Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Be careful the next time a telemarker calls

This article from St. Louis is a sign of the times.

Phone rage leads to arrest here for Ohio man
Charles Papenfus, arrested for making threats to a telemarketer selling extended auto warrenties.
Charles Papenfus, arrested for making threats to a telemarketer selling extended auto warrenties.
By ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

An Ohio man, fed up with deceptive junk mail, made the mistake of losing his temper while on the phone with a St. Louis company pitching an extended auto-service contract. Now he finds himself behind bars, where he is charged with making a terrorist threat.

Christopher Thetford, a spokesman for the BBB in St. Louis, said he isn't surprised to hear of a consumer threatening a service-contract broker.

"While it's not something we condone, it is something we can understand," Thetford said. "Oftentimes, consumers feel pushed and pushed. ... It's a frustration we hear from consumers every day when they talk about the extended-service contract industry."

Among the Comments were these gems:

Deze1 July 20, 2009 10:37PM CST
And stupid Americans will continue to believe that the Patriot act was put into place for our protection against Islamic extremists.

icantthinkofone July 20, 2009 10:58PM CST
Sounds like they arrested the wrong side in all this. The real terrorist was the original caller.

via Drudge Report

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