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who is a little upset with the robo call from his child's school a wednesday aaron titus got the call at four thirty three in the morning telling him that school was delayed two hours due to winter weather being as he already knew about the delay since the school district had announced the information the night before so aaron decided to put a little robo revenge since the school board didn't care about him getting any sleep he returned the favor take a listen to what the school superintendent and nine the school board members are greeted with the next morning at four thirty am this is the prince george's county school district parent calling to thank you for the robocall yesterday at four thirty in the morning i decided to return the favor while i know the school district wanted to ensure i dropped my child off two hours late on a snow day i already knew that before i went to bed i hope this call demonstrates why a four thirty am call does more to annoy than to inform quit robel calling parents at four thirty in the morning or at least allow us to offer these intrusive kohls you know
who is a little upset with the robo call from his child's school a wednesday aaron titus got the call at four thirty three in the morning telling him that school was delayed two hours due to winter weather being as he already knew about the delay since the school district had announced the information the night before so aaron decided to put a little robo revenge since the school board didn't care about him getting any sleep he returned the favor take a listen to what the school superintendent...
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. >> reporter: but few of us would go to the lengths aaron titus did. >> i don't like robocalls.'t know anybody who does. >> reporter: when the phone rang at 4:30 in the morning on wednesday, he thought it was a family emergency. instead -- >> all prince george's county public schools will operate on a two-hour delay. >> reporter: it was his kid's school, talking about snow delays, something they announced the night before. >> 4:30 in the morning, not appropriate, under any circumstance. so, i was mainly upset with the timing. >> reporter: he got the message. got mad. and got even. at 4:30 the next morning, payback time. the school board got their own wake-up call at home. >> this is a prince george's county school district parent, calling to thank you for the robocall yesterday at 4:30 in the morning. i decided to return the favor. i hope this call demonstrates why a 4:30 a.m. call does more to annoy than to inform. >> reporter: his revenge was surprisingly easy. he found a free robocall company online. they're all over the internet. he punched in the phone numbers of every boar
. >> reporter: but few of us would go to the lengths aaron titus did. >> i don't like robocalls.'t know anybody who does. >> reporter: when the phone rang at 4:30 in the morning on wednesday, he thought it was a family emergency. instead -- >> all prince george's county public schools will operate on a two-hour delay. >> reporter: it was his kid's school, talking about snow delays, something they announced the night before. >> 4:30 in the morning, not...
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. >> aaron titus joins me now. >> aaron titus joins me now. good morning.ood morning. >> i don't want to get on your >> i don't want to get on your bad side, that's for sure. bad side, that's for sure. but what was it, look, nobody but what was it, look, nobody wants to get a phone call at wants to get a phone call at 4:30 in the morning, but what in 4:30 in the morning, but what in particular, just obviously, particular, just obviously, really ticked you off? really ticked you off? >> i think, i think the >> i think, i think the adrenaline rush and sitting in adrenaline rush and sitting in bed trying to go back to sleep bed trying to go back to sleep tended to fuel my creativity as tended to fuel my creativity as i was trying to figure out how i was trying to figure out how to best deal with the situation. to best deal with the situation. i figure i could throw myself i figure i could throw myself against the bure rockeracy of against the bure rockeracy of the school district and write a the school district and write a letter but this was more letter but t
. >> aaron titus joins me now. >> aaron titus joins me now. good morning.ood morning. >> i don't want to get on your >> i don't want to get on your bad side, that's for sure. bad side, that's for sure. but what was it, look, nobody but what was it, look, nobody wants to get a phone call at wants to get a phone call at 4:30 in the morning, but what in 4:30 in the morning, but what in particular, just obviously, particular, just obviously, really ticked you off? really...
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this morning is aaron titus, the father behind the revenge robo call.g to you. >> thanks for having me. >> take us back to the first you got from the school district. exactly what did i say. >> well, it told me that -- i went the bed the night before, found out there was going to be a school delay and at 4:30 in the morning got a call and jumped out of bed thinking, who died, then the second thought through my mind i've got to keep my kids asleep, i have five children, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one week old. trying to keep them asleep is top priority. i picked up the phone and it said you can sleep in for two hours and so i was a little perturbed. >> what made you decide to get back at them in the way you did? >> well, it seemed a rather logical response, you know, i figured they were following the 2k3w08den rule treating me the same way they would have me treat them. i could lodge an angry phone call or something but figured it would be a waste of time. so, you know, maybe a robo call wouldn't be that bad of an idea. >> how angry were you when you got up at 4:30
this morning is aaron titus, the father behind the revenge robo call.g to you. >> thanks for having me. >> take us back to the first you got from the school district. exactly what did i say. >> well, it told me that -- i went the bed the night before, found out there was going to be a school delay and at 4:30 in the morning got a call and jumped out of bed thinking, who died, then the second thought through my mind i've got to keep my kids asleep, i have five children, 5, 4,...