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Re: Durned Telemarketers!
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 03:43:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> Ok, maybe it's just another instance of how I live some weird sort of ideal
> world(1), but I don't suffer from this plague. My wife does get a few
> during the day; she estimates once or twice a week, but I don't get the
> "nightly torrent". If we didn't have 2 children, our meals would be quite
> peaceful and uninterupted. I literally get more wrong numbers than I do
> telemarketers. Am I really so abnormal in only receiving 2-3 calls a week
> from people selling stuff or wanting money? What is a "nightly torrent"
> anyway?
Nope, that's about what we get (and yep, it's our two kids that keep mealtime
quite lively). I use a twist on what I learned from watching my mom deal with
Jehovah's Witnesses who came to the door when I was a kid. She'd just matter
of factly tell them she was Buddhist. End of subject. We have two main
sources of the calls, and I normally just say no thanks and hang up, but when
I'm a bit testy-- with the San Francisco Chronicle I tell them ours is an
illiterate household so we have no need for the newspaper. With the long
distance services I always said we are stockholders in our carrier, Worldcom
(we *did* once own some MCI which gave me the idea), but I guess I'll have to
think of something else now.
> 1:another example would be how I've never received a missing or defective
> part in a Lego set. Some people seem to get about 5 a week, but I've never
> seen even 1.
Now THAT'S abnormal!
Maggie C.
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| (...) Thinking hard - unless you count bubbles in the light sabre as defective, all the parts have been there, they were always the right color, and they always worked. Bruce (yes, I know, it's not off-topic...) Time for a poll? :-) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Long distance carriers almost never phone anymore; I suspect it's because of my "stock answer" for them, which is "I challenge you to get me a better long distance rate than I do right now." This gets them all fired up into their spiel, and I (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Durned Telemarketers!
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| (...) Ok, maybe it's just another instance of how I live some wierd sort of ideal world(1), but I don't suffer from this plague. My wife does get a few during the day; she estimates once or twice a week, but I don't get the "nightly torrent". If we (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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