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Old 11-15-2005, 06:23 AM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

I had someone call my cell phone using this service once. He got the operator to recite to me the lyrics of "Ice Ice Baby."
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:02 AM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

How can they do this all for free? Is the government paying for this under the pretense it is helping diabled people?
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:10 AM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

I have a short funny (hopefully) story about relay calls.

Many years ago I was at a dominos and a relay call came in. I was getting frustrated at the difficulty and time it was taking. At one point I said out loud something like 'This sucks. I wish he would buy pizzas somewhere else". The operator said she'd let that go, but after that she'd have to relay everything I said. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:55 PM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

It's a service for Deaf people. People who abuse it are douches.
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Old 11-15-2005, 09:09 PM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

In addition to being used by the disabled and those who are making prank calls, relays are often used in fraud. Not sure of the exact angle, but the same guys with the Nigerian email scams use the relay system - that may explain the father-in-law info.
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Old 11-15-2005, 09:35 PM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

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People who abuse it are douches.

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My ex-girlfriend and her deaf friend used to [censored] around with it all the time. She would call me and make the operator say "I wanna [censored] you so bad" and [censored] like that. It disgusted me. She is a douche.
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Old 11-15-2005, 11:43 PM
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It's a service for Deaf people. People who abuse it are douches.

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Agreed.

And who pays for it? everyone with a phone, its listed on my bill at least <$1.00
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Old 11-16-2005, 12:02 AM
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Default Re: \"This is a relay call.\" What the [censored]\'s a relay call?

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I have no idea with this particular call, but a legitimate reason for such a call could be for a person who is unable to speak.

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Or unable to hear, which is why I use it - I don't really care for it because people don't like it, but I can't hear well enough to use regular phones.

Unfortunately you do get some idiots who abuse it, and other idiots who think people with disabilities are somehow subhuman. (We seem to have some of both in this thread)
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Old 11-16-2005, 01:43 AM
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its listed on my bill at least <$1.00

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this provides us with no information at all
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