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FILENAME:	2139_1018_1101
TOPIC#:		336
DATE:		910312
TRANSCRIBER:	GLP
UTT_CODER:	stm
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:	Very good tape but had some faint background voices on 
Caller B

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay <laughter>. /  

x          B.2 utt1:  <Talking> <laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

qh          A.3 utt1:  Where to start. /  

+@         B.4 utt1:  {D Well, } I think, {F uh, } - / *[[slash error should be '%']]
sd          B.4 utt2: I haven't had that much,  of course  /
%          B.4 utt3: I just heard,  /
sd          B.4 utt4: {C but } I haven't had that much time to think about it, either.  <breathing>  /
sv          B.4 utt5: I guess the, {F uh, } biggest thing I [ f-, + find ] is the financial --   

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- aspects, {F uh, }  particularly, the ability of people to access, {D you know, } your financial records  or, for example your credit, {F uh, } rating --   

b          A.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.8 utt1:  -- almost at will. /  

aa          A.9 utt1:  That's true.  /
sd          A.9 utt2: I didn't think about that. /  

%          B.10 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } <breathing> of course  (( flying )) , {F uh, } - /
sv          B.10 utt2: using your Social Security number, of course, permits people to do that -- /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  -- {C and } almost anything you do now, a Social Security number is required. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.14 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } of course there's another aspect of this, too, {F uh, }   in terms of invasion of privacy  /
sd          B.14 utt2: I just thought about it,  /
sv          B.14 utt3: being a professional  [ and, + ] of course, you probably belong to <breathing> one or more professional organizations,  /
%          B.14 utt4: {C and } that is  that - /
sv          B.14 utt5: some of the organizations sell their mailing lists --   

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  -- which I think [ is a, + is an ] invasion of privacy. /  

aa          A.17 utt1:  I agree <laughter>. /  

x@         B.18 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

aa          A.19 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd          A.19 utt2: I get some of these things in the mail that I wonder, where in the world did they get my address or where did they get my name <laughter>. /  

+@         B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /   *[[slash error should be 'b']]

sd          A.21 utt1:  {C And } in fact,  some of these things  I get, some of these questionnaires, - /
sd          A.21 utt2: it's funny because [ I'm, + I was ] in the process of filling one out when I decided I would make this phone call,  /
sd          A.21 utt3: {C but } <breathing>, {F uh, } I haven't got to the end of it yet where it asks all that salary information and everything,  /
sd          A.21 utt4: {C but, }  when you have to send that back in the mail with your name on it, your salary information, [ I, + I ] just have a real hard time doing that, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.21 utt5: {C and } they ask you what type of household items do you own, like stereos and T V -s and V C R -s  /
sd          A.21 utt6: [ {C and, } +  {C and } ] you hate to send something off with your name and address  /
sd          A.21 utt7: {C and } what types of things do you own  /
sd          A.21 utt8: {C and } what kind of money do you make  /
sd          A.21 utt9: {C and } you wonder, {D well, } who's going to get ahold of this  and think, {F um, } that's a nice place to go rob <laughter>. /  

sv          B.22 utt1:  {C And } not only that, [ it, + it ] opens you to <<pause>> <ringing> phone solicitations -- /  

aa          A.23 utt1:  Right. /  

sd@          B.24 utt1:  -- {C and } [ I, + I've ] noticed more and more I would say over the last six months -- /  *[[slash error--one utt with b.26]]

b          A.25 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd@          B.26 utt1:  -- I am getting more at home phone solicitations --    

