On 3/21/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
wrote:
I thought we were talking about a call from
someone who has just
experienced a personal tragedy. You offer them automated responses from
Big Brother to emphasize the insignificance of what they are feeling. I
would hardly want to live in a world that is so insensitive to the human
condition.
You already live in that world (try calling whatever your local
equiverlent of the inland revinue is. We are not the samaritans.
What does Inland Revenue have to do with it? Your attitude suggests
that you would be an excellent employee there.. In the past we have had
calls from people threatening suicide, and it sounds as if you support
treating them as though we were IR. That sounds bloody disgusting to me.
Ec