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From: yazz@prodnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yasi)
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Subject: Voice Mail -- Just Say "O"
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Date: 27 Oct 90 23:39:37 GMT
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Whenever I get a mouthy voice mail system I just dial "O".  It gets me
a human more than half the time and I believe this is likely to become
a de facto standard.

I certainly complain to whatever human comes on the line -- once I
divinate the bizarre touchtone incantation required to reach one.

"How dare you have a phone system that doesn't get you an operator
when you dial O?"

I've never heard a satisfactory answer to that one!


 -- Bob Yazz --