Ted Rall for July 12, 2015
Transcript:
A federal judge has awarded $229,500 to a Texas woman who got 153 robocalls from time Warner cable. (The calls were for someone else.) (Man 1: Maybe we could hire some... humans?) (Man 2: People have stupid ideas! Like yours! You're fired!) If you're unemployed or just broke, this could be your path to fiscal solvency! (Man 1: The one thing you can count on is that corporations are over-automated and make many errors... mistakes you can now montelize! First, sign up for every product, service and card you an think of. Second, give them lots of phone numbers, emails, and other contact information. Last, cancel the service, at least one of these idiots will call you- log 'em all! They're worth $1500 each!) This will revolutionize dinnertime. (Woman: Another $1500 call!! Waiter- bring the '99 lafie, posthaste!