Hello? Honey, it's SPRINT.
January 29th, 2004 @ 8:29 am
Got a phone call tonite. Sprint. It was one of those VOIP calls where you hear the echo. I call it 'satellite voice'. It's not, but that's what I call it.
Unknown Caller: "This is .... Bob ... with Sprint PCS wireless ... you've been preselected to receive - "
Hang on, a Bob with an Indian accent on satellite voice? Not likely. Bob was more likely somebody named Mahrit, and I bet he's making about $500 USD a year.
Bob from Sprint: " - preselected to receive a Sprint PCS free wireless-"
Me: Really? That sounds like a great deal!
Bob from Sprint: "Good. Then all I need is to confirm your billing address."
Me: Okay, I'm ready.
Bob from Sprint: "Your address is one-three-two-four fourteen ... th ... Street in Port Townsend Washington, 98368?"
(brief silence)
Me: I can't tell you that.
Bob from Sprint: "What do you mean?"
Me: Well, that's something that I just can't tell you. Next question.
Bob from Sprint: (laughing) "You can't tell me? Sir, I need to confirm this mailing address for you to qualify."
Me: Do what you gotta do.
Bob from Sprint: "Uhhh ... okay .. What? I don't understand ..."
Me: What do I have to do?
Bob from Sprint: "Tell .... tell me your ... confirm your mailing address. Is this Ralph H - O - G - A - B - O - O - M ?"
Me: Yes, it is.
Bob from Sprint: "And you do receive mail at one-three-two-four 14th street in Port Townsend, Washington, 98368?"
Me: There is no way I can tell you that information. I can neither confirm or deny that.
Bob from Sprint: "Wait ... I .... uh, where do you live? Do you live in a house? ... I don't understand!"
--- and so on, for the next 7 minutes. Whoo-hoo! ---
Anyway, it was lots of fun. They're always brain-dead when you get 'em, but live when you hang up.
