Today's Dilbert

Dec 10, 2008 14:12

I don't know how many of you read Dilbert on a regular basis (either on LJ as dilbertdaily or elsewhere), but I was amused by today's strip:


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polls, ob inanity

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nonethewiser December 10 2008, 19:22:07 UTC
But we only got the caller ID when we moved in April and switched phone companies... it just came standard.

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tinkerer December 10 2008, 21:37:14 UTC
I think that that's fair. I haven't been anywhere where Caller ID wasn't a paid-for feature after the first few months or so... so I've never bothered getting it.

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twospots December 10 2008, 19:26:46 UTC
I was very excited when I finally got a phone that could show caller ID! But before I had caller ID I would just let all my calls go to voice mail, unless I was actually expecting a call.

Now that I think about it, though, the registry thing has helped a lot. On the rare occasions my phone rings, it's someone I actually want to talk to.

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tinkerer December 10 2008, 21:38:03 UTC
Even before the registry, our provider (Primus) had a great Telemarketing Guard feature, whereby you could block anybody you want (even if you don't have caller ID), and force them to record a name and/or justification for calling you before they would be allowed through. Automatic diallers are automatically stymied. ;)

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twospots December 10 2008, 22:52:15 UTC
Yeah, I switched to Primus not long before the registry, so theoretically I had (have) that too... but I hadn't really entered enough #s to notice a difference before it came into effect.

Or maybe I was doing it wrong... I keep trying to set up a password for my voice mail but it doesn't seem to work, and I can't really be bothered to sit down and figure it out.

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ludimagist December 10 2008, 19:44:44 UTC
Just because I have caller ID does not mean that I would not offer you a hard candy.

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tinkerer December 10 2008, 21:38:25 UTC
That's a fair deal. I'm getting a bit of flack (see below) for making those two choices mutually exclusive! ;)

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starfishchick December 10 2008, 21:10:23 UTC
I do not like having a landline, not having caller ID, and hard candy being mutually exclusive!

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tinkerer December 10 2008, 21:39:06 UTC
I'm sorry. My poll layout does leave something to be desired. I'll try to fix that in future polls... :)

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starfishchick December 10 2008, 21:43:41 UTC
It's all about the ticky boxes. :)

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tinkerer December 11 2008, 14:56:02 UTC
You're right, it is. And it's my own fault for having left them out.

I should get back into the habit of frequent, useless polls. It would get me posting more often, if nothing else.

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slipjig December 11 2008, 00:59:06 UTC
Adam the Call Completions operator for Verizon asks that you not get him started.

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tinkerer December 11 2008, 14:56:29 UTC
Oh, please do get started! Your "customer service" stories are always fun! ;)

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