Friday, September 15, 2006

   Weird encounter with a telemarketer

This afternoon the phone rang and my grandmother answered it. She can't speak English so she gave the phone to me. It turns out that it was a telemarketer. Here's the conversation that we had. Telemarketer: Do you speak Spanish? Me: No TM:Where are you from? Bangladesh? Me: No TM: Mexico? Pakistan? El Salvador? Me:No TM: (mentions a long list of countries) Me: No. I tell him where I'm from and he doesn't even know where it is! TM: Well I wanted to tell you about all this money that you could save on your mortgage and blah blah blah blah blah Me: ..... TM: Do you live at [Insert my address here]? Me: Yes... TM: blah blah blah blah blah...Do you own a house or do you rent? Me: I'm still in high school. TM: Oh! Wow, you sound older. You have a really nice voice! Me: uhhh....Thank you TM: No, I really like your voice! I want to form a friendship with you! Me: I'm not interested in buying whatever it is you're trying to sell me. TM: It doesn't matter. I want to form a friendship with you. My name is [insert his full name here] and I'm 21 years-old. I'm a financial adviser! I'm single and I like music and poetry and going clubbing. Do you like music? I love listening to music. Youprobably don't like poetry because English isn't your native language and you have trouble understanding it. I believe that all people are sincere blah blah blah.....You have a really nice voice! Can I have your cell phone number? Me: No. I don't have a cellphone. TM: Oh well, I guess I'll have to call you at this number. You have a great voice. I hope for the best in you. I have to go back to work. I'll call you again later. Bye! Me: ........ Anyway, this guy really freaked me out. I hope that he's just some weirdo who regularly tries to make friends with underage girls that he meets over the phone. I could be wrong. He could be a sex offender who will drive by my house someday, kidnap me and turn me into his sex slave. He already knows my address and home phone number. Why was he so obsessed with my voice? I hate my voice whenever I hear it recorded. I sound so bored when I speak. I have mixed feelings though. I'm used to being either ignored or criticized and I liked the feeling of knowing that someone was interested in being my friend.

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