Re: listserv for commercial use

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Another weapon in your arsenal is ... voice mail....  If you are
busy, don't answer the phone. Let whoever is calling leave you a
message. Who is more important: your students or some unknown person
on the phone?

At home, we screen all of our calls through the answering machine. It
is the only way to retain sanity during dinner. 99% of the
cold callers hang up when the machine's message starts.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 29 Jan 98 at 11:40, Ken Umbach wrote:

> Hi ...
>
> Tactics for dealing with unwelcome commercial phone callers:
>
> --bang the phone on a hard surface (or a pizza pan, cookie sheet, or metal
> wastebasket -- all EXCELLENT) and shout "D*MN PHONE'S BUSTED AGAIN!  Then
> hang up.
>
> --simply set the phone down on the desk ... and ignore it until they hang up
> (you can precede this with "excuse me a moment" first, if you wish)
>
> --say "Can I put you on hold for a moment?"  When they say yes, then quietly
> hang up
>

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