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A lawsuit? Nah.I am an offshore operative which means that
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Greenlight. Good to go!
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The receptionist happily transferred me to the company’s VP for Media Relations and Carrier Alliances; usually C-level executives and VP’s let their voicemail pick up and just call you back but I was surprised when a woman picked up the phone. Strange, and it’s thanksgiving weekend too.“Hi Brad. This is XXXXX, XXXX, I’m the VP for Media Relations for XXXXXX, How may I help you today?”I was surprised.She knew my “first name”; the receptionist probably called her beforehand to inform her of what I am calling in regards to.“Hi XXXXX! As you may have already gathered, my name is Brad Beausoleil and I’m a Radio Telecommunications student from MIT, how are you doing?”I said with instinctive liveliness.
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“Never been better! I was wondering if you could help me out ma’am.I’m actually doing my undergrad thesis and it’s regarding XXX XXXX service levels and pricing.I have heard and KNOW from my research that your company is the best in the industry and I was hoping you’d talk to me about it.”
“I’d be more than willing to—IF YOU TRADE INFORMATION WITH ME.”
Her words cut into my gut like a thousand pieces of broken glass.TRADE INFORMATION WITH HER? What the fuck? What does she mean?This is sort of those movie moments when the evil villain dressed in colorful leotards and shoulder pads sees past the hero’s disguise and sends him off to be eaten by rabid mutant worms or what not.Did she read her caller ID information and traced it back to our office? Impossible! We’re using a DID number from the eastside and all voice traffic within our network is IP based and gets routed here in the Philippines. She couldn’t have! I’m abso-fucking-lutely doomed.
“um sure! I’m intrigued actually, what kind of information do you need from me?” I replied nervously.
“Well what you are asking of me Mr. Beausoleil is considered sensitive information in our industry and I’m sure you know that but I’m willing to give you SOME information if you talk to my son about MIT.My Son’s a really good kid you see, we’ve already visited Stanford last week but he really wanted to get into MIT. Is it true that the neighborhood’s iffy there in that part of Massachusetts? Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Um excuse me, Ma’am I need to call you back–*click*”
I’m not as badass as I thought I’d be afterall.I had this mental image of a NAVY Seal team leader fumbling over his radio “Murphy! Murphy! Too many civilians, aborting mission.”
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