segal@uunet.uu.net (Gary Segal) (10/22/90)
jeh@dcs.simpact.com (Jamie Hanrahan) writes: >I think the latter. I was at a friend's house when they received a >survey call. There was some confusion because this house has two >lines, one private and one business. When the survey folks learned >that they had called the business line, they didn't want to talk >further. In this case, they were just calling every >randomly-generated number and asking. Hmm ... this gives my an idea! What if I were to answer my home phone with "Thank you for calling, how may I help you?" Would telemarketers and poll takers be confused and think they called a business? Would they care? Could this be an easy way to cause them to hang up first? Has anyone else tried this? Gary Segal ...!uunet!motcid!segal +1-708-632-2354 Motorola INC., 1501 W. Shure Drive, Arlington Heights IL, 60004 The opinions expressed above are those of the author, and do not consititue the opinions of Motorola INC.