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Years ago, when caller ID was becoming commonplace, a company (I think it was American Express) started answering customer calls by name--- "Hello Mr. Jones, how can we help you."

This proved to be very unpopular with customers and they stopped doing it... they probably still use the caller ID but don't let you know that they are.



It probably also annoyed Mrs. Jones when she made calls using the Jones' shared line which was in Mr. Jones' name.




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