May 19 2002
Give & take
It’s raining. RAINING!! And it’s MAY. I don’t remember it raining here in May since the bad old El Nino year when it started in September and went all the way through May, including every single day in February. Normally, it only rains here in the winter, so you can pack away your umbrella in March or so and not expect to see it again until November. So this rain is unexpected and unwelcome, like the call I just got from AT&T:
Them: Good evening, is your mother or father home?
What I think: It’s 10:30 in the morning here. Where are you calling from, Russia? I haven’t lived with my parents for over 20 years, my father’s dead and my mother lives 500 miles away, so you really aren’t going to have a meaningful conversation with either of them by calling this number.
What I say (forbiddingly): Who are you calling?
Them: Mrs. Susan Peakall.
Me (even more forbiddingly): This is Susan.
Them: Good evening (!) this is AT&T…
Needless to say, the conversation ended suddenly after that. But I still wonder: do I sound like I’m 10 years old? Where is it evening now? Why can people like this call you on a Sunday and annoy you, and you can never call them back and annoy them? Phones, though they can be convenient at times, are mostly deeply annoying.
Of course, this does not apply to talking to Candi for an hour this morning. She’s one of the few people I’m always glad to talk to. I’m so happy that she and Brian liked the book Amber put together. She thought of the whole idea and got everyone to participate. She even got my brother to send something, and I’d love to know how she did that! Anyway, great idea and beautifully done, and no-one deserves it more than Candi, who gives so much more than she gets.
3 Responses to “Give & take”
ha, i got a sales call one time that was a bit like that.
telemarketer: hello! how are you doing this evening?
me: i’m fine…
t: i was calling about visa.. *ramble*
me: i’m only 14, and my parents aren’t available.
t: *long pause* are you sure?
me: (thinking: what the hell? do i say these things for no particular reason..?) yes.
t: you’re only 14.
me: what do you think?
t: *hangs up*
these guys are so.. so.. stupid! and my friend flushes the toilet whenever she gets a sales call. you should try that sometime and see what happens!
Oh I hate them more than anything. I always just hang up on them mid-script. I used to say “No, thank you” and then hang up, but they always say, “Can I ask you who you’re using now….?”
So now I just hang up. LOL It’s incredibly rude, but so are they for calling me in the first place.
i hang up too. my roommate and i get the same telemarketers calling (i don’t know why, my name shouldn’t even be LISTED with my school number, since i don’t pay for the phone and never use it) after they call for me, they call again for her, which is when she hands the phone to me, and i say something to the effect of “don’t ever call this number again, i already told you we don’t want any of your crap, and i don’t want you fucking bothering me anymore.” *click*
i wish i had a nice regular phone. it’s so hard to SLAM a cordless phone…