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- for a variety of things from, -/  

sd          A.29 utt1:  I got one tonight about six thirty when I sat down to eat dinner,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: carpet cleaning <laughter>. -/  

sd          B.30 utt1:  I've had them for carpet cleaning,  /
sd          B.30 utt2: I've had them [ for,  +  of course, for, ] {D you know, } real estate investments -- /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  -- {D you know, } you get, {F uh, } please send in [  your, +  {F uh, } {D you know, } this ] particular card  and you get, {F uh, } a free trip or something along those lines. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.34 utt1:  {C And so, } [ that, + {F uh, } that ] bothers me because [ I, + of course, I ] enjoy being at home  and I do not enjoy getting called by strangers --    

b          A.35 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- {F uh, } particularly [ solicit-, + {D you know, } soliciting. ]  /
%          B.36 utt2:  {C So, } [ g-, + ] having your, - /
sd          B.36 utt3:  {C and } I know that a lot of these, of course, are random phone calls -- /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  -- they just, {D you know, } start going through the phone book or going through a series of numbers,  /
sd          B.38 utt2: {C but } some of them are sold,  /
%          B.38 utt3: {C and } I know you - /
%          B.38 utt4: talking about mailing lists,  the <breathing>, - /
%          B.38 utt5: I, - /
sd          B.38 utt6: there is one particular group to which I belong  /
%          B.38 utt7: {C and } for some, - /
sd          B.38 utt8: the reason they have three different <talking> names --   

b          A.39 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- for me. - /
sd          B.40 utt2: {D Now } the address is the same --    

b          A.41 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- {D you know, } [ my, + my ] office address   <breathing>.  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {C But } they have one under, {D you know, } my first name, James.  /
sd          B.42 utt3:  They have one under my first name  and  [ initial + --   

b          A.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.44 utt1:  -- middle initial, ]  /
sd          B.44 utt2: then they have [ a, + a ] third one under [ my, + just my ] two initials. /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.46 utt1: [ {C And } + <laughter>, {C and } ] I get mail --   

b          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.48 utt1:  -- here at home under each of those names. /  

ba          A.49 utt1:  {F Oh, } no <laughter>. /  

sd         B.50 utt1:  {C So } I know that they have sold their mailing list. /  

b         A.51 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } <breathing> I think those two things bother me more than anything else --    

b          A.53 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- as far as an invasion of privacy.  /
sd          B.54 utt2:  {C And, }  {F uh, } I can't really think of anything else offhand, that, {F uh, } -/  

sv          A.55 utt1:  I think I dislike the phone number part the worst.  /
sd          A.55 utt2:  {E I mean, } [ it's, + it's ] one thing to get junk mail because [ you can, + you can ] just put it right in the trash,  /
sv          A.55 utt3: {C but } it's the phone calls,  /
sd          A.55 utt4: {C and, } {D you know, } usually when they call you, it's going to be [ when you s-, + right when you sit ] down to dinner because [ they know, + they pretty much know ] that you're at work all day  /
sd          A.55 utt5: {C and } they call you right [ when, + when ] you've just gotten home from work.  /
sv          A.55 utt6: The last thing you want is a phone call <laughter> unless it's, {D you know, } something halfway enjoyable,  /
sd          A.55 utt7: {C but } if  it's a salesperson, it's just something you don't want to have to mess with.  /
sd          A.55 utt8: [ {C And, } +  {C and }  ] I've gotten a lot of them lately,  /
%          A.55 utt9: {C or } I'll, - /
sd          A.55 utt10: sometimes I come home from work  /
sd          A.55 utt11: {C and } there's  a lot of hang ups on my answering machine  /
sd          A.55 utt12: {C and } I'm just assuming it's probably a salesman that called during the day  /
sd          A.55 utt13: {C and, } <breathing> I wasn't home,  /
sd          A.55 utt14: {C and } they'll probably call me up  and, {D you know, } call me back  and bother me when I sit down to dinner later on,  /
sd          A.55 utt15: {C but } --   

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- I find that very annoying <breathing>.   The, {F uh, } mail stuff,  /
%          A.57 utt2: yeah,  {D you know, }  /
sv          A.57 utt3: it's kind of irritating,  /
sv          A.57 utt4: {C but } it's not nearly as obnoxious as the phone calls. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  [  I think, + I think ] you mentioning the phone calls during dinner, /  

x@         A.59 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

sd          B.60 utt1:  I know when I sit down with the family and want to have the opportunity, [ you know, + ] to talk --   

+@         A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /   *[[slash error should be 'b']]

