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Untitled ( How Could This Happen To Me? )

Aug 25 2005 by Definetly Not Ben

So I was sitting around the other night, doing my thang. When the phone rings. "Ring." rings the phone cheerfully. My mother picks it up, with her usual greeting, (which is hello, for those of you keeping score.) "Mr.Benjamin Sinclair? Ok, hold on a second." My mother calls me, and hands me the phone. I am greeted and told they want me to do a survey, which I find very odd, for he is treating me like I'm an adult. Funny thing is, he thought I was an adult. Boys and girls, read on, this one gets interesting...

I agree to the survey, not quite sure what it was about, yet I'm sure I shouldn't be taking it. The guy starts asking me questions about stocks, and bonds. At this point, I have two decisions. One, I can tell the gentlemen I am but a simple young lad, and tell him I shouldn't be interviewed. The second choice is, I can waste 15 minutes of his life, and give the company pointless information. I chose the latter.

Now, the questions he asks me are standard, tell us your interest on something, one being not interested, seven being very interested. I'm not sure why it was on a scale of one to seven, but I won't ask questions, thats for the company to do. So they proceed to ask me numerous questions, and I am starting to get bored. Then I decide to mess with their heads a little, and throw my answers all over the place. Answer three on one question, then a seven on the same question, with just slightly different variables. I know nothing about stocks, by the way.

Then, I decide to be real stupid. He asks me how old I am. "30 to 34." I answer. "How much money do you make each year?" he asks. "Under $20 000." I respond. I'm just getting started with retardation here. Next question asks how much money I save each year. "Under $1 000." I tell him sternly. Let's get incredibally stupid! He then asks if I have a bank account or a chequeing account. I tell him I don't.

This now begs the question, why would I save $1 000 a year if I don't have a bank account? I just keep my money in my house all of the time? Speaking of a place to live. His next question is about where I live, if in an apartment, condo, living alone or with a wife etc... I tell him I live in a house, alone.

This should blow my cover away right now. I make under $20 000 a year, and I have my own house? With no bank account? Forget that fact, the main thing here is I said I was single. When my mother clearly answered the phone. That ends the interview, he thanks me for my time and I tell him no problem. I hang up the phone, laugh at my brilliance, tell my family, they laugh too. I die a happier man.

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1 comments

by ac1983fan on Nov 18 2005 07:43 pm

That dude was so stupid!
but seriosly, that is funny!