Fun and funny post from Conrad Zero about telephone sales.

So I didn’t respond to this right away because I had nothing to add.  Or so I thought.  But now I do.

What is up with people coming and sticking trash to my door?  A few years ago, we went on a week-long vacation and came back with five different things stuck to our door.  Looked like a post-it board in an amnesiac ward.

I called every last one of those sons-of-bitches.  Don’t worry, I was “nice”.  What were they trying to do?  Get us burgled?  You might as well put up a big multi-colored sign saying “No one home for several days at a stretch…come on in, and help yourself.”

Yeah.  Like I want to give my business to companies that endanger my property…and make it look messy and trashy in the bargin.  I stopped the mail.  We set up timed lights, and did all sorts of things to make it look like someone was home, and these idiots undo it with what?  Advanced, Space Age Technology from 3M. (Post-it-notes)

Of course, it’s true that we live next door to a cop.  A rather…alert…cop. (Just to be clear, if you’ve ever parked in my driveway, she probably remembers the make, model and plate number of your vehicle.)

Anyway, I had another one of those things stuck to my door yesterday.  Some lawn service.  I called them and they swore they would never do it again (to us.  The rest of you are on your own, apparently).  What are they thinking, doing something like this during spring break season and so many families are out of town?  It’s stupid and dangerous.

We’ve got spam, we’ve got junk mail, and we’ve got annoying telemarketers, web ads, commercials at the movies, ever-expanding commercial slots on television, product placement in movies and TV...  Do we really need you coming up and putting your gummy post-it ads on our houses as well?