European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Page it dear Ann Landers the other Day i was wallpapering my bedroom while my children were napping. The phone rang and when i answered to an Overly Friendly voice said. I this to Chris from Central publishing. How am you today i was annoyed and replied it sounds like you re Selling some  she replied  i promptly Hung up miffed that i had been interrupted by another nuisance Call. She phoned Back. When said hello she shouted you know you re a rude a and Hung up who s rude of i were walking Down the Street and someone was handing out handbills. I would t Lake one. If thai woman came to my door Selling magazines would shut the door in her face. What right has a company to Call me in my Home and Force its Sale Pilch on me maybe if enough people Hung up More often we would put an end to these nuisance Calls. Junk mail i bad enough but at least you can throw it out without opening it. Would you say i was rude i d like an honest opinion. A. In the East Deard you weren t rude. The solicitor was. Granted Many Telephone nil Killars have Small children mid Mut work from heir Homes. But they Art trained to be pests and will keep talking is Long As you let them. This problem is going to get worse mate it get better. Now heaven help a. We hire computers calling some folks May tits the As High tech sophistication. I Call it another electronic Short Cut to the loony bin. Dear Ann Landers i am writing in regard to a steady Reader in Waterford  whose wife was killed because of his Drunken driving. I would like to Tell you about another woman who had a. Nervous breakdown because of the same prob Lem. It happened when he did t come Home after work until 1 a to. When a got upstairs to their bedroom she could see he was cockeyed drunk. The next morning he was pulling put of the garage on to the driveway to go to work. His wife ran to the door to give him his lunch which he had forgotten. She went As tar As the porch and fainted. Her husband got out of the car to see what was the matter. He saw an eight year old girl imbedded in the Grill of his car. He reported himself to the police said he had a Complete blackout did l remember hitting anything. He was charged with , and a few other things that will keep him in prison for quite some Lime. Maybe others who drink and drive May decide it s not Worth the risk after Reading this letter. Still horrified in Portland dear Portland Wal � grisly Story Bone chilling to say the least. I Hope it nukes an Impact on Drivers who Chance a few and dirt think la will make any difference. Learann you were right on about selecting Able bodied friends to serve As pallbearers. Will you respond to another question on the same subject Why no women pallbearers i be read obits regularly since journalism school and have never seen a woman listed As a pallbearer. Females have won equal Lime on other assignments and i d like to appoint a couple of female friends to help with my own. Any Rule against 117 . In Austin a ctr pc women have served u pall Beann. There is no Prohl Mtima against  can serve honorary pallbearers a by Don t want to left. Or they May use wheeled Ert Wmk the casket letters cafes spokesman replies to criticism master sgt. Bruce Zielsdorff response to a letter writer s suggestions about cafes pricing policies inspired us to write this letter we have Long suspected that cafes primary mis Sion was not to provide service to the  Many times we have been told that an item we considered essential was discontinued because the demand was Loo  in other words there was no profit. Especially Here in Europe the service member is left to his own devices to get these items. The Cost also increases. It teems that Yean ago cafes Mission was to provide service to the military Community and As the writer suggested this service goes a Long Way inward satisfying the morale and welfare needs of the Mem Bers. How splendidly does Zielsdorf proclaim the cur rent cafes policy our Mission is to generate earn Ings for the army s and air Force s morale welfare and recreation mar  now that we see in Black and while that our suspicions were Correct and  cafes is in business to make Money we have a few suggestions other read ers will probably have More that would mean even bigger Bucks. 1. Change the name of army and air Force Exchange service to army and air Force Exchange profit  2. Charge an admission Price to the Exchange facilities. We suggest a Dollar per head per visit. Dou ble the Price for retirees. Here in Europe the retire scan be told after paying the non refundable fee that the sofa agreements prohibit them from using the Exchange. Think of the  3. Step up the efforts to eliminate All Low demand items. In fart eliminate entire departments this will provide More space for fast food franchises which As Zielsdorf makes Clear Are immensely prof Itable. 4. Promote Zilsdorf to head All Public relations put out by Safe to because his healed defense of the profit motive almost convinced us that it really was in our Busl interests to empty our wallets in the name of the mar funds. Paul and Manila dough shape Belgium editor s note Muster sgt. Bruce e. Zielsdorf customer relations specialist. Public affairs office he cafes Europe replies it s gelling a lot More expensive to live the life of a i cat while Overall consumer prices Rose 31 percent in the last five years the Cost of Many luxury items jumped at a much faster Rale. 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