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- From: colette@bnr.ca (Colette George)
- Subject: Re: Revenge on a telemarketer!
- Message-ID: <1992Oct16.191535.19556@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research
- References: <harris.65@ROTC.orst.edu> <sch.719090578@gargoyle>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:15:35 GMT
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- In article <sch.719090578@gargoyle>, sch@unx.sas.com (Steve Holzworth) writes:
- |> My best results to date have been with the following:
- |>
- |> (stm = scummy tele-marketer)
- |>
- |> (ring)
- |> me: Hello?
- |>
- |> stm: Hello. May I speak to Mr. Holzworth?
- |>
- |> me: Speaking...
- |>
- |> stm: Hello, Mr. Holzworth, this is John Doe with Long Distance R Us,
- |> how are you today?
- |>
- |> me: Not interested, thanks (click).
- |>
- |>
- Actually, my best one has been as follows:
-
- (ring)
- me: Hello?
- stm: Hello. May I speak to Ms. George?
- stm: Speaking...
- stm: Hello, Ms. George, this is John Doe with Annoying U Ltd.
- me: <click> (sound of phone hanging up)
-
- The reason I've been forced into such drastic action is because I was
- literally being *harrassed* by certain companies, one of them being a
- local paper trying to get more subscribers. I was getting a call
- several times a month. I tried everything, but they just didn't stop
- bothering me until I started hanging up in their ears. Since then I
- haven't received *one* call. :-) Peace at last!
-
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- Colette George
- Bell-Northern Research Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Internet: colette@bnr.ca
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