Have I got this right, Victor: you feel sorry for those knowingly making
dishonest cold calls to con the public?
Tony Wood
On 25/01/13 16:56, Victor Churchill wrote:
> I, somewhat to my shame, 'toyed' with one of those "Hello, my name is
> Tom and I am calling to tell you that Microsoft have found a problem
> with your computer" calls for a while, to the point where I departed
> from the script by not having an Internet Explorer to open, and then
> not having a Start button.
>
> Just before the (rather explosive) end of the call "Tom" asked me,
> rather plaintively, "Why have you been wasting my time?"
>
> Looking back I actually feel rather sorry for the guys actually doing
> the calls (at least in some of the operations). Though the
> perpetrators are contemptible, the droids are really more just pathetic.
>
> --
> best regards,
>
> Victor Churchill,
> Bournemouth
>
>
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