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 2005-04-04 08:55 am (UTC)Oh god, I think you're so absolutely right. One thing I'd never even think to try of argue is that Italians, for a large part, have a very provincial mentality more often than not.
It isn't even an Italian company XD
I didn't know that either. :D Where does it come from?
Hm... I guess Umbria is a bit out of your target, isn't it? Otherwise, you could try to convince me of reading slash. I guess it would make a nice change. :D
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on 2005-04-04 02:13 pm (UTC)I didn't know that either. :D Where does it come from?
Swiss. Or so I'm told XD
Hm... I guess Umbria is a bit out of your target, isn't it?
NOTHING is out of our target ** We call everywhere, sadly Y_Y You should listen to some of the dialects we hear every day... half of the time I nod smiling stupidly at the phone, thank politely and hung up without having understood a single word Y_Y
Otherwise, you could try to convince me of reading slash. I guess it would make a nice change. :D
Oooh, I think it's a task too difficult even for me. You reading slash? Can't even fathom the notion u.u