[LINK] Fwd: MR 53/07: ACMA removes prohibition on Sunday research calls [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Jan Whitaker]

At 01:16 PM 31/05/2007, Glen Turner wrote:

>I don't understand why you think these studies should be made
>even harder to conduct.  I'm much more inclined to praise ACMA
>for doing the right thing quickly once the problem became
>apparent.

These are obviously known people who most likely have consented, 
right? So why change the entire thing to impose on the population on 
Sundays? Are the other 6 days of the week enough? Frankly, this 
change is silly.

I can't wait until someone calls me after tomorrow. The challenge is 
going to be getting the identification in an intelligible manner so I 
can file the complaint. The call I had this afternoon was by someone 
from a mobile phone company whose accent was so strongly Chinese I 
couldn't understand a word she said except 'how are you today' and 
'mobile phone'. I hung up.

I heard a funny strategy on talk back this morning. Cuss up a storm, 
then apologize with the excuse you have tourette's syndrome. That is 
of course if the caller hasn't hung up on you first.

Jan

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