the Cheesecake Factory is a bunch of sadists

[veronica_rich]

My sister and I signed up last year onto the Cheesecake Factory's emailing list, to get free offers and what-not; periodically we'll get a reminder of some holiday (with no specials) to encourage us to spend money. Last week we got an email titled "What Are You Doing For Mother's Day?"

My sister threatened to email them back with: Well, MY mother's dead. What are YOU doing for Mother's Day? Rub it in, why don't you?

Today I got an email from them titled "Veronica, Mom Wants Cheesecake." My immediate thought was, wait, did they have a seance, and the woman placed an order from beyond the grave? Am I expected to pay for that if they actually find a way to deliver it to her, or can she maybe put it instead on her BooExpress Card? (Motto: "Don't Leave This Earth Without It.")

/pondery

Comments

[finding-neo.livejournal.com]

I have begun getting American Baby magazine in the mail. I know it's because I did something online because of how my name is listed, if I don't want to ID myself I put initials. I want to email them and tell them I don't have kids and am almost at menopause, so getting their magazine is very uncomfortable for me. You know what I mean?

I also got a freakin' PDF yesterday from an insurance company with a detailed quote all because I filled something out online to compare insurances at least 10 months ago. It kind of freaked me out 'cause I expect them to send me a bill. Plus when I did that, although I put my actual address, I gave a fake phone number, so the poor person to whom that number belongs will no doubt wonder why they are getting insurance calls, 'cause I bet anything they call!

Anyone else get phone soliciting calls to their cells now??? That is so annoying!!!!

[johnnypenn.livejournal.com]

I get random online colleges calling to see if I want to sign up with them. never mind that I am broke and I skipped their dumb message while doing online stuff. yeah, even when you say "skip" they still bother you. Next time I'll just say they have the wrong number. :)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I get solicitations once in a while and I can always tell because it's a recording, so I just hang up. The rare times I have to talk to a human, I ... well, say "no thanks" and hang up, too.

I dislike that "put in your personal information" crap. Look, ask me about my age, years driving, points lost, accidents, whatever - it does me no good to lie to put all that in to get a quote, since it would change once I actually applied for the policy anyway, and they could background-search me. But damn, when I'm simply comparing quotes, I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW TO FIND ME.