I don't like being solicited. If you come to my door unasked or call my phone without an invite, I don't care what you're hawking. No sale. Even if it's something I need at a price I can't get anywhere else.
I especially don't like being solicited to subscribe to theatrical seasons. I go to a lot of plays but I've given up subscribing to the whole season of any company. It always comes down to me having tickets for some night I can't go and/or a play that I've paid for but really don't want to attend. It's like the Kellogg's Variety Pak. I bought the thing for the little boxes of Frosted Flakes and Sugar Smacks but I got stuck with the little box of Shredded Wheat which I couldn't stand.
And I really, really don't like being solicited to subscribe to the theatrical season of a theater company that I couldn't attend if I wanted to. This afternoon, I got a phone call asking me to sign up for the coming season of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Company. This is because when I was in Pittsburgh last month for the first time in my life, I bought tickets to one play.
I live in Los Angeles and have no plans to go back to Pittsburgh at all, let alone four times in the next year. I'm sure the Pittsburgh CLO will have a fine season but I will be, if Mapquest is accurate, 2441.05 miles from the theater.
Come on, people. Look at the area code before you dial it. You're wasting your time and worse, you're wasting mine.