Mistakes, they're hard to not make..

The phone rings.. I get to it and check the readout.. The number starts with an 888 or a 877...  These can only mean one thing.. We need your $$$$...  and most of the time I will get there at the perfect time to pick up after the third ring or during the third ring more to the point and that means I will say hello and as I get my hello out the person on the other end is walking on my hello and as the two of us are greeting each other simultaniously there is a third voice about to chime in, the answering machine which usually means the person on the other end hangs up per their rules.. And you would think that because they heard a human on the other end they would call right back.. But they don't.. Why??   I think they get paid by the sheer number of calls and getting another stooge to pay the cause doesn't matter.. They aren't part of the cause, they are hired to make as many calls as they can.. It's election time and that seems to be the busier time.. Why not get on the "Do not call list" ?  Because that is really a fair sized scam, while it only costs time to get the number registered, sometimes I think it makes your phone ring more.. No call list is a scam?? Not if you believe it isn't...  Good luck there.. The 877 number from last night.. When I am in the middle of a thought sometimes that thought gets vocalized when I pick up the phone and last night was "..and this is likely very important" and then say hello, the other end is silent.. I then say this is where you talk... Still nothing.. How important was it that I answered??  Very.. They got the number, it will pick up.. We will get calls in the coming days wanting donations..  I think the best thing you can do is when a 888 or numbers like this call is don't answer them..  Although sometimes it can be fun.. If i am working on a video track or music I will leave the phone near the speakers and let them enjoy some hold music. How long do they stay on.. Not very long...  They have a certain number they have to call through their shift..


I'm in the middle or Daredevil on Netflix second season.. You gotta see this show, I'm not a Marvel comics fan but this show is really good... And then there is House of Cards with Kevin Spacey..  They are digging up the dirt on the Frank Underwood presidency.. Last nights show reminded me of All The Presidents Men, the movie about the Watergate Scandal that ended Nixon's presidency, in fact there are so many parallels to the Nixon and Reagan presidency.. Nixon abused his power, and Reagan was shot but survived to bungle his second term.. Very interesting to watch this show..

Badge Henry