[Sca-cooks] Re: Lands (OT)

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    I once got a call from a telemarketer selling cemetery plots (a growth
industry in SW florida). Before she could really get into her pitch, I said
"um, no thank you, I wouldn't need it, because in my religion, we don't bury
our dead.". There was a moment of silence, and then she squeakily asked just
what it was we did with them. I replied "well, we EAT them, of course!" She
freaked at that point, said that she understood completely, and hung up.
Haven't had a call from them since.

   Sieggy

----- Original Message -----

>
>   Oh, I'm usually very polite to the phone soliciters
> I get -- several of my friends had had to work for various
> phone solicitation or phone survey companies (this is a
> college town, and such jobs are pretty popular because the
> hours are flexible).  The companies really do treat their
> employees poorly, not to mention the abuse from phonees.
> Still, when I get someone on the line who refuses to
> believe that I know where I *live*, then I'm inclined to get
> rude back (not all of them do that, though -- most are very
> apologetic).
>
> -- Ruth