Grandma Susie's House of FUNNERS 'N FLOOZIES (Volume IV)

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Silent Rob

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Good day, madam.

I'm sorry if I woke you last night. Sometimes a dude just needs a sammitch, yanno?

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Sorry, Cliff.

I meant to call somebody else.

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The stupid thing is, this is a private number.

And I'm too polite. I tell them I'm not interested, giving them a chance to end the call themselves. If they persist, I just hang up.

It's for the next 10 minutes afterwards that I'm ranting and raving in my head about all the ways I should've yelled at the guy.

Alas for politeness!
 

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I learned over the last ten years or so not to be so polite to people who cold call you or stop you on the street trying to sell you things.

I don't like being impolite, but bitter experience has taught me that they see any concession towards humanity as a sign of weakness.

*jazz hands*
 

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Good day, madam.

I'm sorry if I woke you last night. Sometimes a dude just needs a sammitch, yanno?

ROAR :D

Well, if I'd known it was you, I would've invited you in for a Fosters. :p

Okay going to bed now. I'll respond to posts and reps appropriately or inappropriately tomorrow. Right now I haz a tired and I have to get up in three and a half hours.

goodnight all
 

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Night, night!

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I learned over the last ten years or so not to be so polite to people who cold call you or stop you on the street trying to sell you things.

I don't like being impolite, but bitter experience has taught me that they see any concession towards humanity as a sign of weakness.

*jazz hands*

I'm slowly learning that lesson myself. Let me tell you a story.

Okay, it was about 2 or 3 years ago, and I was walking in the city, and there was a charity stall set up on the sidewalk. A girl stopped me, and I felt pressured to sign up, even though I couldn't afford monthly payments to the charity.

Yes, I couldn't stick up for myself, and she basically steered me into signing on.

Anyway, a couple weeks later, I called their head office, and cancelled. Because, y'know, I had no money.

Then last week, they called me. They still had my mobile phone number, and they wanted to ask me some questions.

So first question was, "Why did you cancel with us?"

I answered, quite honestly, "I felt pressured into it." Big improvement for me!

Second question she didn't actually get to. She started telling me about a new program they were seeking funds for. So I interrupted and said, "I'm not signing up again." Even bigger improvement!

Not sure what the point of this story is exactly... Oh, yeah. I'm learning to tell those people No.
 

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To be honest, I don't tend to go for outright rudeness, because at the end of the day, I suppose they're just doing their job. I favour the same assertiveness up front that you just whipped out on them.

You can still do that politely, while crushing them of any hope that you'll bend over and allow them to have their wicked way with you.

Everybody's a wiener!

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The best words of all I found is to say, "Thanks, but not interested." I know I'm a real wiener:D That's mah last name. hehee. :Cake:s!
 

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This is all very topical. The little intercom thing here just buzzed and so, being the polite young englishman that I am, I opened the door and was confronted by two jarman ladies wanting to read me excerpts from the bible.

I totally dealt with them politely but firmly.

Custard pies to the face.

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PS. I was terribly polite, but unyielding. As far as religion goes, I know where I stand and I don't feel the need to discuss it with people I don't know on the doorstep.
 

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I've always wanted to say in a funny voice, "Hail Satan!" when the religious doorknockers come round.

Not that I'm a Satanist. Or religious at all. But doorknockers irritate me.

Alas for politeness!
 

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Good morning.

It's Friday.

I've been busy and it isn't even six o'clock yet.

And it's grocery shopping day. Oh, what fun.
 

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Morning, ac.

I hope you've ironed your biohazard suit!

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Hey all! Great night at work, home and got my tootsies up!
 

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I only really know a couple of Donna Summer tracks, but they're very distinctive, aren't they?
 

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She had a good voice. She just happened to catch the disco wave back in the late 70s and after disco it's hard for someone to be taken seriously by the hip music insiders.

I happen to hate hip music insiders.

At least she had a nice house. The thing is as large as a castle.
 

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Hello House of Hot Stuff. That was a Donna Summer song wasn't it? Or was it something else sung by someone else?

Guess what - this afternoon I had a meeting with the publicity company for my book :snoopy: I always thought that was my responsibility but because I got a government grant, the publisher needs to fund only a small part of the publicity campaign.

They seemed very switched on so I'm really excited but not sure I really want to go on TV and radio.

By the way, I only heard about the grant last Friday and signed the contract with the publisher on Monday.

I am going to have a soo-pah weekend, I am :Sun:
 

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Yeah, nice one, Rosie!

Celebratory ROAR :D
 
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