Greatest Product? How about the Worst Invention!

[knucklehead]

Gator - you beat me!

Welfare. It hurts people. Always. Belongs in the private sector.

 

[AndyM]

Don,
I don't know if you have ever had a problem of answering the phone and there was no one there, but I found out a reason behind it--

It seems the telemarketing firms have done research that has shown them that someone will answer something like 1 in 3 calls they make. So, their automated dialing machines will dial three phone numbers at once, gambling that one person out of the three will pick up the phone, just as their research dictates. Every great once in a while, two people will pick up the phone at the same time, so while the are giving their sales pitch to the one person, the other person picks up the phone and no one is there. I pick up the phone and say "hello" and no one is there. I thought that was interesting when it was explained to me.

 

[Bird]

That's interesting, Andy, because we have that happen frequently and sometimes if we wait long enough a recorded sales pitch will come on, although we usually just hang up. I didn't know they worked as you described. Thanks for the information.

 

[LWFrisk]

My biggest gripe is the way sound is broadcast on TV. You have to crank up the volume all the way to hear the words, then the music and commercials blast you out of the house. I am told FCC reciently rulled that the broadcasters could not turn up the volume for commercials, so they used the loophole and left the commercials alone, just turned down the programming.

 

[Bird]

Yep, Leo, I agree with that complaint. And it's not only the commercials, but also the "background?" music that all movies seem to have. And if you think it's bad now, wait until you have to wear hearing aids as I do. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[rancar]

<font color="blue"> I don't believe they are forcing you to eat there, are they? </font>

Nope....but then nobody forces anybody to use any kind of invention, whether good or bad. It's an issue of choice and sometimes the temptation is just there for good or for worst. Some are just able to resist the temptation better than others.

...Bob

 

[rancar]

<font color="blue"> It's an issue of choice and sometimes the temptation is just there for good or for worst. </font>

This article appears in today's USA Today online edition. This is really what I'm talking about gatorboy in my previous post. Sure, the choice is mine but the world (ie, the fast food industry) sure doesn't make it easy to resist, does it?

Fast Food -- Unhealthy Trends

...Bob

 

[Gatorboy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( This is really what I'm talking about )</font>

I think it needs to start with the Parents. How do kids get fast food and sugary cereals?

Making fast food companies have to change their advertising, etc. is just another "Let's have someone else to blame for our problems, and make them solve them as well."

Today's society is a bunch of cry-babies and blame-deflectors. It's time everyone own up to their own shortcomings and fix their problems on their own.

...as Gatorboy slips and falls off his soapbox /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[fivestring]

"Welfare. It hurts people. Always. Belongs in the private sector. "

YEP!

 

[looch]

Wow, no one mentioned the Windows OS!

I will.