On Nov 15, 4:47 pm, Steve Sobol <sjso...@JustThe.net> wrote:
> On 2008-11-15, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
>
> > Steve Sobol <sjso...@JustThe.net> wrote in
> >news:slrnghuas2.64o.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.ne t:
>
> >> They wouldn't. Why would you want to force people to listen to ringing
> >> for 60 seconds?
>
> > I might be on the crapper. It takes me longer than 60 seconds to do a good
> > "wipe" before I can run out to find the phone on the charger and get it
> > open to answer it.
>
> > (That's just one of many reasons I can think of......but a good one.)
>
> I understand that, but I sure as hell am not going to wait for 60 seconds
> and I know plenty of other people who will give you maybe five or six rings
> and then hang up.
>
> It's not about convenience for you, it's about not irritating your callers.
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA
> It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

Oh, Steve but that's what it is! How else can you explain the "Caller
Tunes" service which aims to annoy people who don't have the same
taste as you do to be vexed anytime they call you.