I can’t tell whether this is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard, or the most appalling. Or maybe both. 🙂
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Though funny, it’s also illegal. I certainly wouldn’t want to be that stranger. Nor the telemarketer (click on the comment that says ‘Relevant’) Yeah, in the end I think the harms outweigh the benefits, as you can’t really stop this, so I’m personally not a fan.
I don’t know about the legality (it’s probably legal, since it’s a person doing it and not a company), but I’m not a fan of practical jokes in general. I just had to post that one because it was so funny, and to let people know what they’re dealing with if anyone ever pulls it on them.
It might count as a prank call, and prank calls are illegal, even when performed by an individual. That information used to be even printed in the Bell yellow pages, along with a number to call to report prank calls to the authorities and allow Ma Bell to listen in to particularly egregious offenders in order to confirm the situation.
White pages I meant, the yellow pages maybe too, I don’t recall. (No pun intended.)
(Though I don’t know of anyone who would try to unsubscribe from that particular list. 😉 )
Though funny, it’s also illegal. I certainly wouldn’t want to be that stranger. Nor the telemarketer (click on the comment that says ‘Relevant’) Yeah, in the end I think the harms outweigh the benefits, as you can’t really stop this, so I’m personally not a fan.
I don’t know about the legality (it’s probably legal, since it’s a person doing it and not a company), but I’m not a fan of practical jokes in general. I just had to post that one because it was so funny, and to let people know what they’re dealing with if anyone ever pulls it on them.
It might count as a prank call, and prank calls are illegal, even when performed by an individual. That information used to be even printed in the Bell yellow pages, along with a number to call to report prank calls to the authorities and allow Ma Bell to listen in to particularly egregious offenders in order to confirm the situation.
White pages I meant, the yellow pages maybe too, I don’t recall. (No pun intended.)
(Though I don’t know of anyone who would try to unsubscribe from that particular list. 😉 )