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From: yazz@prodnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yazz)
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Subject: Re: On Who You Owe When Slammed
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Date: 17 Dec 90 01:32:33 GMT
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I'm the kind of person who will allow a waiter or waitress's tip in a
restaurant to be affected (up or down) by, for example, how good the
food tasted (which is the cook's job) rather than isolating just the
waitress's actions to guage her tip.  A crummy dining experience
doesn't put anyone in a generous mood; perhaps I'm more honest than
most in my admission.

Then again, maybe I'm just an SOB.

If I'm ever slammed, I'm NOT paying for a SINGLE second of the stolen
calls.  If no one else did either, slamming would stop pretty quick.
Relevant catch-phrase: "Taking the profit out".

Another simple anti-slamming idea is to have all long distance
companies announce their name as each call is completed, like AT&T and
maybe some others do when credit card calls are placed.  Relevant
catch-phrase: "Early detection".


Bob Yazz --  yazz@lccsd.sd.Locus.com