So, yesterday I received a phone call.

[kasche]

It 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.

Comments

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe - I see what you mean with fun. Even if I still don't envy you one bit. ^^;

I figure that if they're goign to be so rude as to ask me who I plan on voting for, it's my right to jerk them around a bit.
You know, I think that's what people do here with exit-polls. :)