On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts how her 19-year-old handled a phone survey: "Apparently a survey person called while we were out, but Alex took care of it. He told them he couldn't talk because he was playing X-Box live and 'people could die!' I want him to answer the phone from now on."
Question: How do you handle phone surveyors or solicitors who figure a way around your call-blocking?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts how her 19-year-old handled a phone survey: "Apparently a survey person called while we were out, but Alex took care of it. He told them he couldn't talk because he was playing X-Box live and 'people could die!' I want him to answer the phone from now on."
