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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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- Would the invention of the telephone ever have gotten off the ground if
- Alexander Graham Bell's first call had gone ...
- Bell: Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.
- Voice: If you know Watson's extension, press 1 now. If you would like to leave
- a message for Watson, press 2 now ...
- The telephone, which was satisfied for a century or so simply placing and
- receiving calls, has become a different animal in recent years. These days
- everybody has an answering machine, a speakerphone, and a slew of other
- telecommunication doodads. Call waiting, Caller ID, and last number redial
- are fine, but here are some options that can't be far behind:
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- ON-HOLD DISRUPT. When someone puts you on hold for more than 15 seconds, a
- digitized voice blares over their speakerphone, "Hey! Remember me? I don't have
- all day!" This option also shorts out Muzak if it's being played.
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- CALL SCHMOOZING. Stuck listening to a long-winded acquaintance? Call Schmoozing
- activates a speech-synthesized voice that sounds just like you and repeats,
- "Uh-huh ... I see ... right" while the other party babbles on. They think
- you're hanging on every word, when you're actually getting some work done.
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- CALL SCHMOOZING PLUS. Your phone places call to important contacts, trades
- pleasantries, probes for career-enhancing information, and ends by saying,
- "You're beautiful. Let's do lunch. Don't ever change."
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- GOSSIP NOTIFICATION. Company rumors are automatically broadcast to selected
- voice mailboxes. Time once wasted circulating gossip translates into increased
- productivity.
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- CALL TERMINATE. Imagine being able to fire troublesome employees just by
- dialing their numbers! An excellent feature for executives with poor
- confrontation skills.
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- NETWORK EAVESDROP. A must for the paranoid manager. Whenever anyone in the
- company mentions your name during a phone conversation, a voice- activated tape
- recorder stores the call so you can review it later and hear what people say
- about you.
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- SELECTIVE CALL DISCOURAGING. Program the numbers of people you _really_ don't
- want to speak with. When they dial your number, your phone transmits a mild
- electric shock through their receivers.
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- CELLULAR CRANK CALL. On command, your car phone can dial any other car phone
- within a 30-mile radius and tell the driver his muffler looks as though it's
- about to fall off.
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- CALL REMINDING. Store the birthdays and anniversaries of loved ones in your
- telephone's memory. On the appropriate days, the phone automatically calls them
- and relays heartfelt sentiments in a digitized voice resembling yours.
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- CALL INTERRUPT. When you need to end a conversation quickly, a button on your
- phone causes a fake operator to break in and announce that you have an
- emergency call on the line from Steve Jobs.
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- SUBLIMINA-CALL. Periodically during a conversation, the phone plays subliminal
- messages to the other party, such as "Say yes" and "Increase my department's
- budget."
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- CHARGE FORWARDING. A quick push of a button charges any long-distance call to
- the person you're calling or to friends who don't look too closely at their
- phone bills.
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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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