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Õ026ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ026¸
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³ The Phone Losers Of America Present ³
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³ Information On A Few Phone-Type Offices ³
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³ by RedBoxChiliPepper ³
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³ Written On February 15, 1990 Last Revision on August 29, 1994 ³
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³ For Informational Purposes Only. We're Not Responsible For Your Stupidity. ³
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Ô026ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ026¾
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Piling up in a few of my notebooks is information on various phone company and
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other offices around the U.S.A. that I've had reason to do research on in the
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past (Usually the reason was that I didn't have much anything better to do
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with my time.), so I'm going to type up the information I have and turn it
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into yet another PLA file that really has no use except to clutter up your
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hard drive just a little bit more.
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Portland, Oregon Directory Asisstance
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735 SW Stark, Room 912
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Portland, Oregon 972xx
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(503)-242-5575 Office
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This is one of the four offices that you reach when you dial 1-503-555-1212.
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The other three offices are Canton, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio and Salem, Oregon.
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Known Service Asisstants (Supervisors):
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Carol, Nancy, Charmaine, Barb Walker (manager), Kitty Lund,
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Diane Cordiar, Daffney Truats,
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Known Operators:
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Gail, Laura (Laurie) #2245, Lois #1061,
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Office uses General Datacomm terminals. Dedicated keys include Air, Auto,
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Bank, Hospital, Motel, Pac, School, COC (Chamber of Comerce?),
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U.S. Sprint (LDUSA)
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3rd & Johnson Commercial Court
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Wynonna, Minnesota 55987
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(507)-454-8386
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This is an interesting one that I ran across while compiling PLA023.TXT.
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Here's what happens when you dial 10252-0:
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1. The operator that answers will only identify herself as a "special billing
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operator." I guess that makes her feel important. She'll be freaked out
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that you're calling her and she doesn't have your information on her
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screen. She won't tell you where she's calling from, but a few will hint
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that they're calling "from the mid-west." I finally got one of them to
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admit where they where calling from which is Wynonna, Minnesota by telling
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them that I was their supervisor in Chicago. Even if you ask, "Hi, have I
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reached the Wynonna, Minnesota office?" they usually won't tell you. One
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of them told me they were a "Hospitality Operator."
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2. They WILL place a call for you collect, third party (with verification),
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or on a calling card. They won't dial direct (free) or with your red box.
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Usually, though, before they place the call they give you the third degree
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asking you questions like: "Who are you?", "Are you calling from a pay
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fone?", "What number did you dial to get me?", "What number are you calling
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from?" and a few other mundane questions. Whatever you do, don't tell her
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the access code you dialed to get her. This is interesting and we don't
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need them shutting it off.
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3. She won't complete a toll-free (800) call for anyone but three times now,
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I've convinced her to anyways, saying that I was a GTE lineman. Each time
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I had her call a different ANI number and each one came up with a number
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in Los Angeles. One of them is 213-892-8743 which just rings and never
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answers. The other one is 213-624-9126 which says, "This number is
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disconnected..." And 213-892-8933.
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4. If you try to make a direct call (such as 10252-1-512-370-4680) you'll get
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a screwed up voice saying, "We're sorry, the number that you are calling
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from is not in service at this time. Call your carrier for asisstance..."
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5. Most of the operators will claim that they have your number on their
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screen but they'll still ask you for your number and they won't tell you
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what your number is if you ask for it. Also, some operators admit that they
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can't see where you're calling from so this leads me to believe that none
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of them can. Except ONE operator so far knew which city and state I was
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calling from. Most of them can't even tell which state so I don't know. If
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they don't know where I am, how do they know how much to bill me for a
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long distance call? For all they know, I'm calling someone down the street.
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Here's a conversation I had with one of them today:
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ME:: Dialing 10252-0...<ring> <ring>
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HER: ...Uh...Sprint, may I help you?
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ME:: Hi, is this the Wynonna, Minnesota office?
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HER: I can't give you that information.
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ME:: Well, you're not in Los Angeles, are you?
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HER: (Pauses to think...) No.
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ME:: Well, I just wanted to ask you a question. How come when I have you dial
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the ANI number, it gives me a number in the 213 area code and not there
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in Minnesota?
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HER: Do you work for us?
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ME:: No, I work against you.
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HER: Hold on just a second...(Gets her supervisor)
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SUP: This is the supervisor, may I help you?
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ME:: Yeah, how come when I dial ANI through you I get Los Angeles?
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SUP: (Sounds pissed) Who are you??
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ME:: Alex.
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SUP: Well, who do you work for?
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ME:: McDonald's (No, I really don't work there...Give me a break.)
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SUP: McDonald who??
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ME:: McDonald's, the fast food joint, you know? Could you please tell me what
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number you show that I'm calling from? What's on your screen?
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SUP: I'm not at liberty to give out that information.
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ME:: Hmmmmm...Could you VERIFY the number?
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SUP: No, I can't do that either, I'm sorry. What number did you dial to reach
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this office?
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ME:: I'm sorry, I'm not at liberty to give out that information.
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SUP: Why not?
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ME:: Well, I'll make you a deal. You give me my phone number and I'll give you
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your phone number.
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SUP: No, I can't do that.
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ME:: Please? I'll box you a quarter...
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SUP: (Laughs) No, what number are you calling from?
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ME:: Well, we both obviously need information from each other so here's what
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we're going to do: I'll tell you my area code, YOU tell me my prefix,
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I'll tell you the first two numbers of my suffix and YOU tell me the
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last two numbers. That sounds like a reasonable trade.
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Well, that goes on and on. I spoke with this operator for 10-20 minutes and
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it just goes downhill from there. I've also called them from home and
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harrassed them to death. The address of the office is:
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Names of Supervisors:
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Dan, Glinda, Steve, Sue,
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Names of Operators:
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Jenell, Cindy, Renae, Sarah, Dave, Pam, Jackie, Tonya,
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"Is this a test call?"
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______________________________________________________________________________
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