Phyliss
12-07-2007, 09:44 PM
This is basically what I had said:
"When I first opened my Fashion Bug Account, they asked for my phone number, and I gave them the shop number. (self employed, so no problem about "somebody" picking up the phone). Each time I go in a buy something they ask for my phone number, I always figured iy was for verification of card. Little did I realize it was to track how often I'm in there."
Her: "How often is that?"
Me: "Too often"
Her: "So I notice."
" Now you may not realize that Fashion Bug is owned by Charming Shoppe who also owns Lane Bryant, and Catherines, and I think a few others. Now even though I have my office phone on the "Do Not Call" list that doesn't stop a company from calling you if you've done business with them. Used to be a time when an automated phone call would "hang up" if it heard the answering machine, not anymore, it simply waits for the "beep" and continues. What with the Christmas season here I've been getting these calls from both F.B. and Lane Bryant telling me about all the wonderful deals and great savings. Usually some young "honey" speaking rapidly almost like that one from Food Network, Rachel Ray, (the girl should switch to decafe.)
So here I am this morning doing a fairly large job on my own and my truck phone rings, (call forwarding from my shop office phone to my truck) well, you know I don't stop work to answer the phone, that's what voice mail is for. Anyhow, when I'm done the job and headed out to my next job, I replay the messages.
Now, in another time, with a job this size, I would have had my buddy "Bill" with me, (He passed away this last June, 7th and final heart attack). So I'm leaving the site and retrieve my messages, first message is from a customer wanting some repair work done, second message is from, ...."
Wife starts to laugh, she can see "IT" coming a mile away.
You guessed it, here's "Tiffany" calling from Lane Bryant telling me about a wonderful one day sale on Saturday, and how "stunning" I'd look in their latest fashions and since I'm such a valued customer they wanted to let me in on the sale, ect ect ect."
Now just picture if you would, me listening on speaker phone to this message while driving, with my "buddy" sitting in the truck cab right next to me.
Actually got a good chuckle out of her from the story. While I was listening to it I thought about a scene like that and got to laughing so hard I almost drove off the road. Talk about "being caught" No Escape there. "You got some 'slpainin to do"
Two things come from this incident, one, I guess it shows how much I don't care about "hiding" anymore, and two, it sorta shows another level of acceptance on her part. That she can laugh about little things, along with me.
"When I first opened my Fashion Bug Account, they asked for my phone number, and I gave them the shop number. (self employed, so no problem about "somebody" picking up the phone). Each time I go in a buy something they ask for my phone number, I always figured iy was for verification of card. Little did I realize it was to track how often I'm in there."
Her: "How often is that?"
Me: "Too often"
Her: "So I notice."
" Now you may not realize that Fashion Bug is owned by Charming Shoppe who also owns Lane Bryant, and Catherines, and I think a few others. Now even though I have my office phone on the "Do Not Call" list that doesn't stop a company from calling you if you've done business with them. Used to be a time when an automated phone call would "hang up" if it heard the answering machine, not anymore, it simply waits for the "beep" and continues. What with the Christmas season here I've been getting these calls from both F.B. and Lane Bryant telling me about all the wonderful deals and great savings. Usually some young "honey" speaking rapidly almost like that one from Food Network, Rachel Ray, (the girl should switch to decafe.)
So here I am this morning doing a fairly large job on my own and my truck phone rings, (call forwarding from my shop office phone to my truck) well, you know I don't stop work to answer the phone, that's what voice mail is for. Anyhow, when I'm done the job and headed out to my next job, I replay the messages.
Now, in another time, with a job this size, I would have had my buddy "Bill" with me, (He passed away this last June, 7th and final heart attack). So I'm leaving the site and retrieve my messages, first message is from a customer wanting some repair work done, second message is from, ...."
Wife starts to laugh, she can see "IT" coming a mile away.
You guessed it, here's "Tiffany" calling from Lane Bryant telling me about a wonderful one day sale on Saturday, and how "stunning" I'd look in their latest fashions and since I'm such a valued customer they wanted to let me in on the sale, ect ect ect."
Now just picture if you would, me listening on speaker phone to this message while driving, with my "buddy" sitting in the truck cab right next to me.
Actually got a good chuckle out of her from the story. While I was listening to it I thought about a scene like that and got to laughing so hard I almost drove off the road. Talk about "being caught" No Escape there. "You got some 'slpainin to do"
Two things come from this incident, one, I guess it shows how much I don't care about "hiding" anymore, and two, it sorta shows another level of acceptance on her part. That she can laugh about little things, along with me.