Remove me from your mailing lists....please.
For the past several weeks I've been working to get off mailing lists (in between work, committee work, volunteer work, and bike rides to air out my mind). When I started this, I hoped I wouldn't get too too many people too mad. I'd not done this before and didn't know what I was getting into. Well, guess what? The 'removal people' are very nice! They are kind, and mostly do not want to know 'why.' To keep me company while I'm on hold, I put on my Sonos music or my Sonos NPR station. At least I could sing along with Billy Joel, or Bette Midler, or the British Invasion Radio, or the Eagles, while on hold. While I've been on hold ('because we are working with other customers') I wonder if these are call centers. Maybe this is kind of like 'piece' work. Can these kind folks do their jobs anywhere? Does the phone ring everywhere? Do they have phone lines tied into the main phone line? Is somebody standing over them...making s