I'm Canadian. I'm not gay.
I'm just so nice, it seems that way!
We don't take these people on as we should.

bd


But,
in order to have any chance of changing anything,
you must let them know how you feel.

Make the call, write or fax them.
It is the least that they should expect from you
and you can't really complain if you don't try and effect change.

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First on the list of most aggravating behaviors is

VOICE-MAIL!

I consider VM an insult and believe that we deserve better treatment
from people we give our money to or are public servants.
It is set up so "they" call you back at their convenience, not yours...

The only thing worse than VM is the touch-tone process you get stuck in
before you get that voice mail
Press 1 for this, 2 for that, and 3 to get there...
and then s'more 1,2,3, or 4

One
The oxymoron of the 21st century
"Your call is important to us, please hold."
If me call is so important to you, answer your damn phone!

Two
All this button pushing is just a time tax!
If you spend 1 minute a day on hold, you wasting 6 hours a year!
Figure how much life-time you spend on hold and do the math.
It's scary how much time-tax we pay listening to dead air
or someone's idea of background music...

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If you watch any TV at all you have been bombarded
by, what I call "the big four".

GreyPower, ING Direct, Premier Baths and
the CHIP Home Income Plan have all adopted
advertising campaigns that are running on all
lower channels and some speciality ones.

Over and over and over and over and over again
and again and again and again and again...

You get my point!

If you think the same way, call em!
Every ad ends with a phone number or a web site address.
You have to get by the call center level
and that in itself can be a challenge...
Ask for the toll free customer relations number.
Or, go one the web and look for the contact icon.
Either way, the more people that make the calls,
the sooner they will be gone (maybe).

Sometimes I think these companies really don't care
if they annoy most people getting their base market capture.

It's the television version of junk mail.
All they need is a few to make money and the rest,
well, it just gets tossed.(filling our land fills...)

Unforunately, you can't throw the tv out and,
no matter what you do, they remain "in your face".
It's a lousy way to advertise and they should know better!


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