Comments on: Equality for All News Alert http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/02/28/equality-for-all-news-alert/ notes from the crossroads of mother and father Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: anotherothermother http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/02/28/equality-for-all-news-alert/#comment-69593 anotherothermother Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:51:47 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/02/28/equality-for-all-news-alert/#comment-69593 Just a note about people who gather ballot initiative signatures: My experience is that most of the people who go around with these initiatives have a huge stack of them, and barely understand what a lot of them are. It is a crappy job -- one step below telemarketer, IMO, and it pays crap. Sometimes they get paid by the signature. Some of the people who do it are just young and/or unskilled, but some are unemployable creeps. If you see one of them, you may have to do some digging to find out if they have that particular initiative. Also, the website of the National Bigots Organization or whatever they're called lists a bunch of places (mostly fundamentalist churches) where you can go to get copies if you want to help out, so there may be volunteers with just this initiative. Equality California is recommending that you just ask them if they're paid and report it to them, although personally I won't be able to resist telling the person what a disgusting bigot they are (in the case of a volunteer) or how they are should be ashamed of themselves (in the case of people who are paid) and that even working in MacDonalds would be better. But I doubt there are a whole helluva lotta people circulating this particular petition in the Bay Area. I noticed that there's one church in Daly City that is circulating it, though, and I've been sending bad thoughts their way. Just a note about people who gather ballot initiative signatures: My experience is that most of the people who go around with these initiatives have a huge stack of them, and barely understand what a lot of them are. It is a crappy job — one step below telemarketer, IMO, and it pays crap. Sometimes they get paid by the signature. Some of the people who do it are just young and/or unskilled, but some are unemployable creeps. If you see one of them, you may have to do some digging to find out if they have that particular initiative.

Also, the website of the National Bigots Organization or whatever they’re called lists a bunch of places (mostly fundamentalist churches) where you can go to get copies if you want to help out, so there may be volunteers with just this initiative. Equality California is recommending that you just ask them if they’re paid and report it to them, although personally I won’t be able to resist telling the person what a disgusting bigot they are (in the case of a volunteer) or how they are should be ashamed of themselves (in the case of people who are paid) and that even working in MacDonalds would be better. But I doubt there are a whole helluva lotta people circulating this particular petition in the Bay Area. I noticed that there’s one church in Daly City that is circulating it, though, and I’ve been sending bad thoughts their way.

]]> By: oldc http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/02/28/equality-for-all-news-alert/#comment-69592 oldc Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:31:11 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/02/28/equality-for-all-news-alert/#comment-69592 These folks called me about 2 weeks ago. It was a robocall- I was to press "1" if I wanted to sign. Hell, I didn't know they were putting something on the ballot again- I thought they were just gathering data, you know, making a list of crazy people who might support a crazy idea and a crazy candidate. When a real person calls, I have a favorite technique I like to use. After a quick question and response from me, they launch into a lengthy spiel without pausing for air. I put the phone down and let them go at it. After a bit, the spiel ends abruptly and I can hear them calling out, "Hello, hello? are you there?" I especially love to type on a nearby keyboard during the call because I know they can hear it. Makes my day every time. But if I had a little monkey, I think it would be great fun to tell the caller that I have someone who wants to talk to them and then let the little monkey tell them some poopy diaper stories. It would be the perfect response to their campaign. These folks called me about 2 weeks ago. It was a robocall- I was to press “1″ if I wanted to sign. Hell, I didn’t know they were putting something on the ballot again- I thought they were just gathering data, you know, making a list of crazy people who might support a crazy idea and a crazy candidate.

When a real person calls, I have a favorite technique I like to use. After a quick question and response from me, they launch into a lengthy spiel without pausing for air. I put the phone down and let them go at it. After a bit, the spiel ends abruptly and I can hear them calling out, “Hello, hello? are you there?” I especially love to type on a nearby keyboard during the call because I know they can hear it. Makes my day every time.

But if I had a little monkey, I think it would be great fun to tell the caller that I have someone who wants to talk to them and then let the little monkey tell them some poopy diaper stories. It would be the perfect response to their campaign.

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