Eliminate Yellow Pages

[katiesue]

Actually we get - and I'm serious on various differnt lines at least 6-10 calls daily of a recording that tells us it's the second warning that the warranty on our car has expired. I've stayed on the line and hit the "unsubscirbe" button I can't count how many times and we still get tons of them. Plus we have no caller ID so no way to avoid them.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Actually we get - and I'm serious on various different lines at least 6-10 calls daily of a recording that tells us it's the second warning that the warranty on our car has expired. I've stayed on the line and hit the "unsubscribe" button I can't count how many times and we still get tons of them. Plus we have no caller ID so no way to avoid them.

For your home line, even if you don't have caller ID, you can get a No-Caller ID Block. This will prevent all calls coming in without a caller ID. People with caller ID block can then chose to hit a special code (like *73 or something) that will show their phone number for that one call and they can reach you. If you explain to the phone company that you are getting harrassing calls, they will do this at no charge.

I am not sure if it applies in this case, but it is an idea.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The crazy thing is that about 2 months ago AT&T dumped a big ugly blue plastic display at the library to dispense yellow pages. It's about 5 feet tall and holds a lot of books. The discussion among librarians was that it was hideous and that we'd get rid of it as soon as it was proven that no one wanted any. Turned out that that our biggest actual problem with it is that people took them so quickly that kids used the display as something to clamber on.

AT&T now comes once a week to keep it stocked. And yes, people take them, all the time. I guess it's just proof that people will take anything free.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Or proof that, not shockingly, people on message boards are more computer literate and less dependent on print publications than average.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Or proof that, not shockingly, people on message boards are more computer literate and less dependent on print publications than average.

MESSAGE BOARDS RULE LIBRARIES FOR HOMELESS AND N*GGERS YELLOW PAGES WHAT A F*G MUST USE THEM TO WIPE YOUR D*CK THATS SO GAY

[katiesue]

since it's a business they can harass away.

My aunt has the no caller ID thing and my crazy mother and sister have theirs blocked. When I asked them why they would block their outgoing caller id they both told me to stop telemarketers.

[Ghoulish Delight]

My mom's got her outgoing blocked too. There was a momentary impass between her and my sister, who had what Kevy mentioned (blocking of any "unknown" callers), until my mom figured out she could just program the code to temporarily unblock her ID into her speed dial.

Old people are weird.

[katiesue]

My Mom can't figure out how to unblock it so she calls my Aunt from her cell phone.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

So a personal pet peeve is all of the junk mail i receive and advertising crap left on my door. The worst culprit are those thick useless yellow page books I get every now and then. Do people still use the book? Eh, I'm sure some do, but I sure don't want one. It goes straight to the recycling bin.

For anyone who is interested, check out the following site:

http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org/

Would it be inappropriate/ironic to print out a whole bunch of copies of this to tell people about it?

[Capt Jack]

uh....I use em...

well, ok, I use em for targets when we go out to the desert on shooting trips


...but I use em none the less.