Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2001/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Do you need an audience?
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:05:28 -0500

I've never tried this, mostly because they ring while I'm eating.
Things may be different in the U.S., but these guys *never* leave
messages on my answerphone - it puts them off in a big way, clearly.
Roger S.

In message <15623-3A838136-1040@-----.org writes:
> I dislike (detest) telemarketing because it's a personal intrusion
> against which there is no practical defense, and it can do real harm
> such as forcing a sick or handicapped person to make an unnecessary trip
> across the room, etc. Or a telemarketing call may keep my line busy
> just when Ed McMahan is trying to give me $10 million.
>
> ....but I've discovered that there _*is*_ one potential use for
> telemarketing calls. When I ask telemarketers to listen while I play,
> so far none of them have hung up.
> I think it's part of the basic telemarketing strategy: if the
> victim.... oops, I mean "potential customer" will respond in any way
> whatsoever, don't hang up.
> I've played a full page of music to several of them now, and I
> always end with a gut-wrenching, tooth-grinding, eyeball-twisting
> purposeful 'blooper'. When I pick up the phone afterwards, they're
> still there and ready with a flattering comment of some sort.
>
> So if you need a captive audience, just ask the next telemarketer
> to listen. Most likely, he or she will.
>
> ....yes, I think I need to learn the song that Kermit sang about
> "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".... that would be appropriate,
> don't you think?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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