Thank You For Your Loyalty. Now Buy Something!

Some might think this is a little thing, but the truth is that it is not. And I know that unless I write it down I will carry it around for hours if not days.Earlier today I received an unsolicited phone call purportedly (and I will come back to this distinction later) from my internet and cable service provider. My household has been purchasing services from this company (let’s call them Company R) since 1987 – yes THIRTY-NINE years. At one point we had 3 cell phones, 2 cable TV packages and 2 internet services (we had two household accounts with them, a family thing) with them, but over the last few years we moved all the cell phones elsewhere and removed the extra internet and cable accounts. We have remained, due to convenience and laziness, with just cable and internet.The phone call from a person claiming to be with the company (they often aren’t; these types of calls are farmed out to other companies, acting on behalf of Company R), in a very perky voice begins by saying:“First…