*screech*

[lassarina]

Phone rings.

I pick it up.

"Hello this is Kimi, I'm calling from AT&T. Can I speak to your mom or your dad?"

".....They're not home."

"Okay, thank you." Click.

FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, I'M TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD! STOP ASKING TO TALK TO MY PARENTS!

Jesus.

Comments

[lassarina]

I do not =(

[elentaari]

lol, i get people calling all the time that think i'm 12 and want to talk to my mommy or daddy, lol

[lassarina]

I hate that, it's like "I'm a fucking adult, fuckoff."

[midirleith]

lmao "I'm a fucking adult, fuck off" spoken like a true mature adult.

[lassarina]

Haha, be quiet, I have another 6 months before I have to actually be a grown-up =p

[jorin]

That's really crappy telemarketing. They're supposed to just say "I'm calling for Mr. Or Mrs. so-and-so" and leave it at that.

On the flip side of the coin, when I was 14 I could convince telemarketers and telesurveyers that I was the adult owner of the home, which was occasionally amusing. Then again, I was a very bored child.

[lassarina]

Heh heh heh. Yeah I mess with telemarketers sometimes, but I actually have friends who do that for a living, so I try not to be too cruel.

[jorin]

Yeah. I do, too. (Have friends who are telemarketers, that is.) But I didn't when I was 14. ;-)

Mostly I liked it when they wanted me to take a survey and I could make up random nonsensical answers while at the same time trying to sound almost believable.

Them: "How many people live in your household?"
Me: "10"
Them: "10?"
Me: "Yes."
Them: "And what's your annual household income?"
Me: "$20,000"
Them: "No, for everybody."
Me: "That is for everybody!"

[lassarina]

Haha.

[hovis]

I have quite the opposite problem, actually. I've been told I sound rather a lot like my father, and the fact that we have the same name doesn't help. When someone asks "Is David there?", I have to generally assume they mean my father. Because people don't phone me!