I just told someone off over the phone...

pearljamjen

illegal pants wrote:

haha sorry, i was reminded of this when i read the title for some reason :eek:

i love the Seinfeld episode when Jerry's dealing with a telemarketer: Thanks for calling. Say, I’m a bit busy right now. Would you mind giving me your home telephone number? …Oh, you don’t like getting business calls at your home? Well, neither do I. Good-bye.

hehe..

good on ya btw!

They play that song in spin class sometimes...and I'm not going to comment on my experiences with that right now

Yep, that is great Seinfeld episode.

pearljamjen

Snake wrote:

Man all thats sounds pretty messy. Nice job! Care to tell us what you said ? lol

Thanks Snake

pearljamjen

pearljamjen wrote:

Because it is a hot issue on the election right now. The Mormon Church is the backer; they are pouring a SCARY amount of money into this. They are lying and saying this will be taught in schools and asking if people really want their kids exposed to this. Teachers and schools are saying that this is a lie, but unfortunately people fall for these tactics.


Interesting article in today's paper about the strategy. http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1344079.html

It is scary that this could win. Again, this is an issue that could take away civil rights for people. It terrifies me that this is okay for some people.

Someone just pointed out in a pm that most people seem to think this thread is about telemarketers/phone calls and it seems people are reading that way. Its not. This is real and scary. If you live in California PLEASE PLEASE vote no on 8...

I keep saying it but I truly don't see how it is okay to take away civil rights from people. I really hope this doesn't pass.

jammergirl

pearljamjen wrote:

Someone just pointed out in a pm that most people seem to think this thread is about telemarketers/phone calls and it seems people are reading that way. Its not. This is real and scary. If you live in California PLEASE PLEASE vote no on 8...

I keep saying it but I truly don't see how it is okay to take away civil rights from people. I really hope this doesn't pass.

I agree, please vote no on this, fellow californians! i can't even believe this got on the ballot.

pearljamjen

jammergirl wrote:

I agree, please vote no on this, fellow californians! i can't even believe this got on the ballot.

Thanks jammergirl. I can't believe it either.

haffajappa

HA! way to go Jen

This issue really bugs me as well.


So much for separating church and state eh :rolleyes:

deadnothingbetter

pearljamjen wrote:

And it felt great!!

I noticed the phone said "private caller" so I thought it was my dad or brother (I never answer if it says "unknown). It was this guy saying "Hi, I'm Mark, and I'm with the Yes on proposition 8 campaign."

For those outside Cali, Yes on 8 takes away the right for same sex marriage. I'm sorry but no matter how you feel about gay people, this is an issue of equal rights.

Anyway, as soon as Mark introduced himself, I really told him off! This is an issue I really feel passionately about. Then I hung up. My only regret is that I don't have the kind of phone that you can slam down--clicking the "off" button just isn't the same as slamming down the phone.

Now I doubt Mark cared, but I'm a pretty mild mannered person and I rarely yell, but it just felt SO GOOD to give him a piece of my mind.

Just thought I'd share.

passive agressive... say?

chadwick

good work jen
that is great, really.

i myself just answered the phone.
it went like this:

ring, ring, ring.
i look at caller i.d.
long view, washington
### ### ####
by now the answering machine has answered the call
and i am saying hello at same time as i am walking to the answering machine
to stop the recording and the machine is all staticy screaching thru the phone into our ears.
finally i can clearly hear this.

caller: chad ?
me: no chad isn't here
caller: oh ok i'll call back later
me: who is this
caller: blah blah with the barack obama campaign
and i was just wondering if he got his election ballot
and if he didn't here is a number he can call
and that number is....(firmly interupting)
me: yeah dude he had his election ballot
caller: oh, ok, great
do you know what direction he went?
me: uh NO
caller: oh... ok, thank you for.......
me: click...the end (phone noise hanging up = click)

beings i was kinda goofy from a few pulls off of a cigarette
at first i thought he was asking me what direction chad went beings i wasn't home. (meaning where is chad, store, library, bowling alley?)
turns out that after about 10 minutes it dawned on me that he was asking
if i knew what direction chad went in preference to his voting stance.


goofy ass fuckin hillbilly i am.

