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State your bizzzzness

So, I got a weird call today from this dude named Roger... Now, he either said... Le Fose... Or The Post.

He wants me to call him back.

Generally... I'm not much of a phone talker.

I like written communication.

When things are in writing, lawyers can review them later on down the road.

It's better that way.

Life would just be better if we all had lawyers that reviewed everything we typed.

Cost prohibitive though.

Anyway... My thing is, if you're going to call someone, leave a voicemail... So, he did that.  A lot of people won't even leave voicemails!  It's crazy.  Leave a voicemail.  Now, for the voicemail... First you want to give your contact info... So, your name, and return number.

The next thing you want to do is a quick statement of your intent...  His message just said... Call me back!  I'm probably not going to call him back.

Here's the thing.  It's a crazy world we live in these days.  To me?  Everyone I meet, heck, even people I've known my whole life, are a threat to me, until deemed otherwise.

Trust no one.

I don't trust even my own family.  Who knows what anyone's intent is.

I consider you armed, dangerous, and malicious... Until you prove beyond a doubt that you aren't.

And even then... I still probably consider you to have only your personal interests in mind, and I consider you a threat.

Trust no one.

I don't even trust my own cats.  They're always chewing on stuff, and pooping and puking places.  Running a muck.

So, if I have something important, I don't leave it in the open, it could end up covered in teeth marks and cat hair and hairball puke all over it.

Anyway, so when people call people, they should always state their intent over the phone.  Are you calling me to try and scam me?  Are you calling me for a sound bite to then manipulate and make it seem like I said something I didn't?

Or are you a decent person, with good intentions?

You need to state exactly what your business is and why you're calling.  You're better off writing an email, or texting.

I'll review it, and get back to you when I feel comfortable.

I don't like when people put time limits or pressure on things.  That's a red flag for me.

I basically just look at everything people do as possible red flags.

You never know.  People are crazy.  Consider them all thieves, hackers, armed and dangerous, or just plain old mean....

Until proven otherwise.

Or, worst of all, they could be sales people.  Sales people are the worst.

You pretend to be a genuine friend... And then you're like... SOOOOOOO my friend... Would you like to switch your energy provider to this new wind company???

*Click*

Hello?  Sir, are you still there?

*Telephone off the hook sound*

I thought we were friends.