Ever get the feeling there's a hidden agenda? [telecom]
From
Bill Horne@21:1/5 to
All on Thu Oct 14 01:20:02 2021
I was talking to the head of a local charitable group, who was
intrviewing my wife and I to see if we qualifiy for their help.
When I mentioned I was a retired telephone guy, she told me that an
elderly woman she knew, who still has a wired POTS line, is having a
lot of trouble with her phone line ringting without her being able to
answer it during wet weather, and she asked me if a flooded cable
would do that.
I told her that a flooded cable was much more likely to cause a
continuous busy signal, and she shifted instantly to saying that's
what they were getting: busy signals when someone tried to call this
person.
I offfered to give her a spare trimline phone, and she asked
repeatedly if that would cure the problem. I told her that it might,
and that there was no harm in trying. She changed the subject.
Would anyone care to tell me what she was really asking?
--
Bill Horne
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