+          B.62 utt1:  -- and see what's going on and all those things,  /
sd          B.62 utt2: even if friends call <laughter> --   

b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.64 utt1:  -- it irritates me. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.66 utt1:  {C So } I try to, - /
sd          B.66 utt2: I actually during that period of time  [ from, + {D you know, } usually from  ] six o'clock or six thirty, whenever I get home, until eight or so, I will shut off the phone --  /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.68 utt1:  -- {C and, }  {F uh, } my daughter gets irate <laughter>,    

b          A.69 utt1: Uh-huh. /  

+          B.70 utt1: [ when I, + when I ] do that because, {D you know, } she's a teenager -- /  

ba          A.71 utt1:  {F Uh, } oh. /  

%          B.72 utt1:  -- {C so } she'll, {D you know, } - /
^q@          B.72 utt2: why are you cutting off the phone,    *[[slash error]]

x@        A.73 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

+          B.74 utt1:  I might get an important phone call,  /
sd          B.74 utt2: [ {C but, } +   

+@         A.75 utt1:  Right. /   *[[slash error]]

+          B.76 utt1:  {C So } ]  [ tho-, +  I guess those  ] three things are the, {F uh, } {F uh, } most irritating to me. /  

b          A.77 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
aa          A.77 utt2: I agree with the phone, too, in that, I'm single,  /
sd          A.77 utt3: {C but } when I come home from work, there's times I need to pay bills,  /
sd          A.77 utt4: I need to balance my checking account,  /
sd          A.77 utt5: I need to do all kinds of different things like that,  /
sd          A.77 utt6: {C and } even though it's friends calling, sometimes you just feel like, this is my quiet time,  /
sd          A.77 utt7: I need to get things done  /
sd          A.77 utt8: {C and } the phone ringing bothers me,  /
sd          A.77 utt9: {C but } [ that's, + that's ] where answering machines are nice, because if it's really important they'll leave a message  /
sd          A.77 utt10: {C and } I can call them back <laughter>. /  

aa          B.78 utt1:  That's right. /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } at work I have so many phone calls from customers calling in,  /
sd          A.79 utt2: sometimes [ it is just, + I just want ] to get away from the phone ringing because [ it, + it ] really does annoy me.  /
sd          A.79 utt3:  {C And, }  {F uh, } if I've had a lot of phone calls during the day [ when + occasionally when ] we have, {F uh, } - /
%          A.79 utt4: {D like } this past week, - /
sd          A.79 utt5: we have to do a lot of troubleshooting when the programmers have installed a new system,  /
sd          A.79 utt6: {C and, }  {F uh, } phone rings like crazy  /
sd          A.79 utt7: {C and } you come home  /
sv          A.79 utt8: {C and } the last thing you want to do is have to answer the phone.  /
sv          A.79 utt9:  {C And } if it's some salesman, that just makes it even that much worse.  /
%          A.79 utt10: {C And, }  {F uh, } it just, - /
sd          A.79 utt11: I get to where [ I, + I ] turn the answering machine on and just let it pick up the phone,  /
sd          A.79 utt12: {C but } now with this thing I'm participating in, I kind of have to answer it, <laughter> because you never know if it's the switchboard or if it's, {F uh, } {D you know, } somebody calling that you really don't want to talk on the phone. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  {D Well } [ I have, + now we have ] a, {D you know, } voice mail system [ at, + {F uh, } at ] the office. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  {D Now } what I have done is, I have forwarded my home phone --    

b          A.83 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.84 utt1:  -- to the answering service at the office  --   

b          A.85 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.86 utt1:  -- so that I do not have to have [ a, + {F uh } --    

^2          A.87 utt1:  A ring at all. /  

+         B.88 utt1:  -- a ] ring at all.    

b         A.89 utt1:  {F Oh, } {F huh. }  /
ba          A.89 utt2: That's an idea <laughter>. /  

