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26 Minutes To Answer Simple Query

A long-time blurker called to object to the run-around she received when she called Waste Management to ask about the difference in cost for a bigger garbage can. She was bounced around to two different states and four transfers before getting the information 26 minutes later -- a few bucks. She was miffed that someone beyond the Coeur d'Alene area has the job of answering her question about such a routine matter when jobs are needed here -- not in Texas or Arizona, where she was transferred. "Every job we get here is precious," she told Huckleberries Online. Now, she wonders whether she'll save herself the convenience of paying for a bigger garbage can. She may simply continue to go to the Ramsey Road transfer station in protest. (PRNews photo/Tropicana)

Question: Have you tried to contact a company that operates locally but has phone contact in another state?



D.F. Oliveria
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.

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