OK, we’ve all seen the threads about the ethics of telemarketing, both pro and con. I’ve even posted to them. But something happened last night that just steamed me and I have to vent!!
Picture it–it’s around 9:00 pm, and the 7 yr. old (girl) and the 2 yr. old (boy) are in bed. The 2 yr. old has been talking to himself for about half an hour, but has apparently started to drift off. I have nursed the six month old to sleep. She is still slightly restless, so I rock her for a few minutes. Just as I am about to get up and lay her in her bed…RING, RING!!! I have caller ID and see that it is an unknown number–almost always means telemarketer–so I don’t have to answer. BUT THEY WOKE UP THE BABY!!! AND THE TWO YEAR OLD!!! GYAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! I was able to get my son back to bed after getting him a drink of water (surprisingly), but it was another TWO HOURS before I was able to get the baby to bed. The night before, she had been up and down all night, and I was desperate to get some sleep.
Why do they call so late at night? Do they think we are all just so happy to hear from them, that we will wait up just for the privilege of hearing a long-winded sales pitch?? “Well, the calls are computer generated, so they are random.” So what? Program them not to call after a certain hour. And not all of them are computer generated. I regret that I did not answer the phone and tell them to kiss my lily-white ass!! I was so angry that I spent the next two hours ranting at the TV, calling those turdburgers the rotten, stinking (%)$%&#^(* rat bastards that they are!!!
Some (plenty of you, I’m sure) may consider this a lame rant, but at least I feel better now! And there may even be a sympathetic ear out there!!
That is all.