OK, now I've heard everything

[firecat]

I just got a phone call. I picked it up and said "Hello". I heard a
recorded message that said:

We are sorry to disturb you. This message was intended to be heard only by an answering machine. Thank you.

Comments

Unless something has changed...

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

And things might have changed in the years since I looked all this up, It is not permissible for a automated calling system to call a human being for calls originating in California. This sounds like a goofy atttempt to outwit that bit of regulation (or statute, I can't remember which).

Supposedly, if you answer you phone, and it's a California call, there will be a real person on the other end.

Re: Unless something has changed...

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Oh, my, is that not true. George Bush, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Jesse Jackson, and more have called me, not to mention carpet cleaning firms and aluminum sidings firms.

I have not, however, gotten anything like what firecat reports. That is beyond description.

Re: Unless something has changed...

[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

Oh really?
I don't pick my phone up anyways, but I always have computers calling...