Text 3212, 183 rader
Skriven 2005-12-07 17:51:54 av George Pope (1:153/715.1275)
   Kommentar till text 3205 av Greg Sears (3:633/104)
Ärende: Arthritis
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On (07 Dec 05) Greg Sears wrote to George Pope...
 GS>    > *** BAD MESSAGE: >16k in size *** message deleted ***

 GS>  GP> Missed the whole message! :(

 GS>    Greetings George Pope, sorry about that mate. This BBs I use will
 GS>                            not send MY messages back to ME so if
 GS> you're
 GS>                            interested in it look @ the Fido archive!

If your BBS rejected it as a bad message, in the outgoing post, it's not
going to be IN the fido archives!

One of my all-time favourites. . .

(suggest those reading this swallow first, or, if your mouth will be
full when reading, have some napkins handy for your monitor!

This is kinda long and quite funny...I was at home the other night in=20
the middle of my dinner when the phone rang.=20

ME: Hello.=20

AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T ...=20

ME: Is this AT&T?=20

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T ...=20

ME: This is AT&T?=20

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T ...=20

ME: Is this AT&T?=20

AT&T: Yes! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Davis, please?=20

ME: May I ask who is calling.=20

AT&T: This is AT&T.=20

ME: Ok, hold on.=20

At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that,=20
surely, this person would have hung up the phone. I ate my salad. Much=20
to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.=20

ME: Hello?=20

AT&T: Is this Mr. Davis?=20

ME: May I ask who is calling, please?=20

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T ...=20

ME: This is AT&T.?=20

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T.=20

ME: The phone company?=20

AT&T: Yes, sir.=20

ME: I thought you said this was AT&T.=20

AT&T: Yes, sir, we are a phone company.=20

ME: I already have a phone.=20

AT&T: We aren't selling phones today, Mr. Davis. We would like to offer=20
you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.=20

ME: Now, that's 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day?=20

AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes, sir,=20
that's right! 24 hours a day!=20

ME: 7 days a week?=20

AT&T: That's right.=20

ME: 365 days a year?=20

AT&T: Yes, sir.=20

ME: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!=20

AT&T: We think so!=20

ME: That's quite a sum of money!=20

AT&T: Yes, sir, it's amazing how it adds up.=20

ME: Ok, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one=20
at the end of the year for the full $52,560; and if you send an annual=20
check, can I get a cash advance?=20

AT&T: Excuse me.=20

ME: You know, the 10 cents a minute.=20

AT&T: What are you talking about?=20

ME: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a=20
week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1008 per week and=20
$52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making=20
payment.=20

AT&T: Oh, no, sir. I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents=
=20
a minute.=20

ME: Wait a minute, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me=20
10 cents a minute, that I'll give YOU 10 cents a minute? Is this some=20
kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like=20
this in the Enquirer, you know.=20

AT&T: No, sir, we are offering 10 cents a minute for...=20

ME: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please?=20

AT&T: Sir, I don't think that is necessary.=20

ME: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!=20

AT&T: Yes, Mr. Davis. Please hold.=20

At this point, I begin trying to finish my dinner.=20

SUPERVISOR: Mr. Davis?=20

ME: Yeth?=20

SUPERVISOR: I understand you do not quite understand our 10 cents a=20
minute program.

ME: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?

SUPERVISOR: Yes, sir, it sure is.

ME: (I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do=20
to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort).=
=20
No, actually, I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I=
=20
could sign up for the plan.

SUPERVISOR: Ok, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was=
=20
helping you.

ME: Thank you.=20

I was on hold once again and managed a few more mouthfuls. I need to end=
=20
this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at=
=20
the other end of the phone.=20

AT&T: Hello, Mr. Davis, I understand that you are interested in signing=20
up for our plan.=20

ME: No, but I was wondering - do you have that "Friends and Family"=20
thing, because I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little=20
brother...=20

AT&T: click........

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