Comment Some are actually welcome (Score 1) 228
CVS uses a robo call to alert customers when a prescription is ready, if they don't go and pick it up within a few days of when they asked for it to be ready. I find this service to be helpful, and don't have a problem with an automated call handling it. I actually prefer it... it feels less judgmental than the local pharma-assistant calling, complaining that they have too many filled scripts on their shelves.
In another matter... should I include the calls from my alma mater's (UMass Lowell) alumni association? They employ students (not necessarily UML students) to call over and over and over and over and over and over and over.* I suspect these kids are mere robots, if not in actual flesh vs. inanimate material, then at least in terms of autonomic function.
Any ideas on how to stop this would be welcome, especially if from another UML alum. Yeah, I've tried all the usual means, just shy of tactical thermonuclear weapons.