About five minutes ago, a pleasant-sounding lady called me…
HER: Mr. Evanier, I'm Brenda with the Los Angeles Home Improvement Center. You spoke to me last October about improvements you wished to make on your home.
ME: No, I didn't.
HER: Oh, yes you did. You spoke to me and said you'd be ready to make those improvements about now and that I should call you back.
ME: No, I didn't. We never spoke. You're lying to me.
HER: If you'd just give us a chance to give you a free estimate…
ME: How can I trust a free estimate from someone who lies to me? You could tell me it'll cost $14.00 to build me a new garage and then I agree to it and you build it and hand me a bill for seventy kazillion dollars.
HER: We wouldn't do that…
ME: You started our relationship by lying to me. You told me your name was Brenda and then you lied about us speaking last October. You want to prove you're trustworthy? Tell me this. Is your name really Brenda?
HER: No, it isn't.
ME: See? First thing out of your mouth was a lie. And you're also not very bright because you're spending all this time talking to someone who obviously isn't going to let your lying company come over and give me a free estimate. Go call someone else on your list and tell them you spoke to them last October and they said to call back now.
HER: Goodbye.
I'm really starting to enjoy this.