i must edit this:
i was also cussing the fucker out once i hung up the phone.
(why does this fucker give a fuck where i went)
(i told the fucker chad wasn't home and he asks me what direction he went)
(goofy fucker whats to know where i am, what the fuck is up with that guy)
10 minute time lapse.
oh, wait a minute...
enlightenment
good funny stuff...
i am an idiot...

writersu

chadwick wrote:

good work jen
that is great, really.

i myself just answered the phone.
it went like this:

ring, ring, ring.
i look at caller i.d.
long view, washington
### ### ####
by now the answering machine has answered the call
and i am saying hello at same time as i am walking to the answering machine
to stop the recording and the machine is all staticy screaching thru the phone into our ears.
finally i can clearly hear this.

caller: chad ?
me: no chad isn't here
caller: oh ok i'll call back later
me: who is this
caller: blah blah with the barack obama campaign
and i was just wondering if he got his election ballot
and if he didn't here is a number he can call
and that number is....(firmly interupting)
me: yeah dude he had his election ballot
caller: oh, ok, great
do you know what direction he went?
me: uh NO
caller: oh... ok, thank you for.......
me: click...the end (phone noise hanging up = click)

beings i was kinda goofy from a few pulls off of a cigarette
at first i thought he was asking me what direction chad went beings i wasn't home. (meaning where is chad, store, library, bowling alley?)
turns out that after about 10 minutes it dawned on me that he was asking
if i knew what direction chad went in preference to his voting stance.


goofy ass fuckin hillbilly i am.

i must edit this:
i was also cussing the fucker out once i hung up the phone.
(why does this fucker give a fuck where i went)
(i told the fucker chad wasn't home and he asks me what direction he went)
(goofy fucker whats to know where i am, what the fuck is up with that guy)
10 minute time lapse.
oh, wait a minute...
enlightenment
good funny stuff...
i am an idiot...

Yeah, aren't elections suppose to be private.........the voting part that is??

haffajappa

chadwick wrote:

beings i was kinda goofy from a few pulls off of a cigarette
at first i thought he was asking me what direction chad went beings i wasn't home. (meaning where is chad, store, library, bowling alley?)
turns out that after about 10 minutes it dawned on me that he was asking
if i knew what direction chad went in preference to his voting stance.


goofy ass fuckin hillbilly i am.

i must edit this:
i was also cussing the fucker out once i hung up the phone.
(why does this fucker give a fuck where i went)
(i told the fucker chad wasn't home and he asks me what direction he went)
(goofy fucker whats to know where i am, what the fuck is up with that guy)
10 minute time lapse.
oh, wait a minute...
enlightenment
good funny stuff...
i am an idiot...

HAHAHAHA... sounds like something I would do... "Uh yeah, he went, 40 degrees north west..."

edit: and i just hit the post count "sad"...... just an attest to the thought that i'd do something like this as well maybe

mwbeck10

jammergirl wrote:

I agree, please vote no on this, fellow californians! i can't even believe this got on the ballot.

I really don't have an opinion either way, but California already voted on this, in the year 2000. Proposition 22 was approved (61% of voters) saying that marriage was only between a man and woman. In May of this year, the California Supreme Court overturned this on a vote of 4-3. It just doesn't seem very democratic to me. The people voted, then 1 vote threw out the previous votes of millions.....it's sad, but I just don't think that much has changed in the past 8 years...just my 2 cents.

pearljamjen

mwbeck10 wrote:

I really don't have an opinion either way, but California already voted on this, in the year 2000. Proposition 22 was approved (61% of voters) saying that marriage was only between a man and woman. In May of this year, the California Supreme Court overturned this on a vote of 4-3. It just doesn't seem very democratic to me. The people voted, then 1 vote threw out the previous votes of millions.....it's sad, but I just don't think that much has changed in the past 8 years...just my 2 cents.

You don't have an opinion? This is about equal rights. I'm so glad the California Supreme Court DID step in. If two people are in love and want to get married, they should be able to, REGARDLESS of their ETHNICITY, RELIGION, or whether they are gay or straight. EVERYBODY should have the right to marriage. Taking away that for ANYONE is wrong.

