So, yesterday I received a phone call.
Mar. 30th, 2005 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kascheIt went approximately as follows.
Me: "Hello?"
Unidentified Woman: "Hello, Madam--"
Me: *raises eyebrows* No, not another survey.
UW: "--I'm calling to remind you that on the 3rd and 4th of April the local elections will take place--"
Me: "Yeah. Yeah, I know." 1
UW: "--and, regardless of your political color2, I'd like to suggest you to give your vote to a woman. To [name I don't remember], from Forza Italia."
Me: *jaw hanging*
UW: "So, remember to place a cross over Forza Italia's logo, and write [the name, again] beside--"
Me: "No, thanks."
And I hang the receiver. Now, point one: who the hell gave them my number. Why all the privacy talks we've heard about over and over again don't come into this? Point two: 'regardless of your political color' my arse. Point three: asking me to vote for a woman. Why should I vote for a woman just because she's a woman? I'm going to vote for the person I think is the best. If it's a woman, so much the better, but it doesn't come first. Point four: why do you think you have the liberty to phone me to tell me who to vote?
/end rant.
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1: At this point in time, I started to wonder whether it wasn't just a recorded message. (It wasn't, by the by.)
2: i.e., black or red. Idiomatic expression.
Me: "Hello?"
Unidentified Woman: "Hello, Madam--"
Me: *raises eyebrows* No, not another survey.
UW: "--I'm calling to remind you that on the 3rd and 4th of April the local elections will take place--"
Me: "Yeah. Yeah, I know." 1
UW: "--and, regardless of your political color2, I'd like to suggest you to give your vote to a woman. To [name I don't remember], from Forza Italia."
Me: *jaw hanging*
UW: "So, remember to place a cross over Forza Italia's logo, and write [the name, again] beside--"
Me: "No, thanks."
And I hang the receiver. Now, point one: who the hell gave them my number. Why all the privacy talks we've heard about over and over again don't come into this? Point two: 'regardless of your political color' my arse. Point three: asking me to vote for a woman. Why should I vote for a woman just because she's a woman? I'm going to vote for the person I think is the best. If it's a woman, so much the better, but it doesn't come first. Point four: why do you think you have the liberty to phone me to tell me who to vote?
/end rant.
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1: At this point in time, I started to wonder whether it wasn't just a recorded message. (It wasn't, by the by.)
2: i.e., black or red. Idiomatic expression.
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on 2005-03-30 01:04 pm (UTC)I asked two-three friends yesterday, but they didn't receive the call. Guess who the lucky one could be? Bah.
*hugshugshugs*
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on 2005-03-30 01:14 pm (UTC)You know, as if women weren't capable of being more sexist and anti-feminist than any guy out there *sighs*
They want you to join the Right-winged Red Cross :)
*mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah*
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on 2005-03-30 01:20 pm (UTC)(Never mind that I would draw said line much before that. And while I'm there, I'd sketch the puppies at the end, just because.)
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on 2005-03-30 02:05 pm (UTC)You're so cute!
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on 2005-03-30 03:17 pm (UTC)Oh well, peace. It's not worth getting too worked up. :P
*huggles*