Robo-calls--- GRRRRR!!!!!
Saturday, 30. August 2008, 02:50:13
It finally had to happen. I went ballistic today over a robo-call. For those who don't already know, a robo-call is placed by a machine that calls you, then gives you a canned speal to get you to do whatever the person who programmed the infernal machine wants you to do. I have grown to hate these calls with a passion, perhaps not least because there's no human on the other end to vent your displeasure to.
I knew the source of this one, so I called the number and let them know exactly what I thought. First, the call wasn't even for me but for my dad. He's been dead for a year and a half so the likelyhood of him returning a call is, shall we say, remote at best. The outfit making the robo-call should have known this, since the office involved was his doctor's office. Second-- also a fact this office should have known--- no worse way to communicate with dad could have been found than a robo-call. He was hard of hearing, possibly getting every third word or so of anything spoken to him. His ready understanding of what he did hear was somewhat less than that. I can think of nothing that would have irritated him more than trying to decipher the instructions in a robo-call.
He never learned modern technology. Cell phones, computers and robo-calls were all beyond him, and are for many of that generation.
If you're going to have business dealings with people of the World War Two generation, maybe you should skip the modern technology. Here's an idea: Have an actual human being place the call and talk to the person on the other end. Actual two-way communication--- waht a concept!
I knew the source of this one, so I called the number and let them know exactly what I thought. First, the call wasn't even for me but for my dad. He's been dead for a year and a half so the likelyhood of him returning a call is, shall we say, remote at best. The outfit making the robo-call should have known this, since the office involved was his doctor's office. Second-- also a fact this office should have known--- no worse way to communicate with dad could have been found than a robo-call. He was hard of hearing, possibly getting every third word or so of anything spoken to him. His ready understanding of what he did hear was somewhat less than that. I can think of nothing that would have irritated him more than trying to decipher the instructions in a robo-call.
He never learned modern technology. Cell phones, computers and robo-calls were all beyond him, and are for many of that generation.
If you're going to have business dealings with people of the World War Two generation, maybe you should skip the modern technology. Here's an idea: Have an actual human being place the call and talk to the person on the other end. Actual two-way communication--- waht a concept!
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