ReleaseMe...

i wish i lived in Ca so i could vote yes on 8

PJGARDEN

pearljamjen wrote:

You don't have an opinion? This is about equal rights. I'm so glad the California Supreme Court DID step in. If two people are in love and want to get married, they should be able to, REGARDLESS of their ETHNICITY, RELIGION, or whether they are gay or straight. EVERYBODY should have the right to marriage. Taking away that for ANYONE is wrong.

I wasn't going to post here but oh well. I think it's kinda crappy that you jumped all over someone b/c they didn't share the same opinion as you. The guy on the phone probably felt strongly about his point of view. At least he was doing something about it. And again, in this post, your jumping on someone for not sharing your opinion. Doesn't equal rights also mean everyone is entitled to their own opinion? Maybe instead of telling people off, you could listen to their side and have an actual conversation. Sorry, just my opinion.

mwbeck10

pearljamjen wrote:

You don't have an opinion? This is about equal rights. I'm so glad the California Supreme Court DID step in. If two people are in love and want to get married, they should be able to, REGARDLESS of their ETHNICITY, RELIGION, or whether they are gay or straight. EVERYBODY should have the right to marriage. Taking away that for ANYONE is wrong.

I guess I do have an opinion. If I would have voted back in 2000 I would have voted to allow gay marriage. But I will be voting yes on Prop 8 because of how everything in SF went down with the SF mayor and the CA Supreme Court. This is not the way democracy works.

EVERYBODY should have the right to vote. Taking that away from ANYONE is wrong. By overturning the voters voice, they took away that right. If they want to overturn the previous proposition/law, put it back on the ballot and let the PEOPLE decide again. It's not up to 7 individuals.

ReleaseMe...

PJGARDEN wrote:

I wasn't going to post here but oh well. I think it's kinda crappy that you jumped all over someone b/c they didn't share the same opinion as you. The guy on the phone probably felt strongly about his point of view. At least he was doing something about it. And again, in this post, your jumping on someone for not sharing your opinion. Doesn't equal rights also mean everyone is entitled to their own opinion? Maybe instead of telling people off, you could listen to their side and have an actual conversation. Sorry, just my opinion.

crappy, cowardly, juvenile.....

Black Diamond

mwbeck10 wrote:

I guess I do have an opinion. If I would have voted back in 2000 I would have voted to allow gay marriage. But I will be voting yes on Prop 8 because of how everything in SF went down with the SF mayor and the CA Supreme Court. This is not the way democracy works.

EVERYBODY should have the right to vote. Taking that away from ANYONE is wrong. By overturning the voters voice, they took away that right. If they want to overturn the previous proposition/law, put it back on the ballot and let the PEOPLE decide again. It's not up to 7 individuals.

Well this is why we have 3 branches of our political system. Our founding fathers had the foresight to realize that sometimes majority rule does not quite mean that it should be law or the code of ethic a society should be run by.

That is why there was a judiciary branch establish and their override showed some conviction over just a mob rules mentatility.

pearljamjen

PJGARDEN wrote:

I wasn't going to post here but oh well. I think it's kinda crappy that you jumped all over someone b/c they didn't share the same opinion as you. The guy on the phone probably felt strongly about his point of view. At least he was doing something about it. And again, in this post, your jumping on someone for not sharing your opinion. Doesn't equal rights also mean everyone is entitled to their own opinion? Maybe instead of telling people off, you could listen to their side and have an actual conversation. Sorry, just my opinion.

When it comes to taking away someone's civil rights, of course I am going to call someone on it. I'm not crappy; taking away peoples rights are pretty crappy though.

pearljamjen

Black Diamond wrote:

Well this is why we have 3 branches of our political system. Our founding fathers had the foresight to realize that sometimes majority rule does not quite mean that it should be law or the code of ethic a society should be run by.

That is why there was a judiciary branch establish and their override showed some conviction over just a mob rules mentatility.

I agree. People just don't get it. If someone told me I couldn't get married because I have brown skin, that would be so wrong. It is the EXACT SAME THING. Discrimination is discrimination. Wake up people.

pearljamjen

ReleaseMe... wrote:

crappy, cowardly, juvenile.....

By the way, he called MY HOME! I don't see how it is crappy or cowardly or juvenile.