Um, no.
We've been getting calls from phone number with a Madison area code, at least once a day for the last few weeks. They never leave a message so when they called a little while ago I just gave up and answered it to see what they wanted. I figured it was political, but when they didn't stop after the election I got curious.
The lady on the other end sounded very young, maybe college age, and she read her script so fast I could hardly understand most of what she said. She kept calling me Katherine, as I'm sure there are blanks in her script for [PERSON'S NAME HERE] to make it seem less like a script. Basically, she was looking for support for Congressman Ron Kind.
HER: Can we count on you to help out Congressman Ron Kind with a $100 donation?
ME: If I had $100 to blow I wouldn't spend it on a political donation, but good luck with that.
I hung up, and hopefully they'll take the hint and stop calling.
Seriously, people. How many people are going to answer their phone, listen to some girl breathlessly speed through a prepared script, and then hand over one hundred dollars? It seems like a gigantic waste of time. Not to mention annoying.
Now, I volunteered with the Kerry campaign and I did my share of annoying political phone calls, but they were never to ask for money, only votes. And although I did have a script to go by, I tried my hardest to make it sound natural, and I certainly didn't insert the person's name into every sentence to be fake-friendly. Ugh. So while I have a certain amount of sympathy toward people who have to make those calls, this girl on the phone irritated the crap out of me.
The lady on the other end sounded very young, maybe college age, and she read her script so fast I could hardly understand most of what she said. She kept calling me Katherine, as I'm sure there are blanks in her script for [PERSON'S NAME HERE] to make it seem less like a script. Basically, she was looking for support for Congressman Ron Kind.
HER: Can we count on you to help out Congressman Ron Kind with a $100 donation?
ME: If I had $100 to blow I wouldn't spend it on a political donation, but good luck with that.
I hung up, and hopefully they'll take the hint and stop calling.
Seriously, people. How many people are going to answer their phone, listen to some girl breathlessly speed through a prepared script, and then hand over one hundred dollars? It seems like a gigantic waste of time. Not to mention annoying.
Now, I volunteered with the Kerry campaign and I did my share of annoying political phone calls, but they were never to ask for money, only votes. And although I did have a script to go by, I tried my hardest to make it sound natural, and I certainly didn't insert the person's name into every sentence to be fake-friendly. Ugh. So while I have a certain amount of sympathy toward people who have to make those calls, this girl on the phone irritated the crap out of me.