More on Phone Calls

I don't know if you remember, but back in the 1980's the original wave of telemarketing was for people who wanted to clean your carpets. Unlike today's amateurs, these guys were smooth. They had an answer for every objection, and having not been conditioned by a wave of telemarketers, nobody would ever hang up on them. Didn't matter what objection your had, they had an answer. Well, except for Dad's objection. He'd let them talk themselves out and then inform them, "Sorry, but we have packed earth floors." This wasn't technically true, although packed earth might have been preferable to the ugly shag carpets from the 1970's. These people don't phone anymore, and I'd like to think my Dad played a small part in our victory.