Posted: 6/26/2007 5:00:54 PM EDT
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So... As I was making my last post, the phone rang. The Dallas Morning News was asking me to buy a subscription.. ME: Hello? HIM: Yes, this is Tim with the DMN (DALLAS Morning News ... I am abbreviating because I can't type that shit over and over....) ME: Yes? HIM: I am calling to offer you a discount on the DMN...we have 2 free months available with a new subscription. ME: Do you have it in braille? HIM: Excuse me? ME: Do you have it in braille? HIM: Uhmm..no. We don't. ME: Is this some kind of sick joke? You DO understand that I am blind, right? HIM: No, I did not realize that. ME: So..? You think it is funny to offer newspapers to the blind? HIM: Well? You do shop for groceries, right? ME: No, actually, I don't. I have a service that provides for me, why? I call in my order and they deliver. HIM: WEll, we do have coupons in the paper... ME: Are THEY in braille? HIM: Uhm, what? ME:Are the coupons in braille? Are you taunting me? ME: I'm blind. Are you making fun of me? HIM: Uhm, no...this is not a joke. ME: Who are you? HIM, I am Tim with the DMN. This is not a joke. ME: So this is not an offer for the blind? <insert angry voice> You think this is funny to offer a non-braille newspaper to the blind??!? HIM: No, uhm, this is not a joke. ME: You're sick. This is not even close to funny!?! HIM: Uhm, no sir...? ME: Who are you? .... I got bored and hung up. I think I might have traumatized him.  TRG |
