Do not call me, I'll call you!

Warning this post will reveal a real mean side of me so if you do not want your image of me tainted please skip this post.

Ok, you asked for it.

For the purpose of as little confusion as possible, I have color coded my post. Proceed with the below code to help you...

My thoughts will be in red.
Automated recordings will be in green.
Operator will be in orange.
My actual voice will be in purple.
Narrator will be in black

RRRiiiingg! RRiiinnngg! RRRiiinnngg!

Hello?

Hi! This is Mark from the satellite TV company. We have a free satellite system just for you! Yahdah yahdah yahdah! Press 1 now to talk to a live operator who can help you right away or press 9 to be taken off our list.

Pressing 9 (that is a fingerprint)

CLICK! (as in rudely hanging up on you and NOT taking you off their list!)

2 hours later...

RRRiiinnngg! RRRiiinnnggg! RRRiiinngg!

Caller ID: 1-702-520-1391 (Oh! man! Why won't they just leave me alone?)

(In my very annoyed-that-you-interrupted-me voice)

Hello?

Hi! This is Mark from the satellite TV company. We have a free satellite system just for you! Yahdah yahdah yahdah! Press 1 now to talk to a live operator who can help you right away or press 9 to be taken off our list.

Hi! Would you like to know how you ca...

NO! I would like to be tak...

CLICK!

How RUDE!

And this goes on day in and day out. I am sure you all agree that there is nothing more annoying than to be interupted from a great nap, or to jump up during dinner, or during one on one time with the young ones, or as is the case with me now, while I am WORKING!

Yesterday I had had ENOUGH! I got on Google (you gotta love those guys, whoever they are!) and typed in "Hi! This is Mark from the satellite TV Company..." and I got some great advice from other frustrated victims of Mark.

Have you ever wondered what "Mark" looks like. I think this must be it.

This is where caller ID comes in. I was told to call them back...

"Hi! If you would like to learn more about how you can save a million dollars (or something like that) on your bills every month through debt consolitdation (where in THE heck did that come from? I thought I was calling about a free satellite TV!) then stay on the line to talk to a customer care agent now, or press 9 to be taken off our list. Uh Uh, I am NOT falling for that one again, I'll wait thank you. I think I WOULD really like to talk to the customer care agent.

Hi! would you like to he...

No I would like to be tak...

CLICK!

Oh that's ok. I have some time on my hands (not really, but for you I think I can find all the time that it takes!)

Calling back

"Hi! If you would like to learn more about how you can save a million dollars (or something like that) on your bills every month through debt consolitdation then stay on the line to talk to a customer care agent now, or press 9 to be taken off our list." Once again, I think I'll hold thanks!


(With a little bit of annoyance) Hi, would you like...

Nope! I would lik...

CLICK!

Same message. I'll wait, thanks!

(At this point I am feeling a little bit of victory as I hear the defeat in her voice.)

Hi, would you li...

No! I want you to take my NUMBER OFF OF YOUR LIST! Wow did I just get all of that in there?

Ok. We are taking you off of our list.

Tha...

CLICK.

Aaaahhh. Much better! Now I can go back to work.

2 hours later...

RRRRiiiiiinggg! RRRiiiinnngg! RRRiiinngg!

Caller ID: 1-702-520-1391.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!

Hello?

"Hi if you would like to learn how you can save a million dollars (at least they didn't try to trick me that they were the satellite company) then stay on the line.... (the livid voice in my head) Oh I will thanks.

Hi, would you like to ...

NO! I would like...

CLICK.

OK I am getting really tired of being HUNG UP on!

I went through the whole thing again. It took me about 3 times until they said they would take me off the list before they hung up on me again, but that didn't stop me from calling again.

Hi would...

NO! I want you to take me off of your list and I want to know that you are REALLY going to this time.

Ok.

Click!

CALLING AGAIN

This time another person answers.

Hi...

I WANT you to take this numb...

Mam we need to know what number you are calling from so we can take you off our list. If you wouldn't have kept hanging UP on me I could have given it to you the VERY first time you called so that you didn't have to pay your employees for all of this time I have so successfully waisted on both of our accounts!

NO problem it is _____ and I have this number listed with the Do-not-call-registry- and if you call back I WILL report you.

Ok we have removed you off of our list. You will not get a call back.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

and then... click.

Now if they had just listened to me the first time!

So....
That is how it is done.

Going back and re-reading as many times as necessary to clear up any confusion is encouraged.

I really have been

Since there have been many daunting tasks that have kept me away from blogging these days I decided to kill two birds with one stone. Talking on the phone seems to help my daily chores be a lot less painful so I am going to try blogging while I tackle a chore that seems to never get crossed off my ever growing list of things to do. Do you mind? My computer desk is a clutter magnet and I have had it on my list of things to do for the last couple of months. So come with me and together we can do it...(do I sound like Mr. Rogers yet, or even Barney?)

This little angel below

likes to help me with my list of things to do and I even tried to employ her to help me with the computer, but even she runs away at the site of this. ("Please mom, NO!, why do I always have to help you?)

I know this is really piggish of me to show you all my nastiness, and I admit this is the product of not scheduling my time (what little I have) more wisely, but I am really trying! I promise. (Oh yeah, if you are a robber then please be advised that none of this stuff (as evidenced by my later pictures) will be here after today. It will all be hauled off to some undisclosed location far away from here. AND if you try to come and call my bluff, I have a really mean dog who will TAKE. YOU. DOWN!

Hello little dust bunnies. How do you seem to multiply so plentifully and so quickly?!?!?




Now to the really pull-my-hair-out part! What to do with all of this STUFF?

I hope I can remember where everything went. I will be lost from here on out when I need something. Until now I always could find it right here...






(If the speakers are bothering you too, I am sorry. The cord was too short to center them just right. Sorry.)

Thanks for all of your help and support. I could feel it before you even sent it. Here is a small sample of the other things I got to cross off of my list recently.

What's on your list?

P.S. I know that I have been REALLY bad lately and I have not given you all the love and comments that you so rightly deserve, and I know that I don't deserve any from you but GIVE, GIVE.