The irony of consistency is that the closer you come to being consistent before you fail, the worse off you are. If the parent cracks easily, the child does not need to be a world-class yammerer in order to succeed. But if the parent does not crack easily, the child must learn to play hardball.
After you dial 1-800-COLLECT (1-800-265-5328), you will hear a âchimeâ followed by an automated. voice saying, âThank you for calling 1-800-COLLECT powered by NOS.â After entering the phone. number you are calling, you may hear a message that collect calls cannot be completed to the requested. number.
Before toll free numbers, people had to place collect calls through an operator. The number of collect calls being placed was increasing, and because this system was so labor intensive, AT&T rolled out the toll-free, 800 number in 1967. The first numbers worked only statewide.