SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
from the fighting-the-most-hated-industry dept.
An Anonymous Coward writes:
The Guardian gives us an article about one woman fighting back against the ever more invasive robocall.
Many people dislike receiving robocalls. Araceli King disliked receiving 153 of them from a single company.
Time Warner Cable Inc must pay the insurance claims specialist $229,500 for placing 153 automated calls meant for someone else to her cellphone in less than a year, even after she told it to stop, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
King, of Irving, Texas, accused Time Warner Cable of harassing her by leaving messages for Luiz Perez, who once held her cellphone number, even after she made clear who she was in a seven-minute discussion with a company representative.
The calls were made through an "interactive voice response" system meant for customers who were late paying bills.
The article doesn't say if Luiz Perez paid his bill yet.
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday July 08 2015, @07:31PM
I'm sure Luiz Perez will appreciate that now the whole world knows that he didn't pay his bill. </sarcasm>
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2015, @08:17PM
"Are you that Luiz Perez guy who didn't pay his bill?"
"No. It's just a coincidence."
"Because honestly I can't imagine how we can justify keeping you on, if you don't pay your bills."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2015, @11:27PM
On the other hand, anyone who can get Time-Warner to pay out $229,500 to any of their "customers" should be a greater folk hero than Robin Hood or DB Cooper!
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday July 09 2015, @01:46PM
There are companies that do credit checks as a part of an interview process.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh