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May 25, 2010
Filed Under (Depressing, Spam) by Keith on 25-05-2010
Me: “Hello?” Shit! That’s all I need. Some advertising technique that is; put the fear of God into them first and while they are in a state of shock sell them massive amounts of life insurance! Brilliant! I presume it was some insurance company. Well, I hope it was, but it could have been one of my creditors who is just about to sent the big boys round with the baseball bats to persuade me to cough up. Well Stanley, “That’s another fine day cocked up before it’s even started”. Already this week I have heard that a favourite blogger of mine, “Mutley the Dogs Day Out” has died, and yesterday I had the sad news that an old Army pal has gone off with the Grim Reaper. (I hope there are plenty of good pubs in Heaven). Suddenly I don’t feel well, I think I’ll go back to bed. . . .
6 Comments posted on "Bright start to the day?"
Comments:
Invader_Stu on May 25th, 2010 at 12:18 pm #
I hope your day gets better soon. But really, what was he thinking opening a conversation/sales pitch like that. It’s insane.
helen on May 25th, 2010 at 3:16 pm #
What a Tw*t
betsy on May 26th, 2010 at 2:41 pm #
So sorry about your two friends! On a lighter note…the phone call was hilarious! But given the things going on in real life, probably not as funny to you. How are you? Hope to see you on Sepia Saturday this week
Kevin 'In Salford' on May 26th, 2010 at 11:52 pm #
I had one of those frightening calls a while back on my mobile. After my shriek of “WTF are you on about?!” it turned out to be a well known chain of solicitors, and what they actually wanted me to do was pay for their services to make a will decreeing who my estate should go to in the eventuality of my death. (Not that I’d have much to leave anyway!). Now I can understand that to an extent as my mother died ‘intestate’ without having made a will. But unfortunately solicitors are now allowed to advertise, and the result is that they seem to be picking on single status individuals to make money out of them. In fact you can create your own will yourself, and also register it at a minuscule charge. I wonder if that’s what your phone call was about? BTW, I’ve started updating my (blog)website again. Please don’t cheer, or maybe even groan!
Kevin 'In Salford' on May 26th, 2010 at 11:59 pm #
PS, Sorry to hear the sad news about Mutley.
Anji on May 27th, 2010 at 2:55 pm #
Not a nice way to get business. We can see the number the call is coming from on our phone. Often these people hide their number so that the answer phone doesn’t pick it up. If we see no number we don’t bother to answer. Post a comment
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