MYERSTON@kl.sri.com (HECTOR MYERSTON) (03/22/89)
John Murray <johnm@uts.amdahl.com> writes: >Too many of us already assume that everyone who calls us is using a >tone phone (and speaks English), so we make them use voicemail systems >for our convenience. We screen callers with machines which pretend >we're not at home, and talk about extra super-secret codes which our >friends have to enter to get through to us. An answering machine can >cause a foreign caller to be automatically charged for a 3-minute call >(perhaps $10 or more) from some locations. Gee John, thanks for raising my consciousness!!. Here I had foolishly and selfishly programmed my voicemail "for my own convenience". I have taken immediate action to reprogram my greeting in Urdu, Persian and Lithuanian. Since I am unable to handle all the world's languages, I will choose three "politically correct" languages every week from now on. -------