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Sauce for Goose

In Dave Barry's column in the Miami Herald [via Chris Sells] he relates how much hatred he received from the American Teleservices Association when he gave out thir phone number in this column. The ATA were very upset as it seems they don't like receiving unsolicited calls. Seems so many Americans called to express their hatred of receiving unsolicited sales calls from ATA members that they had to disconnect the phone. Showing how much empathy they have with the 50 million Americans who have added their phone numbers to the national do-not-call register, the ATA were very upset as it seems they don't like receiving unsolicited calls either.

So this week Dave has published another number to help readers who can't get through on the disconnected line. Interestingly, the ATA's web site appears to list no telephone numbers of any kind, even on the 'Contact' page. Seems they prefer e-mail. Being a .org maybe they are unable to join the do-not-call register? Whatever else is true, the ATA are free from a sense of irony, any shame and any form of humility.

posted at 2:25 PM (UK) | |