Here's a shot that Pat took on a dive some time ago. When I look at this turtle, all I can think of is that it's flying.
So I may owe someone an apology... I'm responding to e-mail this morning and the phone rings... it's a "private caller" according to my caller ID. I pick it up and get a MUCH larger than life "HI STEVE" pause "HOW ARE YOU THIS VERY FINE MONDAY MORNING" pause pause pause... I didn't respond immediately because lately I've been getting lots of sales calls with more or less the same opening, and any time I've responded they'll continue on without stating what they're calling about for more exchanges and I'm getting real tired of it. I used to play along with those calls for a while, but today I just wasn't into it. If the person who called was an actual potential customer, I really do owe them an apology.
Anyways, when I get a phone call from a blocked sender, it automatically ups the odds that it's from a salesperson about nine times, when I get the much bigger than life super-friendly person on the other end of the line the odds that it's a salesman skyrockets- in fact, I can recall only one non-sales phone call ever where it was a much larger than life caller, but that one had a name behind it on the caller ID. Hopefully I didn't ruin someone's day, I need to decide how I'll handle those calls in the future.
So other than that... It's a gorgeous day in Kona today. We've got a nice breeze and the vog's gone for now. The surf's up a bit, should be coming down for tomorrow's charter.
Later,
Steve
2 comments:
That's a great shot, the title fits perfectly too.
Telemarketers have gotten a lot craftier lately, it makes answering the phone a dreaded task.
- Evan
Thanks.
Telemarketers generally don't bother me when they're up front, I even answer a marketing survey here and there when they call, but the pen salesmen who act like we're long lost buddies and don't let on who they are for 10-20 seconds are starting to really bug me.
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