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  • From: "Josef Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: telemarketers and annoying phone calls
  • Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:54:36 -0400


Roger, has it been a hard day?

Joe K

----- Original Message -----
From: Austin, Roger D. <rda AT rti.org>
To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: [internetworkers] RE: telemarketers and annoying phone calls


> Sorry, <yoda>can agree no</yoda>.
> I pay for my telephone and these people have no "right" to use it to sell
> their swill. Let them reimburse us for the use of the communications
device
> which for which we pay, not to mention our time. Telemarketers should not
> have the "right" to use other people's equipment and time for their
purposes
> without compensation.
> Tell the telemarketers to go get a real job to support their families. I
> don't believe they are permanently attached to their headsets. At the
least,
> telemarketers should be able to provide me with their source of my phone
> number. Who sold them my number or how did they get it? I want to take it
> out on those people at the bank or whomever sold them the list.
> BTW, I did stop answering my phone a number of years ago due to
harassment
> from telemarketers. I would get 10-15 messages a night. Also, my phone was
> one digit different than the federal job number so all kinds of people
left
> interesting messages about their job searches (this was over and above the
> telemarketing calls.) I had to start answering my phone after a few years
> when I was involved with a certain woman. She didn't take kindly to
getting
> an irritating message on my machine on the evils of telemarketing.
> Roger (in RTP starting to get real pissy, but it will pass quickly.)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wolfe, Joanna [mailto:wolfe AT oup-usa.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:53 PM
> > To: InterNetWorkers
> > Subject: [internetworkers] telemarketers and annoying phone calls
>
> > These are people who have obligations and families and rent to pay.
> > Not all of them are out to annoy you on purpose - but boy
> > doesn't it feel like it.
> > When treated with civility, they tend to treat you nicely as well.
>
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