jackofallgeeks | On Telemarketers

A telemarketer called today.
Well, sorta.
It was one of those people who call around and ask for money. This one was for a Pro-Life group, and it was a girl on the line, and to that I attribute my weakness (both of them t'gether, not just that it was a girl. ^_-)

At first she asked for a donation of $100. Me being a full-time student, I told her I really had no money. But, she asked if, given three weeks, I could come up with a generous donation of $10. I said I'd think about it, at least 1/2 so she would leave me alone (I've been feeling sick t'day, though I'm feeling better). And so I'm getting an envelope in the mail in the next week asking me for $10. And, I'm really not sure if I intend to give them it or not. I mean, it is a cause I believe in, antways, and I'll prolly feel like an ass if I don't do it.

What's $10, anyways?
A pizza. A few nights of Chinese food. A weeks worth of movie rentals. A month's worth of sodas. Approximately 1+1/2 hours of work....

In the end, I'm sure one of two things will happen -
A) I'll do the right thing
2) I'll feel like an ass

The choices I must make.....

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I can't stand talking to machines. i have a bunch of friends who screen their calls, be it for telemarketers or what have you, and I just tend not to call them. Granted, I don't like the phone, anyways, but... If I leave you a message it means one of two things - I really want to talk to you, or I specifically want you to know I called - and that's different from whether or not I have something important to say. If I figure I can get ahold of you another way, or later, I will, regardless of what it is I need you for. I can't stand talking to machines.

(I would send you soda save for two things - it'd be really warm and really shaken up

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I can't stand talking to machines. i have a bunch of friends who screen their calls, be it for telemarketers or what have you, and I just tend not to call them. Granted, I don't like the phone, anyways, but... If I leave you a message it means one of two things - I <i>really</i> want to talk to you, or I specifically want you to know I called - and that's different from whether or not I have something important to say. If I figure I can get ahold of you another way, or later, I will, regardless of what it is I need you for. I can't stand talking to machines.

(I would send you soda save for two things - it'd be really warm and really shaken up <we're talking a 24-pack soda bomb here>, and i don't have any. ^_- Sorry, Mel.)

Upon closer inspection of this...did you say that you donated to a pro-CHOICE group?? I thought you were pro-life? O_o <----confuzzled Suri

Uhm, no. You, uh, misread that. See? *Innocence*
(In my defense, you'll notice I was confused, anyways)

Very nice, Andrew...changing it on me to make me look like the idiot. ^_^

::laugh:: Well, I thought it said Pro-Life... ^__^;; So... who's looking like an idiot again? ::goes to look in the mirror:: OH! That would be me. Riiiight. ^__^;;;;;;;;

Musta been that girl on the line, ne? ^__~

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