Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Weirdness or Laziness

The other day I got a call that I thought “Now this is the limit”.  What was it?  Well, you know how you get these irritating, soliciting phone calls?  Over the last few years there is a pause after I pick up the phone and then someone will get on only not fast enough before I hang up.  But now, a tape came on and asked me to, hold your breath, HOLD.  Are you kidding me?  You ring up my house after 8 p.m. to solicit only heaven knows what, irritation enough, and you then ask me to hold so I can be further agitated?  Unfortunately I hung up (as who wouldn’t?) but I should have held on just to find out what idiotic, rude, obnoxious, moronic company thought this was a good way to get customers!
       I’ve often wondered who first thought up telephone soliciting because I don’t believe I have ever purchased anything that way.  They call to sell magazines, carpet cleaning, furnace cleaning, and who knows what else.  They want us to donate to every conceivable charity possible and some not possible.  I find the charity grab the worst of the lot on so many levels.  Number one, I don’t believe even half the money goes to whatever the charity is.  Number two, when it comes to the research for diseases, who will profit in the end?  The pharmaceutical companies.  Do you really believe that once the cure is found it will be free, or even at a reasonable cost?  Think of how many billions have been donated by the private individual and yet a pharmaceutical company will make billions on the medication while private individuals will have to struggle to find the funds to pay for the new found cure.  You don’t think that is going to happen?  Are you in fantasy land?
       It’s barely 4 a.m.  My alarm rang me up at 3:30, I’ve had my coffee and I am raring to go.  Don’t mess with me today because I AM ON IT.

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