Tag: Spam

A Chance Encounter…

that changed everything An improbable meetingAn unlikely placeThis very placeA StarbucksThis tableOutside [He’s so cute, and the place was packed!] “Mind if I have a seat?” Steve in his SPAM shirt – THE SPAM shirt! Tim & Steve at the Starbucks in the very seats where they met Before smartphonesBefore social mediaBefore the iPhoneBefore the selfiePeople talkedWe talkedHere A SPAM… Continue reading

In Spam Hell!

No, it’s bigger than that! I’m in electronic spam hell! I completely killed text messaging on my iPhone* because I began getting an untold number of marketing text messages. I can think of nothing I loathe more than unsolicited advertising, especially when I’m the one paying for it! On a quest for a solution, I called @AT&T. Yes, I had… Continue reading

It’s All Just Weird…

A week or two ago I received a recorded call that went something like this, You have currently reached your plan’s limits for certain types of calls including collect calls.  To modify your plan…” By that time, I hung up in a state of anger.  How did some jerk telemarketer get my cell phone number?  I never give it out.… Continue reading