So I'm at my desk today minding my own business when I get a text on my work phone. Some 647 Toronto number (I'm in Kitchener) saying "Hi". I don't recognize the number so I send back a "Who is this" message. Response: "We have 3 new girls ready for you". Holy fuck. I immediately send a reply saying "I have no idea who you are, stop contacting me" (though I admittedly know who it probably is - Asian Kelly's group looking for biz - I used my work phone once to arrange a visit, stupid me). Oh, and to top it off, I just heard that in my office they are collecting cell phone records to investigate somebody so this type of shit is the LAST thing I need! So how often do others get this type of unsolicited solicitation? And what do you do when you get it - are you flattered and respond in kind or tell them to fuck off?
Unsolicited Solicitation
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Some years back, ( edit P & W ) collected info on computer usage in their offices. Many people were called in and fired for surfing porn while at work. Many employees suspected that this was an excuse to thin the herd and cut cost.. The more valuable employees were not fired even though they might have surfed porn. The less valuable employees were fired without severance.
Message: "Hi."
Response: "Who is this?"
Message: "We have 3 new girls ready for you."
Response: "Thanks, I charge $500 per girl."
Now that would be "special communications."
My hobby phone... Rogers pay as you go... displays name and number. It's just that the name isn't mine. I have an entire Hobby Double... He has his own phone, email address, even a Facebook page...
For the love of God, if it's a work resource keep it PG, keep it away from time sinks, and don't let it cast your moral character into doubt. If you don't have some level of control over a phone, network connection, or email account, assume it will be monitored and audited. The people that get suck doing this normally dislike it, and will exclude themselves from whatever they have control over, but do assume you're being watched. This also (especially) goes for sites like TERB.
Tell them to fuck off!!!! Nothing to be flattered about, they just want your money. I'd make it quite clear to agencies to never, ever contact me, either by phone or text, to telemarket their services.
This type of soliciation is common with asian agencies.....moonwaiting does that too, and I dont like it, but their txt is less obvious, like what others said, get a phone just for this.
ditto. I just called rogers and asked that only my #be displayed when i make a call.
My hobby phone is from petrocan. Its pay and go. There is no name associated with it.
