I wait, talk to the human, and help them to realize they have the worstest job in the world. Then I add them to my cell phone, but mark the SEND DIRECTLY TO VOICEMAIL box. A few choice words describing her [***] helps too.
Thinking there are ways that companies are just trying to make us lose our minutes if you have a prepaid account, just-a thought. Surely a scam of some sort. I noticed lots of smart phones have block number, use it if you have it.