Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: (zemon@felix) Junk Phone Calls Message-ID: <401@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 13:48:11 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.401 Posted: Fri Mar 16 13:48:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 01:55:16 EST References: <195@felix.UUCP> Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 43 NO GOBBLING HERE!!! RE: [only] "real callers ask for someone in residence. junk callers just start their schpiel [sp??] [spiel: (german=play) sales-talk, pitch ] wished it was so, and even then I don't like to be woken up by those folks. Real event, yesterday: Werner is taking an afternoon nap, after a night of hacking, NOT turning off the phone-ringer because I WANT to be reachable for emergencies, etc. [RING-a-DING] ... heeelll....ooo. Mr. Uhrig, please ...... speaking ..... Oh, I am glad I reached you. Do you remember a TIME-LIFE mailing we sent you recently? ..... grrrr..... NO .... Oh, I' m so glad then that I called. You see, we wanted to bring this new series to ... your .... attention. I have the feeling you want to sell me something , right !!!! [silence] ... we have this new series which we are sure will interest you .... This is a sales talk, right? ...... what do you mean ??? I mean that I object to this kind of misuse of my phone, and wished you would make a living some other way !!! Click. ... that was the end of my nap. Ever tried to get those people to tell you who they are, where you can call them, to connect you with their supervisor, etc ???? I have, and they NEVER let me know whom to complain about or to !!!! from the lion's den (with phone) werner@ut-ngp {.UUCP or .ARPA}