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From: amg@pyuxn.UUCP (Alan M. Gross)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Bothersome phone calls
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Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 15:50:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 10 15:50:23 1984
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What I do with junk phone calls is somewhat passive-aggressive, but
what else can one do when someone invades his/her privacy in this way?
I take their most valuable commodity...time.  Sometimes I just put
the phone down and go back to what I was doing.  Other times I say "hold
on a minute..." and go back to what I was doing.  Eventually the
caller gets the hint, hangs up, and I have to hang up the phone.
Meanwhile, I've avoided listening to them and feel I've gotten
back at the caller in some way.
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		Alan M. Gross
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