Luke, customer service rep from AT&T

The following is an abbreviated, paraphrased conversation between myself and Luke.

LUKE: --uke,how may I help you today?

ME: Was it Luke?

L: Yes.

M: Hi Luke. I got an offer for your service, at promotional prices. I would like to know if you can make those promotional prices permanent. It doesn't make sense for me to switch providers and pay the same six months from now.

L: I cannot personally offer that, and those are AT&T guidelines--

M: Are these guidelines rules from like the FCC?

L: No.

M: Then they can be changed. If you cannot do it, I would like to speak to someone who can.

L: Unfortunately no supervisors that could authorize that are currently here, could I have your telephone number so that a supervisor can call you back?

M: (I give him my phone number and full name)

L: Thank you for calling AT&T. We value you as a customer.

M: Thank you for your customer service.

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Either Luke is a lying bastard, and needed to get me off the line as soon as possible, or I am going to get a call before five o'clock.