[Fsf-friends] OFF-TOPIC] Will IT take away our freedom?

[V. Sasi Kumar]

Sorry for this off-topic mail. Just could not resist this.

This is a delightful takeoff on how IT could spoil our lives. Not just
funny, it talks of our freedom to ignore our health too!

A 40 year old middle class man wants to buy pizza, this mail shows what
he experienced.. 

Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your..."

Customer: "Hi, I'd like to order."

Operator: "May I have your NIDN first,  sir?"

Customer: "My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's
6102049998-45-54610."

Operator: "Thank you, Mr. Sheehan. I see you live at 1742 Meadowland
Drive, and the phone number's 494-2366. Your office number over at
Lincoln Insurance is 745-2302 and your cell number's 266-2566. Which
number are you calling from, sir?"

Customer: "Huh? I'm at home. Where d'ya  get all this information?"

Operator: "We're wired into the system,  sir."

Customer: (Sighs) "Oh, well, I'd like to  order a couple of your
All-Meat Special pizzas..."

Operator: "I don't think that's a good  idea, sir." 

Customer: "Whaddya mean?"

Operator: "Sir, your medical records indicate that you've got very high
blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol. Your National Health Care
provider won't allow such an unhealthy choice."

Customer: "Dang . What do you recommend, then?"

Operator: "You might try our low-fat  Soybean Yogurt Pizza. I'm sure
you'll like it."

Customer: "What makes you think I'd like  something like that?"

Operator: "Well, you checked out 'Gourmet  Soybean Recipes' from
your local  library last week, sir. That's why  I made the suggestion."

Customer: "All right, all right. Give me  two family-sized ones,
then.What's the damage?"

Operator: "That should be plenty for you, your wife and your
four kids, sir. The 'damage,' as you put it, heh,  heh, comes to
$49.99."

Customer: "Lemme give you my credit card  number."

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid  you'll have to pay in cash.
Your  credit card balance is over its  limit."

Customer: "I'll run over to the ATM and  get some cash before your
driver gets here."

Operator: "That won't work either, sir.  Your checking account's 
overdrawn."

Customer: "Never mind. Just send the  pizzas. I'll have the cash ready.
How long will it take?

Operator: "We're running a little behind,  sir. It'll be about 45
minutes,  sir. If you're in a hurry you might  want to pick 'em up while
you're out getting the cash, but carrying pizzas on  a motorcycle can be
a little awkward."

Customer: "How the heck do you know I'm  riding a bike?"

Operator: "It says here you're in arrears  on your car payments, so your
car got repo'ed. But your Harley's paid up,  so I just assumed that
you'd be using it."

Customer: "@#%/$@&?#!"

Operator: "I'd advise watching your language, sir. You've already got a
July 2006 conviction for cussing out a  cop."

Customer: (Speechless)

Operator: "Will there be anything else,  sir?"

Customer: "No, nothing. Oh, yeah, don't  forget the two free litres of
Coke your ad says I get with the  pizzas."

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but our ad's  exclusionary clause prevents
us from offering free soda to  diabetics."

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Will information technology really improves our life, or  will it take
our freedom of life from us. is it a good idea to give IT tremendous
influence on our lives.. Choice is yours and its your fundamental right,
choose wisely. 

-- 
V. Sasi Kumar <vsasi@hotpop.com>