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Kevin Michael Vail wrote:
> 
> Does anybody but me think this sort of thing shouldn't be tolerated??  It's
> bad enough when a human being calls me, but when a computer calls and
> there's nobody there...ARRGH!  Or those calls that start out with a
> computer saying "Please remain on the line for--"  I never get past that
> point, I figure if they can't have anyone ready to talk to me when I
> answer, tough.
> 
> I've started telling the people who call (when there is a human being, that
> is) that I never buy or participate in anything over the telephone.  A
> couple of them have sort of done the audio equivalent of a double take, and
> then said "I don't blame you, actually."

	There's an easy way to not talk to telemarketers: get an answering
machine, then set it to answer on two rings. Not many telemarketers will
talk to a machine. The way I figure it is that if the caller can't leave
a message, it couldn't possibly have been important.

	-- Emerson

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