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For years, I've been irritated to no end about the effin' deluge of telemarketers, pollsters, and telephone survey boneheads interrupting my quiet life at home. They really chafe my ass. Most of the time, I've usually muttered some vague obscenity and hung up.
Well, this afternoon, another one called 2 minutes after I got home from work. At first I thought "goddammit". For some reason though, I didn't hang up this time. WTF, over? I listened to the canned computerized "female" voice asking whom I would tend to vote for, who I favored strongly, who I disliked, who makes me puke, etc on a scale of 1 to 5. They asked pretty much everything, including State races. (I'm in South Dakota). And believe it or not, I actually made it through the 5 minute "hassle" and answered appropriately. Score one more "strongly favor" vote for Obama and the Democrat races in the SD polls, and a big zero for McPOW and Moosolini. I actually felt good about it for once.
I don't have a lot of time to volunteer, and I certainly don't have a lot of money... although I have contributed money to most of the campaigns what I can afford. I'm sure many of us are in the same situation.
Here's my thought. If instead of doing what *I* used to do... hanging up... if you get a call just sit through the damn thing and start skewing the polls more to our side. It only takes five minutes, and it's the least we can do.
cheers....
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