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Can You Hear Me Now?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the saved-by-the-bell dept.

squarefish writes "CNN has this story about a hiker stranded in South America's Andes mountains when a blizzard begins. He reaches into his backpack for his cell phone -- only to find his prepaid minutes are up. Out of nowhere, a phone company solicitor is calling on his cell phone, asking if he would like to buy more time. Is this convenient or what?"

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  1. Re:Probably the only time by flewp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although, if they had cell phones on that soccer/football (or was it rugby? I forget) that was forced to resort to cannibalism, they all probably would have gotten sales calls - after all, they always call during dinner.

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  2. What probably should have happend by VirexEye · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...Ok Mr. Diaz you don't need to make up some stupid story about being lost in the Andes mountains. If you are not interested, you could just say so." *click*

  3. What they don't say... by rant-mode-on · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is whether or not they made him buy the minutes before they would help him.

  4. freezing and drinking by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    True, but if I'm going to freeze to death, I'd much rather do it drunk.

  5. Don't you see? by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's more convenient than you think. How did the hiker get stranded in the first place? My theory is that the phone company had a hand in getting him lost in the first place. Who benefits? Suddenly here is a heartwarming story that makes the phone solicitors look like benign life-saving angels rather than annoying pricks paid to disrupt our most precious moments of peace....

  6. Aw CRAP! by Rhinobird · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we can't even DIE in peace, without some ($*%&$ing phone solicitor bothering us.

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  7. Wouldn't work in the USA... by SysKoll · · Score: 5, Funny

    The guy was lucky he wasn't a crusty, battle-hardened American consumer. Otherwise, here is what would have happened:

    Man, I'm freezing... This brandy is good (Hiccup)...

    Riiiinng...

    Hello?

    Hi, maybe I speak to Mister Diaz?

    Leave me alone, you f&@*$%ing telemarketer bitch! Click. Hey, wait a sec... Hello? Hello? Oh crap...

    That's right, boys and girls, telemarketers are not only a nuisance, they also create deeply ingrained reflexes that can hamper your survival if you happen to be drunk, stranded and out of minutes at the same time...

    Did you hug a telemarketer today? Good! Keep hugging him until he chokes.

    -- SysKoll
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