Pete's Log: damn telemarketers

Entry #1074, (Life in General)
(posted when I was 23 years old.)

Last night, at about 20:30, I figured I'd lie down for a little while. I didn't even plan to fall asleep. I woke up again at 6:30, thought to myself "wow, I've been asleep for 10 hours" and proceeded to fall asleep again until 9.

I've been getting messages from AT&T on my answering machine lately. They all go basically like this: "Hi, I'm calling from AT&T to let you know about some new low rates we're introducing in your area. Now would you say you spend more minutes on in-state or state-to-state calls? ... hello? ... hello? Thank you for talking to AT&T." Now, first of all, why on earth would I want service from a phone company that doesn't even understand the concept of answering machines? But secondly, I am amused by the fact that they always say "Thank you for talking to AT&T" after realizing nobody is talking to them. Moral of the story: have a really short outgoing message on your answering machine. It messes with telemarketers.

While on the subject of telemarketers, I got a call some days ago from the Chicago Tribune, asking me to subscribe. I told them I was not interested, and they asked for a reason why. I said something stupid about reading news online or something, but as I was saying that, I realized I should have instead said "I'm illiterate" ... now I'm hoping for an excuse to say that.

I've discovered there's a new Pascal book on my bookshelf at work. My office mates are crazy.

My legs are more sore than they've been in a long while. Today we had record attendance for soccer: there were five of us. So we played a bunch of 2-on-3, and I found myself running harder than I have in a long while. We had a bunch of quick people: Virgil, Ed Kang, Scott Hampton, and math-guy Mark. We also threw a frisbee around some. And since I had ridden my bike in, I had to pedal myself home afterwards. Must stretch some more before going to sleep.