Telemarketers. I've had three so far today.
Gah!
The last one just called me "darling".
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Biggest reason for NOT working from home
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2 Comments:
Makes a change, they usually call me just at a critical stage of cooking dinner or just when I have sat down to eat (whether it is 6.30 or 8.30 they time it perfectly).
Good luck with getting everything together for finishing your chapter!
So very true. I can't begin to imagine how many telemarketers I fended off while I was writing my M.A. thesis (back when I didn't have an office and worked from home all the time).
Talk to me! (You know you want to!)