+          B.90 utt1:  [ If I, + if I ] want to do that. /  

b          A.91 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.92 utt1: [ {C And, } +  {F uh, } {C or } ] I will just let the phone ring three or four times and know that it will forward [ to, + {F uh, } to ] the office. /  

b          A.93 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  {C And so } [ it's, + {D you know, } it ] makes it convenient.  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C But } at the office when I, {D you know, } - /
sd          B.94 utt3: [ we  can, + {F uh, } on our system,  and I imagine on most systems <breathing> you can  ] just route it directly to the answering service. /  

aa          A.95 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.95 utt2:  Ours is that way, too. /  

sd          B.96 utt1:  {C And } [ when I, + when I ] want to be, {D you know, } not bothered during the day, that's exactly what I do. /  

b          A.97 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.98 utt1:  {C And so, } {F uh, } -/  

sv          A.99 utt1:  {D Well, } yours is probably the same as ours.  /
sd          A.99 utt2:  It's, {F uh, }  (( Tigon ))  /
qy          A.99 utt3: , isn't (( Tigon )) , {F uh, } part of G T E or vice versa or something like that. /  

%          B.100 utt1:  {F Uh. } /  

%          A.101 utt1:  Seems I read, -/  

ny          B.102 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.102 utt2: {D well }  (( Tigon ))  is part of G T E. /  

bk          A.103 utt1: Okay. /  

x@         B.104 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

bk          A.105 utt1:   Okay  /
sd          A.105 utt2: that's it,  /
sd          A.105 utt3: that G T E had purchased  (( Tigon ))  /
%          A.105 utt4: {C and, } -/  

+@         B.106 utt1:  Uh-huh. /   *[[slash error]]

b          A.107 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.107 utt2: that's what we have. /  

sd          B.108 utt1:  Except we call it Aspen. /  

qy          A.109 utt1:  Aspen? /  

ny          B.110 utt1:  Yes. /  

b          A.111 utt1:  {F Huh } <laughter>. /  

%          B.112 utt1:  <Laughter> {C And, }  {F uh, } we, -/  

sd          A.113 utt1:  I couldn't remember in  (( Tigon ))  had purchased G T E -s phone mail services  or if G T E had purchased  (( Tigon ))  .  /
sd          A.113 utt2: I knew there was some type of a tie in there.  /
sd          A.113 utt3: I remember reading in the paper a few months back  /
%          A.113 utt4: {C but, } -/  

b          B.114 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.114 utt2: G T E purchased  (( Tigon )) . /  

bk          A.115 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          B.116 utt1:  {C And so, } we [ had, +  had ] been using [ a, + the ] Aspen service before they purchased (( Tigon ))  -- /  

b          A.117 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.118 utt1:  -- {C so } I imagine we will be, {F uh, } shifting over to that service --   

b          A.119 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.120 utt1:  -- {F uh, } [ for a while, + {E or } [ if, + ] in a while  ] <breathing>.    

b          A.121 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.122 utt1:  As soon as we determine what we're going to do with Contel after we bought Contel <laughter>. /  

ba          A.123 utt1:  {F Oh, } no. /  

aa          @@B.124 utt1:  <Breathing> Yeah.  /
sv^t          @@B.124 utt2: {F Oh, } Dana, I think we have probably conversed long enough. /  

sv^t          A.125 utt1:  I think we did, /  

%          B.126 utt1:  {D Well, } -/  

sv          A.127 utt1:  that's good <laughter>. /  

aa          B.128 utt1:  All right. /  

sv^t          A.129 utt1:  I didn't think we could go too far on this privacy thing,  /
sv          A.129 utt2: {C but, }  {F uh, }   

x@         B.130 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

+          A.131 utt1:  I guess it's close enough <laughter>. /  

+@          B.132 utt1:  All right,  / *[[slash error should be 'aa']]
fc          B.132 utt2: {D well } thank you for calling.  /
fc          B.132 utt3:   [ I ha-, + [ I, +   

fc          A.133 utt1:  Sure, good talking to you, Jim. /  

+          B.134 utt1:  I ] enjoyed ] talking to you. /  

fc          A.135 utt1:  All right.  /
fc          A.135 utt2:  Bye-bye. /  

fc          B.136 utt1:  Take care. / 
