How to stop getting DEX phone books delivered
"The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!"
-Steve Martin in The Jerk
Steve Martin was very excited to get the new phone book because his name in it meant he was somebody. But in 2007 when 10 pounds of dead tree show up on my front porch, I’m just annoyed. The phone company wants to deliver this to me because their advertising rates are based on the number of phone books they deliver. It doesn’t matter that there is zero chance I will even open the thing. I take it straight from my porch to the recycling bin. Like many things, the internet has made these objects obsolete for many of us. But the old business model tries to hang on anyway.
So I decided to do the planet a favor and help support the robolucion and try to get them to stop sending me these things. I called…
…which was printed on the front of the bag, and after navigating their phone tree managed to speak to somebody who was happy to take my name off their distribution list. I encourage you all to do the same. It was painless.
Leo is a professional geek who looks forward to the robots taking over. For more current, less coherent thoughts, follow him on twitter
The funny thing is, it seems the only thing Dex doesn't know is that he's obsolete
Im not only tired of receiving all these books but today I got a new one and its totally in Spanish. We do not speak spanish in this household.
I cannot agree more! I just threw my new book in the recycle bin yesterday after receiving it. Thank you for the number, I will be calling first thing in the morning.