Two days in a row, I’ve received calls from Clout, trying to get me to sign up for yet another credit card. It seems that no matter how many times you tell the same company you’re not interested, they don’t give up. However, for the first time ever, I actually remembered to ask them to add me to their do-not-call list, and as of today, my telephone number’s been added to the Nation Do Not Call list. As an aside, does it worry anybody that to sign up for the do-not-call list, you must provide an e-mail address?
While this all good, the main reason I decided to write about this, is that for the first time in my life, the unwanted telephone call actually came in handy. No, I’m not looking to apply for another credit card (and I loosely follow Chris’ decision not to purchase from companies that bombard me with unwanted advertisements)! However, since I had forgotten to set my alarm (more precisely, two-alarm alarm clocks overwhelm my alarm clock setting skills), the 8.17 am call awoke me only 17 minutes after I had planned to get up. So, for the first time, and most likely last time, I’d just like to thank tele-marketers for helping me out - even if it was inadvertently.
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