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 -
rep denies
SA> that it is a contract - I go back inside)

You let the rectal orifice off too easy! :P

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

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

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

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.

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

SA> I've got a snap of the remains, but the resident stray cats had eaten
SA> most of the flesh by that time, & were wandering around the yard in a
SA> daze til whatever poison killed the pigeon wore off.

Would your local SPCA be interested in this as an excuse to ride the asses of
your telco for the publicity and/or potential "shut-the-hell-up" future
settlement offers? :)

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.

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

(and,even then, they better offer me some value as inducement, cuz I've decided
I'm not giving out free info any more! (I've had a taste of doing Focus Groups
(where one gets about $50 for 20-40 minutes of answering questions an otherwise
helping a company gather information on one's demographic, as relates to their
topic of interest(or intended new direction); I'm all for marketing companies
gathering information so as to optimize their planned marketing campaigns, so
long as they're being open and up-front about it (and not expecting everything
for free!) :P

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

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

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

Your friend,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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