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>I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if
>telephone solicitors weren't able to call people at home
>during the dinner hour.
>
>But that doesn't make it any more pleasant. Now Steve
>Rubenstein, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has
>proposed "Three Little Words" based on his brief experience in a
>telemarketing operation that would stop the nuisance for all
time.
>
>The three little words are "Hold on, please." Saying this
>while putting down your phone and walking off instead of
>hanging up immediately would make each telemarketing call so time
>consuming those boiler rooms would grind to a halt. When you
eventually
>hear the phone company's beep beep beep tone, you know it's time
to go
>back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed
its task.
>
>This might be one of those articles you'll want to e-mail to your
>friends.
>
>When you get ads in your phone or utility bill, include them with
the
>payment.
>Let them throw the stuff away.
>Think globally; act locally.
>
>When you get those pre-approved letters in the mail for
>everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk
>like that, most of them come with postage paid return envelopes,
right?
>Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it
in
>these cool
>little envelopes!
>Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express, or
a
>pizza
>coupon to Citibank.
>
>If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them
their
>application back!
>Just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.
>
>You can send it back empty if you want, just to keep 'em
guessing!
>
>Let's turn this e-mail into a chain letter! Eventually, the banks
and
>credit card
>companies will begin getting all their junk back in the mail.
>
>Let's let them know what it's like to get junk mail, and best of
all...
>THEY'RE paying for it! Twice!
>
>Let's support our postal service. They say e-mail is cutting into
their
>business
>and that's why they need to keep increasing postage. We can help!
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