Teach42

I just had a very strange experience.  I got a Skype phone call from a name that I didn’t recognize.  This isn’t really all that unusual, happens fairly often.  However, this call was from someone who was clearly telemarketing.  He told me that he was a big fan of the podcast (I have no idea if this is true or not, I should have asked him some questions), but there’s no question that he was a telemarketer, just like the kind that drives you nuts in the evenings. 

He was asking if I wanted to demo some new type of eBook software, and I do have to admit that the product itself sounded interesting.  However, the manner in which I was contacted did not help his cause at all.  Not only was he intruding upon my workplace, but it seemed as though he was implying that the fact that he was using Skype instead of a regular phone number somehow justified his doing so, that it would appeal to me somehow.  For some reason, that feels even MORE intrusive than a typical person calling me up and trying to sell me something.  To be honest, it just felt really sleezy.

Unfortunately, I imagine that this is going to become more and more typical.  I hope I don’t have to remove my chat/skype names from the sidebar of the blog. 

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