That phone rings one more goddamn time....
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:59 am
So.....
The election is tomorrow, and everyone at campaign HQ is getting pretty stressed, making the final push, etc.... The race for Indiana's 9th congressional district is pretty ugly, and everyone with a political stake is running around scared like chickens with thier heads removed.
I guess because I'm a register voter, whom makes it to the polls religiously each times an election rolls around; I'm on their "lets call incessantly and annoy the fuck out of them" list. We've been getting phone calls with campaign messages for about the last month, and the frequency of the calls is escalating. The last couple of days, it has been just fucking crazy.
Saturday when they called, I politely asked them to stop calling me. I let them know that I was an educated individual, who was intelligent enough to form my own opinions, and didn't need their propaganda to form my voting choices. The guy apologized for bothering me, and hung up.
Sunday, the fuckers called three times before I finally got up and answered the phone (tomorrow just happens to also be my 3rd anniversary, so I took a couple days off from the store, so I could spend some quality time with my wife and kids). I was about 30 minutes into a nice leisurely nap with the wife, when the calls started. The fourth time they called (the calls coming approximately 20 minutes apart), I answered the phone, admittedly infuriated, and not so politely told the man that they were not to call me again, that I was really trying to enjoy a FUCKING NAP, and that harassing me via the phone wasn’t a very productive way to influence me, if they wanted my vote come Tuesday.
Forward to today. Again, 2:30 in the afternoon; I'm trying to once again take a nice little nap with my wife before the kids arrive home from school (you might think that I sleep a lot, but I start my day at 4:30 AM every morning, so by 2 PM I'm ready for a little refresher). The 20 minute intervals start in: every time I start to doze off, the damn phone rings. After the 4th call, I’m wide awake, and fuming. Nap time is canceled again.
After ranting at my wife about going and finding this bastard and shoving a ballot box up his ass, the kids arrive home. 10 minutes later, the phone rings once again. On the caller ID, the number shows up as 230-000-0000. (I guess so I can't call them back, and cause them as much grief as they've caused me). I answer the phone, and Jessie starts immediately telling me how so and so is threatening our national security, and by seeking re-election, she is putting all America at risk. When I told Jessie that I could give a rat’s ass about his opinions or his script, he started yelling into the phone trying to get his monologue in before I hang up on his ass. This just fuels my temper, and a shouting match ensues over the phone.
At this point the wife comes back into the kitchen to find out what's going on, my 9 year old daughter bails to the living room, as she doesn't want to get caught in the crossfire, my two teenage step-children are sitting at their computers laughing their asses off, (mainly because I'm going off on someone else besides them this time), and my 5 1/2 month old German Shepard runs into his pen seeking protection from "dad's wrath", figuring he's been caught cherry picking from the cat's litter box again.
Finally I tell this Jessie to fuck off, and hang up the phone. My wife and two older kids all have a hearty laugh at my "frank discussion" with the campaign flunkie; and my daughter & the dog are bewildered by hearing both yelling and instant laughter at the same time. I'm left embarrassed for loosing my temper, but still angry enough to spit nails.
This is mainly a rant to vent the frustration, but has anyone else had to endure outright harassment from the respective local parties, because they live in an area where there is a tight race for several seats/offices?
Thank you for your time....I now step down from my soapbox and walk away quietly, shaking my head in disbelief.
The election is tomorrow, and everyone at campaign HQ is getting pretty stressed, making the final push, etc.... The race for Indiana's 9th congressional district is pretty ugly, and everyone with a political stake is running around scared like chickens with thier heads removed.
I guess because I'm a register voter, whom makes it to the polls religiously each times an election rolls around; I'm on their "lets call incessantly and annoy the fuck out of them" list. We've been getting phone calls with campaign messages for about the last month, and the frequency of the calls is escalating. The last couple of days, it has been just fucking crazy.
Saturday when they called, I politely asked them to stop calling me. I let them know that I was an educated individual, who was intelligent enough to form my own opinions, and didn't need their propaganda to form my voting choices. The guy apologized for bothering me, and hung up.
Sunday, the fuckers called three times before I finally got up and answered the phone (tomorrow just happens to also be my 3rd anniversary, so I took a couple days off from the store, so I could spend some quality time with my wife and kids). I was about 30 minutes into a nice leisurely nap with the wife, when the calls started. The fourth time they called (the calls coming approximately 20 minutes apart), I answered the phone, admittedly infuriated, and not so politely told the man that they were not to call me again, that I was really trying to enjoy a FUCKING NAP, and that harassing me via the phone wasn’t a very productive way to influence me, if they wanted my vote come Tuesday.
Forward to today. Again, 2:30 in the afternoon; I'm trying to once again take a nice little nap with my wife before the kids arrive home from school (you might think that I sleep a lot, but I start my day at 4:30 AM every morning, so by 2 PM I'm ready for a little refresher). The 20 minute intervals start in: every time I start to doze off, the damn phone rings. After the 4th call, I’m wide awake, and fuming. Nap time is canceled again.
After ranting at my wife about going and finding this bastard and shoving a ballot box up his ass, the kids arrive home. 10 minutes later, the phone rings once again. On the caller ID, the number shows up as 230-000-0000. (I guess so I can't call them back, and cause them as much grief as they've caused me). I answer the phone, and Jessie starts immediately telling me how so and so is threatening our national security, and by seeking re-election, she is putting all America at risk. When I told Jessie that I could give a rat’s ass about his opinions or his script, he started yelling into the phone trying to get his monologue in before I hang up on his ass. This just fuels my temper, and a shouting match ensues over the phone.
At this point the wife comes back into the kitchen to find out what's going on, my 9 year old daughter bails to the living room, as she doesn't want to get caught in the crossfire, my two teenage step-children are sitting at their computers laughing their asses off, (mainly because I'm going off on someone else besides them this time), and my 5 1/2 month old German Shepard runs into his pen seeking protection from "dad's wrath", figuring he's been caught cherry picking from the cat's litter box again.
Finally I tell this Jessie to fuck off, and hang up the phone. My wife and two older kids all have a hearty laugh at my "frank discussion" with the campaign flunkie; and my daughter & the dog are bewildered by hearing both yelling and instant laughter at the same time. I'm left embarrassed for loosing my temper, but still angry enough to spit nails.
This is mainly a rant to vent the frustration, but has anyone else had to endure outright harassment from the respective local parties, because they live in an area where there is a tight race for several seats/offices?
Thank you for your time....I now step down from my soapbox and walk away quietly, shaking my head in disbelief.
