My favorite telemarketer story

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Larry J — 10/29/2004 2:17:30 PM (archived)

Back in 1990, I was stationed on the remote Aleutian island Shemya. Being a crew commander, I had a phone in my room that seldom rang. One morning, following a midnight shift, the phone woke me. It was an MCI telemarketer asking me if I wanted to change my long distance service. He had no idea where on Earth I was located, he just had a list of numbers to dial and mine came up. All I could do was laugh.

And no, I didn't change my long distance service. I was able to call home most evenings for free, so why pay for it?

Three years later, I was an MCI employee.

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Spam and junk phone calls as a basis for systematic bias in polls - Gary - 10/28/2004 3:48:57 PM
- re: Spam and junk phone calls as a basis for systematic bias in polls - Chris Vancil - 10/28/2004 11:03:26 PM
- "too stupid to get unlisted telephone numbers " ??? - Tony - 10/28/2004 6:23:27 PM
  - Apologies. I didn't phrase that right. - Gary - 10/28/2004 7:06:48 PM
    - I paid for an unlisted number, and have gotten several calls from pollsters, and spam calls asking me to change my phone service... - R.L. - 10/29/2004 6:59:24 AM
      - My favorite telemarketer story - Larry J - 10/29/2004 2:17:30 PM
    - Telemarketers don't have to use phone books - Larry J - 10/28/2004 10:05:08 PM
- From today's Washington Post... - Larry J - 10/28/2004 5:30:42 PM
- Maybe a little - FrankC - 10/28/2004 5:28:23 PM

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