Even though we’re on the national Do Not Call Registry, we still get sales pitches from time to time. For instance, just this morning someone called in wanting to know if we’d like to subscribe to a TV-related trade journal named Screen Digest or something (I wasn’t paying too much attention).
First of all, I want to know how we would even come up as candidates for such a thing. Neither of us have ever worked in any kind of TV field, and we’ve never subscribed to a trade journal of any sort. Plus, we never enter any of those contests at the mall where you can win a car, cruise, or TV because we know that those names go on marketing lists.
Second, I’d like to know who thinks reading about high-definition televisions, cable service providers, or HDMI switches makes for a compelling leisure time activity? No, thanks — I have much more interesting things to do!
Anyway, I wish these marketing calls would stop, especially when the people are pedaling products I’d never use in a million years.