh man, I just called to renew my car insurance and the customer Service rep sounded exactly like this 😂

[@RyanNerdyGamer]

“-10,000!” 😂😂😂

[@TeriScottJohn100]

Do a skit about everybody taking their kids to karate and dance lessons.

[@michaelr3572]

"Okay, Mr. Ethan. I understand that you feel time is going by too fast. I can help with that. All you have to do is get a job that you hate in customer service, and each shift will feel like it lasts a whole month. Would you like me to help you with that?" - Rusty

[@AnilWang-fs4nj]

A good way to understand time perception is to think of time as a pecentage of time lived. So 1 yo, 1 year is 100% of your time. At 10 years, it's 10% of your life so it seems like 1 year passes 10x faster. At 100 years, it's 1% of your life so time passes 100x faster. So yes, by this measure, time is accelerating. You have the same issue if you measure time based on your expected death date. The best way to have time not pass quickly is to stop going into nostalgia or looking at how much life you have ahead of you. Accept the past and don't dwell there. Make plans for the future then don't spend too much time dwelling on it. Do what you need to do today, If you can do all three, time doesn't seem to accelerate. It's just what happens as you're living.

[@Izabela-ek5nh]

Lucky you, you seem to be able to steer you thoughts train. My random-thoughts-and-feelings train steers me. I am INFP. This sketch seems to be about us 😅

[@eleonoraleo4428]

I NEED MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS😂😂

[@Idkmhg]

Honestly, this is like half of my therapy sessions 😂

[@Sophisticated-Alien]

Bro never runs out of ideas

[@karolwithaz]

Me: Everybody I know is dying. C.S Rep: That's normal. Me: The world is on fire. C.S Rep: That's normal. Me: I ran out of ice cream to help cope with my problems. C.S Rep: Don't worry, help is on the way 😂😂

[@codreaming9304]

The multiple (stacked) coffee cups 😄.

[@ClaraZn]

LOL 😭 I FELT EVERY WORD OF THIS ENTIRE VIDEO

[@lina18ns]

You put to words what I have been feeling for years now

[@Dreaming_Outside]

Yes, so when I agreed to live (this life contract 📃🖊️), the selling point was that it would be such a wonderful experience full of fabulous people. Ahem. 🤷‍♀️ Since 'life' is merely Hell rebranded, I'm calling shenanigans. I demand a refund. 😂 False advertising! I want to talk to your supervisor. 😂 1800-LIFE is not strong enough to deal with my ire. Tell the big boss upstairs to lawyer up. It's about to get real. 😂

[@allalala9916]

Moms are your customer service line

[@lauren9667]

I have CPTSD and am an INFJ. I’d probably have the customer service representative contemplating his life choice and the sweet release of death. On a more upbeat note, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to scream “NEGATIVE 10,000” in a post call survey. The only exception was a guy named Muhammad from Pakistan who spoke perfect English and went above and beyond what I expected in record time. To this day, I still think of him as the son I never had. So in the video, flip the view around, you’re the CS rep being asked questions that have no answers or are extremely disturbing. You’d have a list of meaningless responses to give, too.

[@EllieGC]

Happy New Year Frank!!✨🥂🎆Video is spot on!! 👏🥇❤

[@DZAROVNY]

My boi FJ, look at him; What a handsome stud. 🧂🌶

[@mylesmyles9979]

Hey, remind yourself this, "If you're unsure about something, if it feels right to you or not, just say: "Well, there's only one way to find out." Trust me, Mr James. I know who you are, and I know who I am. Just follow your lead because, in the end, you will never know where it all takes you, right?

[@markwright3161]

That doesn't work for me because I grew up with 'Harry hill's TV Burp'. Basically every time I hear or read 'there's only one way to find out' my brain screams 'FIGHT!' :) They had a thing they entered ad breaks with. They'd have 2 options for something, (searching KZbin, the top result is 'naughtiest vegetarians - Heather Mills vs Hitler', although they also did other random stuff too, like food stuff, etc), and the presenter would shout 'who is better? There's only one way to find out. FIGHT!' Then a person dressed as the first option would come in from one side of the studio, and someone dressed as the other would come in from the other side of the studio, and they'd fight in the middle of the floor as the tv faded to ads as the host leaned over a desk cheering them on. You could have a slice of pizza fighting a doughnut (full sized human costumes), that sort of thing. There might be a few more clips on KZbin if you can find them (depending on where in the world you are). It was a weird part of a Saturday evening tv programme that was basically the presenter commentating tv show -bloopers- clips out of context with some in studio shots and sketches played as alternate continuations of those clips. Edit; Misrecalled. not bloopers, just making jokes by taking clips from the actual shows out of context.

[@mylesmyles9979]

@markwright3161 It should be enough information because sometimes, it's best to check (or double check). But, not to put you down cause trust me, today It Worked Well! Period 😉

[@Nurichiri]

I would like a line like this, that I could call and be reassured that it's all just normal.

[@JulianSwaby]

This is way too accurate of how life is 😂😂😂😂😢😢😂😂😂

[@el88997]

The southern twang 😂

[@MegDD1277]

I feel his frustrations… Lol

[@eggiesammich]

Delighted to see that we are the same age and also have the same denial about our age. With the help of science, I believe it is definitely only a quarter life crisis.

[@_naiko0]

LOVED THIS ONE AS WELL AS ALWAYS

[@OmniHC]

Hilarious! One of your best

[@HoodieToon5]

Fr, perception is weird

[@christinaesposito9120]

Ditto to Everything Mr. Ethan!!!

[@avanisrikanth5661]

As an ENTP, constantly moving my hand for emphasis on my point, the ice cream joke got me.😆

[@23catzilla]

When you're 5 years old, a year is 1/5 of your life; when you're 50, a year is 1/50 of your life.

[@racheldee8361]

“Do you expect to live to be 148” 😂

[@Nova7o9]

I worked scooping ice cream, and oh fiddlesticks did my arm hurt!! I was at Baskin Robbins. Later I had a job at Rite Aid and they had a Thrifty’s, and that ice cream scoop was so much easier to work with. Anyway, so I always tip ice cream servers.

[@barba9791]

Cute! Time moves faster the older you get because the mind is registering in awe of everything when young , and much of life is ignored creating a feeling of nonexistence as we age. Been there, done that. The more things change the more it is the same. New day same #%%.