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The Failure of the "Do Not Call" List

Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 06:59 PM

I'm not sure if this is localized to Los Angeles, or perhaps even just to my house...but man-o-man, the federal "Do Not Call" List seems to really have fallen apart in the last few months.

Don't get me wrong: it was workin' like magic at first. But I'm suddenly getting 2-3 calls a day from unregistered numbers, or sales calls masked as non-sales calls, and it's kinda bugging me.

Have smaller phone-based sales companies suddenly realized they can operate under the radar of the "Do Not Call" list...or am I the only one receiving these calls?

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Panel Dialogue Location Props
1 GRAMP: Hello!
Salesperson (off-panel): Good evening, sir! ...Are you happy with your current mortgage?
THE HOUSE
  • Phone
2 GRAMP: Whoa whoa whoa... IS THIS A SALES CALL? Cause I'm signed up for the "Do not call" list... so you can't call me!
Salesperson (off-panel): Who's gonna stop me?
THE HOUSE
  • Phone
3 GRAMP: Um... the government?
Salesperson (off-panel): Oh really? Will you tell them? Do you even know which department to call? Is it the F.D.A.? The F.E.C.? The S.E.C.?
THE HOUSE
  • Phone
4 Salesperson (off-panel): And what will the government do when you complain? Will a team of beaurocrats spring into action? Or will your complaint be put into a database...? On a computer... in a room... that no one has a key to?
GRAMP
THE HOUSE
  • Phone
5 GRAMP
Salesperson (off-panel)
THE HOUSE
  • Phone
6 GRAMP: You suck, you know that?
Salesperson (off-panel): Can we talk about mortgages now?
THE HOUSE
  • Phone

Character Info

Salesperson
First Appearance
June 08, 2002
Recent Appearances
June 08, 2002
GRAMP
First Appearance
December 01, 2001
Recent Appearances
June 03, 2006


 





 
 

 

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