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January 14, 2010
This is Just Cheap Entertainment
About 15 minutes ago, someone rang my doorbell. I was in the area, so I looked out the window. And at first glance it looked like the guy that did my siding. So I opened the door. Once the guy spoke I realized it, of course, wasn't.
Dude says he's going around meeting the neighbors.
So I ask him where he lives.
"Florida."
He pulls out what I suppose is to pass for identification of his cause.
I say nothing.
Which turns out to be collecting points against some hundreds of other people.
I said nothing. He kept on. Asked me whether I was going to do "like my neighbors did" and ask him how he gets these points.
I say no.
He asks me whether I speak English.
I say yes.
He says, "Guess what else?"
I just looked at him.
"You're not going to guess?"
"No."
He flipped the card over and said, "If I win, I get to go to Europe."
(I'm sure the script called for customer to squeal in delight.)
I said nothing.
"You ever been there?" he asks me.
"Many times."
I think he didn't have many cards left to play, so he gets to the point that he's selling magazines.
I said no thanks, wished him well, and closed the door.
Maybe next time I'll go to the door with a German dictionary and hand it to folks and see if they will try to sell me something in another language.
Or maybe I just won't answer the door.
Written by Angela Tanner. January 14, 2010 01:18 PM