I don’t usually answer calls that come through as “Unknown” on my caller i.d. But since the job prospect comes through as “Unknown”, I’ve been answering every single one of them when I’m home, and I’m starting to get angry.
Today, for instance, I’ve had 13 phone calls. All but two have been “Unknown”. Eight were hangups (meaning, when I answer the phone and say hello, if no one answers me, I hang up. I do not wait around for these people), one was from Pontiac wanting me to do a phone survey (I did.) One was from Columbia House DVD Club.
Just now, at 8:00pm, I got another one. I answered the phone. “Hello?”
Long pause. I hear clicking and voices in the background. “Hello?”
“Hello?” I say.
She hangs up.
One time, I clicked the button to answer the phone and left it on the desk, and got this instead:
“Hello? Is this an answering machine?”
Silence on my end.
“Hello?”
Silence.
“Hello? Well, if this is an answering machine, it would have beeped by now. Are you trying to play some sort of ****ing game with me?”
Silence.
“Well, **** you.”
I let it sit for ten minutes, and she was still on the phone,cussing to herself, when I finally hung up.
Telephone solcitation should be outlawed, I tell you. This is getting a bit ridiculous. I mean, I got a phone call from an “Unknown” caller at 10:30pm the other night. I thought there was a cut-off time for these people!
If I wasn’t moving soon, I’d insist to be put on their ‘no call’ list, if, of course, that even works. I will say, however, if they start calling my cell phone number (that isn’t listed anywhere), I will be much more than furious.
I’m even getting pre-recorded messages. “You’ve won a trip…” Click. “Press 1 now and you’ll find out how you can…” Click.
When they start calling me up to tell me how I can enlarge my penis or see animal porn or eliminate my debts or make a million dollars on ebay… can you imagine?
“Hello?”
“Hi! Can I speak to Jennifer Sinclair?”
“I’m sorry, there’s no one here by that name.”
“Oh, that’s okay. Maybe you would be interested in our wonderful penis enlargement package. You get a free trip to Cancun–two days and two nights, not including airfare, meals, or lodging–a year’s supply of our miracle product, PeLarge, and a free set of steak knives.
“What, to cut it off?”
Hmm. Maybe not.
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