hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) (01/15/85)
Ok, here's a technical, state-of-the-art question for the net:
When I used to work for the L.A.S.P.C. one of our major problems was with
repeat callers. A statistical analysis showed that 60% of our calls were
from 20% of the callers. Most of these were lonely people who wanted
someone to talk to (having burnt out all their friends, if any). Some of
them were actually classified as high suicide risks but were getting no
apparent benefit from our service. We tried all kinds of schemes and
strategies for dealing with these people (at least one Master's Thesis got
written about it), but never came up with a really satisfactory solution.
So, who else has suffered with this problem and what have you tried? Any
reasonably elegant solutions?
Respond to me or the net. I'll summarize if I get a large response.
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