Today, while eating my lunch, the phone rang and the caller ID showed one of those numbers that you know better than to answer...you just know. Feeling annoyed, I decided to do something I knew I shouldn't...I just knew. I answered the call. The caller's voice was immediately recognizable as one of those recorded Robo calls. It was a female speaking in a seductive soft tone...which ticked me off even more...and music playing softly in the background. She stated that if I was suffering from pain, and she named several kinds and locations such as arthritic, back, knees, etc., they had the solution that could be delivered straight to my door. I just needed to press one to speak with a representative. Again, I did something that I knew better than to do, I pressed one!
King of Patience (KOP) was glaring at me like I was crazy. I had the phone on speaker and he heard the spill by the sexy female on the recording. He immediately asked, "What did you do that for?" I answered him with a glare that spoke all the needed words to let him know that it was not an accident...I meant to press one! And, that glare also reflected my irritation of having my glass of buttermilk and cornbread interrupted by a robo caller!
Finally, the live 'representative' came on the line. Speaking in a foreign accent, he asked me how I was doing and how he could help. That was the cue I had been waiting for. In my 'sweet southern drawl' I told him, "Yes, you can help me. I need to tell you about my pain. I have a pain in my ass (yes, I said ass) from all these robo calls and I need it to stop NOW! You take my number off your list and don't call me anymore and my pain will be much better."
I hung up the phone and went back to my glass of buttermilk and cornbread. Then the thought ran through my mind...I wonder if the 'pain representative' with the foreign accent understands 'sweet southern drawl'.
FYI...the number is 585-312-1778
