Hi Philip with one L - this is indeed brilliant love it thanks
-Ben >From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Brilliant Ideas >Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:00:41 -0000 > >I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if telephone >solicitors weren't able to call people at home during dinner hour. But >that doesn't make it any more pleasant. Now Steve Rubenstein, a writer >for the San Francisco Chronicle, has proposed "Three Little Words" based >on his brief experience in a telemarketing operation that would stop the >nuisance for all time. The three little words are "Hold On, Please." > >Saying this while putting down your phone and walking off instead of >hanging up immediately would make each telemarketing call so >time-consuming that boiler rooms would grind to a halt. When you >eventually hear the phone company's beep-beep-beep tone, you know it's >time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently >completed its task. This might be one of those articles you'll want to >e-mail to your friends. Three little words that eliminate telephone >soliciting. > >OTHER GOOD IDEAS: >When you get ads in your phone or utility bill, include them with the >payment let the companies throw them away. When you get those pre >approved letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd >mortgages and junk like that, most of them come with postage paid return >envelopes, right? Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail >and put it in these cool little envelopes! Send an ad for your local >chimney cleaner to American Express. Send the pizza coupon to Citibank. > >If you didn't get anything else that day then just send them their >application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your >name isn't on anything you send them. You can send it back empty if you >want to just to keep them guessing! > >Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin getting their >junk back in the mail. Let's let them know what it's like to get junk >mail, and the best of it is that they're paying for it! Twice! Let's >help keep our postal service busy since they say e-mail is cutting into >their business, and that's why they need to increase postage again! > > > >Philip Arnold >Technical Director >Certified ColdFusion Developer >ASP Multimedia Limited >Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 >Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > >www.aspmedia.co.uk >www.aspevents.net > >An ISO9001 registered company. > >********************************************************************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >the system manager. >********************************************************************** > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
