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Three Little Words
I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if telephone
solicitors weren't able to call people at home during 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 that 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. Three little words that eliminate telephone
soliciting.
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