OK I have one for Tirade Tuesday. Bellsouth has this anti-telemarketing thing called privacy director (folks here in the group may know about it). Anyway the idea is when someone calls whose phone does not transmit their name or phone number via caller ID, their call is answered by an automated service that asks for their name and company name; after they give it, then my phone rings; when I answer, the automated service replays the person's name and company name that was just recorded seconds ago. I can now press 1 to accept the call or press 2 to reject the call. If I reject, the caller gets a pleasant automated voice saying "the party has rejected your call."
OK, so far it sounds great. But there is this one company that keeps calling me, and I keep rejecting their call. They call about 2 times a day, and so far they're up to about 15 calls. What do these people think, if they bug the living hell out of me, I'll eventually accept their call? And if I do, what kind of mood am I going to be in - will I sit and happily listen to their sales pitch and then buy their crappy product? Chances of that are very low.
That's it.
John