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 2013-01-20 7:00 AM |
Champion  6503    NOVA - Ironic for an Endurance Athlete |  Subject: Phone survey rant - WWCJDSo, it appears that politically minded folks still get to solicit me! Anyway, here are the (paraphrased) questions and my responses: Would you agree that a lot of the tv shows that kids watch present negative images? "Yes" Would you agree that this has increased over the last few years? "Yes" Would you like to see more family-friendly shows? "Yes" Will you sign a petition to ask Congress to regulate tv shows? "No, but if you want to send one to Disney, NBC, CBS, I will sign that. I don't want my government to get involved. I want LESS government and think that it is an inappropriate for Congress to work on while we are at war and in financial distress as a country. Aren't YOU, as an alleged conservative, embarrassed to ask for more government?" She repeated the question without response. Me "Click"
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| 2013-01-20 8:19 AM in reply to: #4586606 |
Champion 6503 NOVA - Ironic for an Endurance Athlete | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD How would you have replied? |
| 2013-01-20 8:22 AM in reply to: #4586606 |
Master 2504 Southwest Iowa | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD I quit answering the phone and if it is any survey, I ask them to quit calling my home.
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| 2013-01-20 8:55 AM in reply to: #4586606 |
Extreme Veteran 875  Issaquah | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD hypothetically - I would have answered the same. In reality, they would have never got to the first question. I don't answer unfamiliar phone #s. I am still looking or a phone provider that lets me create an "allowed" list of callers. Anyone not on that list goes to vmail directly (if they are a new caller) or auto call rejection if they are repeat offenders. |
| 2013-01-20 11:02 AM in reply to: #4586606 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD If I agreed to take the survey, I would have answered the questions in the format requested and not editorialized. The person on the other end of that line is probably some 20 year old college kid or a divorced dad trying to make ends meet or someone else working for $9/hour. They have a script to read, and they collect your responses. End of story. |
| 2013-01-20 11:31 AM in reply to: #4586654 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD flip18436572 - 2013-01-20 8:22 AM I quit answering the phone and if it is any survey, I ask them to quit calling my home.
x2 I didn't know people still answered the phone when an unidentified number calls! |
| 2013-01-20 12:09 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD I say, "Can you hold on a second? My hands are full.". Then I walk away and hang the phone up a couple of minutes later. Hilarious. |
| 2013-01-20 12:37 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
Veteran 1900 Southampton, Ontario | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD I dont have time to take surveys, goodbye. |
| 2013-01-20 12:52 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
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| 2013-01-20 2:46 PM in reply to: #4586775 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD mmrocker13 - 2013-01-20 11:02 AM If I agreed to take the survey, I would have answered the questions in the format requested and not editorialized. The person on the other end of that line is probably some 20 year old college kid or a divorced dad trying to make ends meet or someone else working for $9/hour. They have a script to read, and they collect your responses. End of story. There are other, more productive, less intrusive ways to "make ends meet." I'm under no obligation to respond to unsolicited telephone calls made to my private residence, especially since I am on the national Do Not Call registry. I respond with a polite, "No thank you I'm not interested." and hang up immediately. |
| 2013-01-20 2:52 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD That is only part of why I keep my phones on the Do Not Call roster. |
| 2013-01-20 5:54 PM in reply to: #4586946 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD QueenZipp - 2013-01-20 2:52 PM That is only part of why I keep my phones on the Do Not Call roster. Doesn't cover surveyors. |
| 2013-01-20 6:08 PM in reply to: #4586798 |
| Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD lisac957 - 2013-01-20 9:31 AM X whatever. I would not have answered and if I did would have said "no thanks I would not like to participate"flip18436572 - 2013-01-20 8:22 AM I quit answering the phone and if it is any survey, I ask them to quit calling my home.
x2 I didn't know people still answered the phone when an unidentified number calls! |
| 2013-01-20 9:30 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD There is always a pause when they call. If I pick up, say hello, and no one answers right away, I hang up. Can backfire when your young and new-to-the-phone niece or nephew calls, but they'll call back  |
| 2013-01-20 11:25 PM in reply to: #4586652 |
Master 2380 Beijing | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD pga_mike - 2013-01-19 9:19 AM How would you have replied? As soon as I realized it was an unsolicited call, I would have said "Take me off your list." and hung up.
But I like yours better. |
| 2013-01-20 11:55 PM in reply to: #4586606 |
Pro 4339 Husker Nation | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD pga_mike - 2013-01-20 7:00 AM So, it appears that politically minded folks still get to solicit me! Anyway, here are the (paraphrased) questions and my responses: Would you agree that a lot of the tv shows that kids watch present negative images? "Yes" Would you agree that this has increased over the last few years? "Yes" Would you like to see more family-friendly shows? "Yes" Will you sign a petition to ask Congress to regulate tv shows? "No, but if you want to send one to Disney, NBC, CBS, I will sign that. I don't want my government to get involved. I want LESS government and think that it is an inappropriate for Congress to work on while we are at war and in financial distress as a country. Aren't YOU, as an alleged conservative, embarrassed to ask for more government?" She repeated the question without response. Me "Click"
I don't get it. You answered "no", why did she feel the need to repeat the question? Yes, I get that you gave your reason for your "no" answer, but that doesn't change the answer. Guess I'm not well schooled in the art of cold-survey-calling. I would have just said "no" and left it at that. They're obviously trying to use that data to make some sort of larger decision. If my answer helps shape that decision one way or another I'm happy to participate. And the reason I would have answered a call from an unknown number is because I have a teenager who sometimes calls from strange numbers, and I also sometimes have people calling my house thinking it's my business number. |
| 2013-01-21 12:11 AM in reply to: #4586606 |
Pro 15655 | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD Ask them their name.....then do this, in a very loud voice: "John"? Where in the hell have you been? Look, the police have been here every day and I don't know what to tell them. I know you killed "XXXX" and I'm not going to tell them what you did with the body, but I can't take this much more. At least tell me where you are so I feel like I'm not in this all alone." They'll hang up, you get a good laugh............life is good! |
| 2013-01-21 10:10 AM in reply to: #4586798 |
Veteran 284 | Subject: RE: Phone survey rant - WWCJD lisac957 - 2013-01-20 12:31 PM flip18436572 - 2013-01-20 8:22 AM I quit answering the phone and if it is any survey, I ask them to quit calling my home.
x2 I didn't know people still answered the phone when an unidentified number calls! ^^^This. My telephone is there for MY convenience. Not for other's. JC |
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