{"id":16,"date":"2006-12-25T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-25T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timpeterson.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/25\/13\/"},"modified":"2006-12-25T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-25T23:13:00","slug":"13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timpeterson.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/25\/13\/","title":{"rendered":"My least likely occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After practicing for a quartet with people from church last Monday, we were sitting around talking in their living room. They asked what my job was, and one of them jokingly suggested telemarketing. He gave an example of what I might say, in a suitably bored voice: &#8220;I don&#8217;t suppose you want to buy a computer, do you?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> This brought to mind the following, excerpted from a chat on April 10th, 2005: <\/p>\n<p> *  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim <\/span>  rarely makes phone calls, but found himself treated a bit rudely on one call he made recently&#8230; <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  Oh? <br \/> *  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim <\/span>  placed a call. The phone rang, and a woman picked up. <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim: <\/span>  I began by saying, &#8220;Hello, is this the ______ residence?&#8221; <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim: <\/span>  Then she hung up.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley4.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  WAS it said residence?  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley3.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  And they just hung up because it was you?&nbsp;  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley3.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  (kidding) <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim: <\/span>  Yes, it was. <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  Heh. <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  How nice.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley3.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim: <\/span>  The first time I tried I must have done it wrong, since I got a number out of service message. The second time, I was hung up on. I tried again, and this time got someone to listen to me. I was soon told that I was hung up on because I sounded like a telemarketer.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley4.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  Heh. <br \/> *  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tim <\/span>  needs to work on his phone greetings.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley4.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jared: <\/span>  Apparently.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley3.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\"> <\/p>\n<p> The jury seems to be out on whether I&#8217;d make a good telemarketer.  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley3.gif\" height=\"15\" width=\"15\">  (My opinion is that I wouldn&#8217;t dream of becoming one.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After practicing for a quartet with people from church last Monday, we were sitting around talking in their living room. 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