On 02/14/2005 01:26:02 PM, ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > when i first entered the business, i was warned to never give oracle your= phone number.=20 > I heard horror stories about aggressive sales people.=20 Yes. That is perfectly true. Some of those agressive sales people are still= telling=20 horror stories about me. The worst thing that can happen to any telemarkete= r is to actually get me on the phone. Here goes my favorite: Caller: Hi sir, my name is xxxx, I am calling for xxx. This is not a sales = call, we would like you to participate in a little inquiry. Me: I don't have time. Can you give me your phone number, I'll call you= later. Caller: Of course. My number is 1-800-xxxxxx. Me: No, no, no! I mean your private home number. The place where you li= ve and go to sleep every night, you know. THAT phone number. Caller: Sorry, sir, it is against our policy to give private home numbers. = We don't want to be disturbed at home. Me: What the [Your Favorite Expletive Here] makes you think that I like= being disturbed at home, you [EXPLETIVE] [EXPLETIVE] [EXPLETIVE]...[EXPLETIVE]?=20 <Hang up> This guarantees piece and quiet. The other thing that I sometimes enjoy is = to divert the conversation to sexual preferences of the caller. That is reserved for = the callers who claim that they want to save my soul. So far, they haven't had any succ= ess. My phone number is in phone book. I am eagerly awaiting sales calls from Oracle, cab= le programming guys=20 or anybody else. Go ahead, my soul is still up for salvation. --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l