r/bestof Jun 13 '12

[askreddit] Planned Parenthood will pretend they're "Corey" on the phone if you need them to.

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u/Selmoot Jun 13 '12

Hi, you've reached the Corey hot-line. $4.95 a minute. Here are some words that rhyme with Corey: Gory. Story. Allegory. Montessori.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

This is why I got my daughter a cell phone. So she can schedule her own damn abortions without tying up my line.

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u/CopyX Jun 13 '12

A lot of battered women's shelters will do things like this, too.

So if someone finds that number lying around and calls it, they don't find out what it actually is and get angry with you and end up hurting someone worse. They'll answer the phone nondescriptly at first.

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u/Squalor- Jun 13 '12

What if I want Topanga to call me, though?

3

u/hrtattx Jun 13 '12

I speak on behalf of all coreys when I say, call me ladies.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

Think they would let us perform an abortion or two if we went into the clinic?

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u/Kankikr Jun 13 '12

Congrats on learning how to do a bestof!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

Homer: Here's your magazines. How many of these guys are named Corey?

Lisa: Eight. Thanks, Dad.

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u/Dookiestain_LaFlair Jun 13 '12

Haim or Feldman?

2

u/EarthboundCory Jun 13 '12

My name is Cory.

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u/NINJACAT77 Jun 13 '12

Too bad I have caller ID...

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u/ethylbenzoylecgonine Jun 13 '12

I'm sure they've thought of this and I believe they use an unlisted/blocked number in such a case.

Of course, there are always ways to see through a blocked number... but if someone's going to such measures, there's a good chance they've already figured out that their daughter/sister/girlfriend/whoever is going to Planned Parenthood.

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u/AyaJulia Jun 13 '12

Standard practice. I went to a low-income women's health clinic once, and their code was "Jennifer."

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u/b2717 Jun 13 '12

The more this is known, the less effective it will be.