Freakin' telemarketing
So what do I get in the mail today? “X-treme geek. Cool products for your X-treme geek lifestyle.” I’ve never ordered anything from the catalog. I’ve never even HEARD of this catalog. Why the hell did I get this? I’m not a programmer or a web geek, so I shouldn’t be their target market. How the hell did they find me? What characteristics do I have that caused this atrocity to happen? There is a neat Bender figurine, but other than that it’s stupid techy gadgets and Japanese snack foods. The ultimate testimony to teens with disposable income.
Speaking of marketing, I keep getting telemarketer calls in Spanish! I guess some Spanish-speaking person had my number previously and it still resides on those telemarketer lists. At least it’s real easy to hang up on them - I have no clue WTF they’re saying.
The funniest telemarketing call I got - well, actually it wasn’t telemarketing, if was a job offer. Someone from American Express saw my resume on Monster.com and called me to say they felt I would be a good fit for some open positions they had. I’m sure this was similar positions to what Wexler used to do right after school. They just look for college grads to train in the financial world. Awful grunt work, I’m sure. They even sent me an email about the job. I replied that I moved into this area FOR a job, and was not interested. I was here for two weeks and I got a job offer. Can’t a man live in America and not get unwanted job offers? :-)
My company has this program where they get tickets to various events (sports, arts, etc). They’re given away on a queue basis, and once you win, your place in the queue is dropped to the end. This month I won tickets to see the Orioles play the Red Sox on 4/8. I’ve never been to Camden Yards, so it should be fun. Now I just need someone to go with. I also got tickets to see the Orioles play the Mariners and the Devil Rays later in the month. Looks like a good month of baseball to me!
I think that’ll do it for today. Off to look on craigslist for a couch (this futon is not so comfortable).
Speaking of marketing, I keep getting telemarketer calls in Spanish! I guess some Spanish-speaking person had my number previously and it still resides on those telemarketer lists. At least it’s real easy to hang up on them - I have no clue WTF they’re saying.
The funniest telemarketing call I got - well, actually it wasn’t telemarketing, if was a job offer. Someone from American Express saw my resume on Monster.com and called me to say they felt I would be a good fit for some open positions they had. I’m sure this was similar positions to what Wexler used to do right after school. They just look for college grads to train in the financial world. Awful grunt work, I’m sure. They even sent me an email about the job. I replied that I moved into this area FOR a job, and was not interested. I was here for two weeks and I got a job offer. Can’t a man live in America and not get unwanted job offers? :-)
My company has this program where they get tickets to various events (sports, arts, etc). They’re given away on a queue basis, and once you win, your place in the queue is dropped to the end. This month I won tickets to see the Orioles play the Red Sox on 4/8. I’ve never been to Camden Yards, so it should be fun. Now I just need someone to go with. I also got tickets to see the Orioles play the Mariners and the Devil Rays later in the month. Looks like a good month of baseball to me!
I think that’ll do it for today. Off to look on craigslist for a couch (this futon is not so comfortable).