Time: 9:35AM
Place: Living Room
Situation: Drinking coffee, enjoying solitude, watching a documentary on modern pirates
--phone rings--
Me: Hello?
Him: Is Michele there?
Me: (mental categorizing of possibilities commences) people who call me "Michele". List follows: doctor, government, central office employee, telemarketer, charity (aloud) This is.
Him: Oh, great! Good morning. I am "Bob" from ReMax and ...
Me: (mentally) Oh wonderful, what do they want? To offer me a wonderful re-finance deal?
Him: ...we're calling to let you know that there's a wonderful little house for sale on "nearby street". It's a 2 bedroom...
Me: (mentally) Wait! Remax doesn't do refi's! They're a realty company! Wait.... Huh? (aloud, shamelessly interrupting, and rather confused) Why are you calling me?
Him: (not missing a beat, not losing the smile in his voice) You know, that's a good question. Well, Michele, we were calling today to see if you know anyone who may be looking to move into this area --
Me: (interrupting yet AGAIN - and actually laughing a little bit) Wow. That IS a new one. Look, take me off your list, Ok?
--click--
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- Mikki Black
- Virginia, United States
- God's awesome, and while I may not be your traditional Christian, God is the center of my everything, pal. You'll have to excuse me for being a fairly normal human in tandem with that.
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And it isn't even "telemarketing." It's merely a demographic survey!
Too funny.
What are we to do about the pirates?
smells like- desperate!
That's an all-new low for telemarketers everywhere.
Haha! Well what can I say! I hate solitude invaders soo much!!
Oh my!!
I hate telemarketers - fortunately we have names that everyone screws up so we can always tell when it's not someone we know.
this is definitely a new one... I guess realtors are getting desperate!
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