ralph@ncrcae.columbia.ncr.COM (Ralph Hightower) (10/01/87)
When somebody dials a wrong number at my home and asks "Can I speak to So-And-So?", I answer "No.". If that doesn't put them off and they demand to know why, I reply that So-And-So never doesn't live here, never has, and never will. I get offended at frequent wrong numbers and telephone solicitors wanting to sell me something or ask for donations. Also offensive are those callers that say "Congratulations!! You have won a free trip to Hawaii. All we need is your credit card number." In my opinion, you are setting yourself up for credit card charges charged by someone not authorized to use your card. It has been very pleasant at our house since we moved. We had the phone company disconnect our old service with no automatic new number referral. That way anybody that calls us at the old number will get "That service is disconnected." They have to call directory assistance to get our new number. We haven't had any telephone sales calls at our new home. Sigh, I wish there was a service that did not allow sales calls to get through. ralph@ncrcae