>From:    Dick Bossart <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Attention Mass. Shelters
>For the second time in a week, we received a call said to be from the
>Dartmouth Museum of Science ... The caller's comments were: "Well, I
>thought I could talk you into giving us a ferret, but I guess not.
><click>."
 
A rude hanger-upper can benefit from a real waker-upper: Call them right
back!  Look up the number in the phone book real quick, call back, and boy,
will they be shocked.
 
Then, in honeyed tones, while they're still off-balance, say, "Oh, hello
there!  This is (so-and-so)!  It seems we were disconnected somehow!" and
proceed to deliver (sweetly) the message of your choice.
 
Don't be afraid to try it; they're always humble and submissive. Weird, eh?
Shows what tough stuff bullies are really made of.
 
Cheers to all,
Vesna
 
Ferris and Beulah say hi!
[Posted in FML issue 1761]