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Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:45:16 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
> > There seems to be a general policy against telemarket spamming
> > businesses and for some reason, answering the phone that way makes them
> > think that that is what they have called.

>
> You get a different type of phone solicitation at work.
> Businesses are not exempt from phone solicitations. I get people
> trying to sell all sorts of shit, and they can get really rude
> and sneaky about getting their feet in the door.
>
> And I can get pretty rude, too (big surprise there, eh?)
>
> -sw


I never get those at work.
The switchboard handles it. ;-)

I also cannot get outside e-mails at work. E-mails are restricted to
intra-system unless you log into the webspace from outside, but you have
to have the system password to do that and an intranet e-mail address.
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