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Getting rid of unwanted apps
- By FatBear
- Smartphones
- 12 Replies
I remember Cellular One. I configured and built a big computer system for them once back in the early '90s. Bellevue, WA, if I recall. Hope they didn't mis-bill you!
In the late '90s I had a small retail business. ATT used to cold call everyone all the time (I'm sure you remember). They were pretty hated and reviled for it. But one day I was alone on a super busy day at my store. There was a line at the counter and I was working hard when the phone rang. When they said they were from ATT I politely told them I was busy and didn't have time to talk. I tried to end the call gracefully, but the guy kept blathering and so I said good bye and hung up. Almost immediately the phone rang again. I answered it and it was the same guy. This time I told him to quit calling me and hung up on him. He called back a third time and cussed me up one side and down the other. My customers were most sympathetic and I made sure they knew who the rude caller was from.
When things calmed down I wrote a letter to the president of ATT. I explained what happened and told him that I did not ever want to be called by ATT or any of their contractors again, and i gave my home and business numbers.
You know what's amazing? The calls stopped. All of them. Completely. I had peace for years until both my address and phone numbers changed.
Sometimes you win.
In the late '90s I had a small retail business. ATT used to cold call everyone all the time (I'm sure you remember). They were pretty hated and reviled for it. But one day I was alone on a super busy day at my store. There was a line at the counter and I was working hard when the phone rang. When they said they were from ATT I politely told them I was busy and didn't have time to talk. I tried to end the call gracefully, but the guy kept blathering and so I said good bye and hung up. Almost immediately the phone rang again. I answered it and it was the same guy. This time I told him to quit calling me and hung up on him. He called back a third time and cussed me up one side and down the other. My customers were most sympathetic and I made sure they knew who the rude caller was from.
When things calmed down I wrote a letter to the president of ATT. I explained what happened and told him that I did not ever want to be called by ATT or any of their contractors again, and i gave my home and business numbers.
You know what's amazing? The calls stopped. All of them. Completely. I had peace for years until both my address and phone numbers changed.
Sometimes you win.
