From: Danny Sichel <eds7466@UMoncton.CA>
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [news.admin.net-abuse.email] Re: OT: Canceling AOL subscription
Date: 27 Dec 1999 12:00:08 +0100

Subject: Re: OT: Canceling AOL subscription
From: nohbody@radparker.com (Nohbody)
Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.email

"Gloria" <NO.Spam.Today@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Mike Paulsen <uwantfries@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:19991102112044.11282.00001701@ng-fi1.aol.com...
> > keyword: cancel
>
> Which will tell you to call an 800 number where they will make you state
> your reason for cancellation, tell you that your reason isn't really valid,
> and ultimately offer you a free month if only you will stay.

<TrueStory>
A friend of mine, whom I was visiting at the time, wanted to cancel
his AOL account because he wasn't pleased with the service.  While not
privy to the phone support person's side of the conversation, after a
few minutes of what was presumably the activity mentioned by Gloria,
he said, and I quote: "Look, I don't care what the hell you think of
my reasoning, or what you offer to make me change my mind.  All I
want, now, is to take your goddamn piece of shit service and shove it
so far up Steve Case's ass that he can feel the electrons tickling his
tonsils."

After a minute or so of silence on his part, "Thank you.  Have a nice
day" was all he said before hanging up the phone.
</TrueStory>

For the record, the above was almost three years ago.