Do Not Want
Thanks to the shrewd bundling tactics of Time Warner Cable, we actually saved money by throwing in a digital phone line to our order for cable and internet. I figured it would be good for the handful of work conference calls I have each week. All three services were hooked up two weeks ago but I just got around to buying a phone yesterday.
I set up the phone last night and already I've had six telemarketers call. SIX! Well, some were human telemarketers and some were just robots. I don't even know my own home phone number, but the robots do.
I want to know -- who are the people who actually talk to the robots and give them the information they seek? Who are you? There are enough of you out there to make it worthwhile for the robots to keep calling. 'Fess up so I can set you straight.
Now I remember why I haven't had a landline for several years. Hopefully my registration this morning on the National Do Not Call list will help. Oh yes and the Texas No Call list. DO NOT CALL. That means you, robots.
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This is how I ended up with 4 subscriptions to Rolling Stone, a useless ab machine, and a cruise vacation I never went on because I didn't have a passport.
I am kidding, of course. I do not know of these robot callers, seeing I haven't had a land-line in years. But if they did call me, I assure you the previous scenario would definitely occur. ;)