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> Subject: Fw: Here ya go....AT & T

>

>

> > > >> AT & T

> > >>

> > >> THIS IS LONG, BUT THIS IS SO FUNNY IT IS

> > >> WORTH IT ! LOL

> > >>

> > >> One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure

> > >> it does most of

> > >> you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be

> > >> interrupted by a

> > >> phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one

> > >> such occasion, to

> > >> try

> > >> to be as irritating as they were to me. The call was

> > >> from AT & T and it

> > >> went something like this: (swallowing)

> > >> Me: Hello

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Hello, this is AT & T...

> > >>

> > >> Me: Is this AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes, this is AT & T...

> > >>

> > >> Me: This is AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes this is AT & T...

> > >>

> > >> Me: Is this AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: YES! This is AT & T, may I speak to Mr. Byron

> > >> please?

> > >>

> > >> Me: May I ask who is calling?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: This is AT & T.

> > >>

> > >> Me: OK, hold on.

> > >>

> > >> At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5

> > >> minutes thinking

> > >> that, surely, this person would have hung up the

> > >> phone. I ate my

> > >> salad.

> > >> Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver,

> > >> they were still

> > >> waiting.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Hello?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Is this Mr. Byron?

> > >>

> > >> Me: May I ask who is calling please?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes this is AT & T...

> > >>

> > >> Me: Is this AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes this is AT & T...

> > >>

> > >> Me: This is AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?

> > >>

> > >> Me: Yes, is this AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes sir.

> > >>

> > >> Me: The phone company?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes sir.

> > >>

> > >> Me: I thought you said this was AT & T.

> > >>

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

> > >>

> > >> Me: I already have a phone.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested

> > >> but thanks

> > >> for calling.

> > >>

> > >> When you are not interested in something, I don't

> > >> think you can

> > >> express yourself any plainer than by saying " I'm

> > >> really not

> > >> interested " ,

> > >> but this lady was persistent.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Mr. Byron, we would like to offer you 10 cents

> > >> a

> > >> minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a

> > >> year.

> > >>

> > >> (Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a " rate "

> > >> of 10

> > >> cents a minute but she at no time used the word

> > >> " rate " . I could

> > >> clearly

> > >> see that it was time to whip out the trusty old

> > >> calculator and do a

> > >> little ciphering.)

> > >>

> > >> Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a

> > >> day?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: (getting a little excited at this point by

> > >> my interest) Yes

> > >> sir

> > >> that's right! 24 hours a day!

> > >>

> > >> Me: 7 days a week?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: That's right.

> > >>

> > >> Me: 365 days a year?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes sir.

> > >>

> > >> Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's

> > >> amazing!

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: We think so!

> > >>

> > >> Me: That's quite a sum of money!

> > >>

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

> > >>

> > >> Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly,

> > >> monthly or just one

> > >> big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560,

> > >> and if you send

> > >> an

> > >> annual check, can I get a cash advance?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Excuse me?

> > >>

> > >> Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: What are you talking about?

> > >>

> > >> Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24

> > >> hours a

> > >> day, 7 days

> > >> a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day,

> > >> $1,008 per week

> > >> and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing

> > >> how you will be

> > >> making payment.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You

> > >> pay us

> > >> 10 cents a minute.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give

> > >> me

> > >> 10 cents a minute. Are you sure this is AT & T?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Well, yes this is AT & T sir but...

> > >>

> > >> Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying

> > >> that

> > >> you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you

> > >> 10 cents a minute?

> > >> Is

> > >> this

> > >> some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've

> > >> read about things

> > >> like

> > >> this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien

> > >> brainwashing

> > >> techniques on me.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute

> > >> for...

> > >>

> > >> Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a

> > >> supervisor please!

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: What?

> > >>

> > >> Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold.

> > >>

> > >> So now AT & T has me on hold and my supper is getting

> > >> cold. I

> > >> begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor.

> > >> After a wait of a few

> > >> minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:

> > >>

> > >> Supervisor: Mr. Byron?

> > >>

> > >> Yeth?

> > >>

> > >> Supervisor: I understand you are not quite

> > >> understanding our 10

> > >> cents a minute program.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?

> > >>

> > >> Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is.

> > >>

> > >> I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was

> > >> all I

> > >> could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be

> > >> careful not to

> > >> produce

> > >> a snort.)

> > >>

> > >> No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get

> > >> back to me so that

> > >> I

> > >> could

> > >> sign up for the plan.

> > >>

> > >> Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to

> > >> the

> > >> person who was helping you.

> > >>

> > >> Me: Thank you.

> > >>

> > >> I was on hold once again and managed a few more

> > >> mouthfuls. I

> > >> needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was

> > >> an aggravated but

> > >> polite voice at the other end of the phone.

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are

> > >> interested

> > >> in signing up for our plan?

> > >>

> > >> Me: Do you have that friends and family thing

> > >> because

> > >> you can never have enough friends and I'm an only

> > >> child and I'd really

> > >> like

> > >> to have a little brother...

> > >>

> > >> AT & T: (click)

> > >>

> > >

> >

> >

>

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