Ask Annie for Sept. 03, 2003
Dear Readers,
I've been getting frustrated with what we, as consumers, put up with as a matter of course these days from businesses. So I've devised a plan. We with the weary wallets can play their game! I've bought one of those pens that detects counterfeit money, and the next time I'm at the bank to cash a check, I'll whip it out and smartly slash their twenty dollar bills. Same thing when I'm in a store, even if there is a big line of people behind me, I'll check each bill before I accept it. I'll also ask the cashier if she has my family's preferred grocery provider card, which would entitle their store to numerous questionable benefits. When she replies in the negative, I'll ask, "Would you like to apply? Just for applying you can charge me 10% more for my groceries." When I get home, I will get on the phone and be a telemarketer. I'll call and offer companies the chance to sell, at a discount, whatever I want. If it sounds like we might make a deal, I'll throw in the opportunity for them to side my house with new aluminum siding or replace my windows with more energy efficient models. When a business calls my house, I'm going to make them run through a phone maze of options, such as pressing 1 if this is regarding a sale, press 2 if you're trying to confirm an appointment, etcetera. After they've made many useless phone commands, I'll put them on hold. I'll do this by setting the phone on the counter while I walk around the house, swatting flies. I have other evil plans in mind, such as making all our family's medical providers fill out privacy policy forms that I devise. Care to join me?
Annie
Please write to: Annie, P.O. Box 1084, Eatonville,WA 98328
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