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From: CRW@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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Subject: Re: Thanks For Calling
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Date: 18 Aug 90 20:40:07 GMT
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In article <10997@accuvax.nwu.edu>, Ken Thompson <kthompso@entec.
wichita.ncr.com> writes:

> DA within the area code is 1411 here.  After talking to the human we
> hear the computer say:

> "Thank you for calling $outhwestern Bell.  The number [you requested]
> is 666-1234 repeat 666-1234."

Here in Bell of PA area, it's 1-555-1212 and after you dial that, you
get "Thank you for calling directory assistance" BEFORE you get the
human.

> So are they just thanking me for my money?  Who the heck else am I
> going to call for DA?

Well, sometimes in my case, they're thanking the COCOT owner since DA
is free to me if the COCOT is operating within state regulations.

> They are thanking you in the same way the operators years ago used to
> ask Number Please, and Thank You. Not that there was any real
> competition, but simply as a way of courteously responding.  PAT]

At the point in time in which they do it here, it simply annoys me as
all it does is delay the access to the information which is being
purchased.


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