albert%endor@husc6.harvard.edu (David Albert) (09/13/89)
I try not to get rude with junk phone callers, but mainly for my own benefit: I have a hard time calming down after I get worked up about anything. On the other hand, I don't see any special need to provide useful or correct information to their questions. My favorite recent exchange was with an MCI salesman: Him: "Sir, would you be interested in paying lower phone bills each month?" Me: "No, thanks anyway." Him: "Why not?" (Can you believe it? I thought my hint was unsubtle.) Me: "Well, I actually enjoy paying high phone bills. But thanks!" David Albert / UUCP: ...!harvard!albert / INTERNET: albert@harvard.harvard.edu "Some people achieve immortality through their work. I prefer to achieve immortality through not dying." -- Woody Allen
winter@apple.com (Patty Winter) (09/14/89)
I deal with junk calls by simply saying, "I'm sorry, we don't accept
telephone solicitations. Please take us off your list." I give the
caller a chance to say "Okay" and then I hang up.
But my favorite response is the one my friend Phil uses for those
automated telemarketing calls. When they start asking for his name,
address, etc. so they can send him a complete set of Elvis Presley
memento chinaware, he answers every question completely and fully.
In Morse code with the DTMF pad.
:-)
Patty Winter N6BIS INTERNET: winter@apple.com
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