Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Thurbing (was: 800 Wrong Numbers) Message-ID: <2611@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Jan 90 09:58:34 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 46 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 7, message 1 of 10 roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: > Shame on you! Put yourself in the place of the person > calling. No! You put yourself in my place. Just this morning I have received five calls for Hilton. Each of these calls costs ME money, disturbs my peace, interupts my tranquility. Is it my fault that idiots out there can't dial their damn phone? > [Description of consequences to unsuspecting person being duped by my > dark humor.] > Pretty cruel joke to play on some random unfortunate person. The only thing cruel about it is that I would not have the satisfaction of seeing it happen. > [Moderator's Note: I admit it sounds funny....but it is not funny! As > Mr. Smith pointed out, it is a dreadful joke to play on an > unsuspecting person. Even a drunken patron of a public house deserves > the courtesy of being told 'wrong number', even if you say it angrily > and slam the receiver in the process. It is ceasing to become funny. It's now damned annoying and I even called Hilton and told them what was happening and what I was doing about it. They said they were sorry, but they weren't responsible (they aren't) and whatever I did with the callers was up to me. Pac*Bell informs me that it will cost $30 to have my number changed. That's really wonderful. And after I have had my number changed (and suffered all the screwups that will go with it), will I then get Sheraton's calls? No, there's no point in having it changed. It would probably be trading a headache for an upset stomach. Late word: One of the last callers, after questioning, has informed me that *my* number is listed as Hilton reservations in their local phonebook. I'm going to get a copy of that book. If this is true, I am really going to be unhappy paying $30 because of a Pac*Bell mistake. And who do we refer *my* old number to, Hilton or me? John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !