Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!brambo!wwg
From: wwg@brambo.UUCP (Warren W. Gay)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: telephone solicitors
Message-ID: <437@brambo.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 17:02:19 GMT
References: <2780@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: wwg@brambo.UUCP (Warren W. Gay)
Organization: Bramalea Software Inc., Bramalea, Ont.
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In article <2780@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
>
>I'm curious as to why there is such hostility to telephone
>solicitors.  Is their attempt to make a living not
>analogous to someone applying for work at a company
>that has not advertised for help? 
>...
>Jeff Daiell

Isn't this obvious?  If you've ever been doing anything other than waiting
for the phone to ring, then its SIMPLY A *&^*&^*&^ NUISANCE!  When I'm at
home, I want to be able to relax if I choose to. There's enuf interruptions
(though welcomed) from family and friends.

Its especially annoying when I'm on the throne, and have to finish my business
quickly because I'm expecting an important call, JUST TO BE PUT ON HOLD BY A
MACHINE!  Or worse yet, be called by the newspaper company that I already 
subscribe to, just to be asked IF I WANNA SUBSCRIBE!  GRRRRRR!

Its also annoying to be interrupted in the middle of a QSO (amateur radio 
"conversation", often in Morse Code), only to find out that it was one
of these nuisance calls.

Here's another flaming reason!  You get stuck babysitting your kids, and
you get halfway thru changing a messy diaper just to be asked if you
WANNA SIGN UP FOR A FUNERAL PLOT!   SNARL, BITE, GRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you're not supporting this crazy nuisance!  Our next phone number
we get will be unlisted, and that will immediately identify the random/
sequential callers!  At the moment we have a fictitious name in the 
phone book, so now I can immediately respond with "What are you selling?".
If they don't tell me in 2 sentences or less, I hang up- BANG!!!!!!!!!

Its bad enuf that everyone that is too lazy to work at a real job, comes 
to the door for hand outs!

GRRR!!!!!!  I hope I've said enuf!

73s de VE3WWG (Warren)..............LSI represents Large Scale Investment,
.................transistors are "discrete", but tubes are just plain fun.
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