Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 17 Dec 2002

Hi George!

Hope you are enjoying New Year! It is the middle of summer here, and cold
& wet outside, which I don't mind at all, as there was very little rain
in 2002.

SA> I've had that type before, too. "I'm here to tell you what your easycall
SA> facilities are - could you please sign this piece of paper to confirm
SA> that I've told you?" (paper is clearly labelled as a contract -
SA> rep denies that it is a contract - I go back inside)

 GP> You let the rectal orifice off too easy! :P

I was probably half asleep.

 GP> You should've made a "Citizen's Arrest" with a 'slight'
 GP> overestimation of what constitutes "reasonable & necessary
force"!
 GP> *LOL*

I'd be on shakey ground there, & probably facing a false arrest charge :(

SA>  GP> I said that my name was The Guy Who Is Going To Have the Fraud
SA>  GP> Patrol of the Local Police on His Ass If He Didn't Leave the
SA>  GP> Property Immediately!
SA>
SA> It would probably be dismissed as a "misunderstanding" on your part,
SA> if you did complain. I have since had my services marked as "no

 GP> Yup, these goofs pay what they need to, to operate without official
 GP> hassles! :P 

Ah yes, they have a telecommunications ombudsman in their pockets, who
makes you jump through hoops, & still finds in the telcos' favour.
(The rain is pelting down now)

SA>  GP> Hey, it's THEIR box, soyou can't just destroy it, but it's YOUR
SA>  GP> window, and if you want to dispose of buckets of dirty dishwater
SA>  GP> via there, that's your business, nu?
SA>
SA> I've been tempted to pour some quick-setting concrete in their pit &
SA> ducts.

 GP> And, if they had ever, in any way, DENIED it's existence, you're in
 GP> the clear! *LOL*

They still haven't returned to mount & fire up their transmitter pods
on the roof; all being well they'll go belly-up & take their crap
away.

SA>  GP> even TV-Guide!
SA>
SA> TV-Guide needs to know! As digital / interactive TV comes in, they will
SA> need to know your "preferences" in order to serve up the
right mix of
SA> targeted spam... er opportunities.

 GP> In THEIR opinion, they have a Need To Know, but they can just BLOW
 GP> as far as knowing my demographics, unless they ask _ME_!!! :P

All they need to do is access the Canadian police database like
everyone else & help them... oops, that would be illegal, & your
privacy would be protected :)

 GP> Safeway(the supermarket next door to me) has their Customer Card,
 GP> which is now required to get ANY of the deals/sales/flyer prices
 GP> they have!  This I don't like, because I don't know who gets my
 GP> info, nor do I know how much info is being shared for the 15 cents
 GP> I save on a tub of margarine!

I live next to Bi-Lo, which issues loyalty cards, but since I rarely
fly & have no need of fly-buys, I've never registered, & so far they
don't discriminate against non-card holders with their specials.

 GP> It used to be that a supermarket offered sales/flyers/etc. as an
 GP> inducement to ANYBODY to come into their store(with the odds being
 GP> the customer would buy more than just the Loss Leader item), but
 GP> now Safeway et al work only for the corporations(wholesalers, etc.)
 GP> :(

That is still the way it works here, but with "internet refrigerators"
and all the rest of the connected stuff spying & reporting to data-mine
central, it probably won't be long before it happens here.

 GP> And one little customer's wants mean nothing any more! :(

Basically, all I want is a human who knows how to be polite,
put the stuff in the bags, & handle the cash-register stuff.

Cheers, Steve..

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