Thanks to
the Internet, finding the number for Synchro Systems main offices was
pretty easy. Speaking to a real person, however, was a much more
difficult task.
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With the federal
investigation and all of the recent media attention, the company had
apparently shut down completely. I knew that massive lay-offs of
employees had occurred and didn't rule out the possibility that one or
more of the individuals currently without a job were responsible for
feeding me the information that I sought. Revenge was a motive that
would explain a lot towards why anyone would assist me in my search;
although I didn't really have that much to gain from anything that I
discovered about Synchro, it was still conceivable that people might be
attempting to strike a blow back at their former employers in any way
possible. I was okay with
being used like that.
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Automated phone systems
were waiting for me on every number that I dialed. On most of the
systems, I ended up looping back to a previous menu and hanging up after
exhausting all of the possible choices and options. In the main office
directory, I randomly started dialing extension numbers, hoping to ring
through to a telephone with a real person at the other end.