Today, I was so lonely, I dragged out a conversation with a lady who called to get me to make an appointment to give blood. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML
Today, I talked to my mom about hanging out with her. She got out her phone to schedule an appointment. FML
Today, I was so lonely that I pretended I wanted to buy something from a telemarketer so that they would keep talking to me. FML
Today, I was getting a pedicure to cheer myself up. I've been so lonely, I got overly excited when someone sat next to me, because I got to pretend I had a friend. FML
Today, I went to a blood drive. The nurse taking my blood mentioned that she'd been called in on her day off, and she swore she wasn't drunk. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and blinked back tears as she savaged the vein in my arm. FML
Today, I was so lonely I called my stalker ex-boyfriend. He was too busy to talk. FML
Today, I realized how lonely I am, when I got a call from an elderly women who had dialed the wrong number. We ended up having a 20 minute conversation about her cat and how he "just won't use the darn litter pan." I was sad when she had to hang up. FML
Today, I realized how lonely I am when someone called my number by mistake and I talked with them for 5 minutes. I don’t know who she was, but I'm so lonely I was happy to have someone engage in a conversation, even if it was about her calling the wrong number. FML
Today, after a week on bed rest in a cast after ankle surgery, I got so bored and lonely I agreed to do an hour-long government phone survey just to have someone to talk to. FML
Today, I felt so lonely that I went on an online chat website and pretended to be a girl just so someone would talk to me. FML
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Tripartita 45
"So do you do a lot of charitable acts?" "Besides giving blood and having this conversation? Can't say I do."
takara98 17
That's okay, OP. Maybe you can sign up for one of those sites for friendships and chatting to talk to somebody. Or join a club?
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Tripartita 45
"So do you do a lot of charitable acts?" "Besides giving blood and having this conversation? Can't say I do."
hellnosucka 27
"So, how much blood would you take from me?" "if it were up to me, 100% just for you!"
cootiequeen4444 11
so does hellnosucka actually refer to you being a vampire then?
MadCabin 3
good on you for donating!
thejonac 21
on the bright side, she was probably bored too
takara98 17
That's okay, OP. Maybe you can sign up for one of those sites for friendships and chatting to talk to somebody. Or join a club?
Lalala579121 28
Omegle. No wait, that's just for desperate people trying to have Internet sex.
Jay18 22
you kept in contact with her right, cuz if you dragged out that conversation then that's one person you can possibly get to know
Talis99 26
To be honest, while I don't work in cold calls (calling out to folks uninvited), I do work in a call center for insurance and I am not the only one who hates it when folks do this. I understand you're lonely, but we're doing a job. It can wreck our call volume and pile work on someone who doesn't have the lonely person. I'm trying to get your claim handled and then help someone else, not hear how your relationships or health problems are going. OP, there's plenty of other ways to find friends. Book clubs, Facebook groups, flash mobs, Internet societies. You'll find someone interested in the same things and happy to speak to you. :)
polsen4273 8
I work in customer service for a small lab. This happens all the time, especially if you are calling for a redraw. It doesnt bother me, because its what Im paid to do. Im sure you dont get paid on commussion either, and if you let someone talk when they want to, they may compliment you, if you dont, they may complain. I hate to be a dick, but you need to change your mindset when talking to clients or patients, or you will be (more) frustrated everyday
Talis99 26
Actually, 14, I get more frustrated by being bitched out by my managers for having a 40 minute call and there's calls in queue for others that need help. Or feeling guilty for my coworkers taking call after call after call because I can't help. I'm not saying I don't mind a little. But I work in insurance claims. If you have to talk about your relationship with your son to a stranger, you need to call someone else. My pay and feelings have nothing to do with it. I just want to do my job, keep the call flow going, and meet the stats imposed upon me of average call time and call volume. This stuff ruins that. These folk need to learn appropriateness just like I shouldn't be talking to them about stuff that isn't my job. Just how it is.
Weasely 11
If it was such a big deal for you to not talk to people like they're humans then it should be part of your job to be able to say you're busy and end the conversation.
CrazyManNo9 29
I have a favorite business adage that says, "If you aren't busy today, you didn't work hard enough yesterday." Same goes for life. Go do something. Go do a lot of somethings. Carpe Diem.
beyslay 14
I get that you're lonely and all but there are other ways to make friends. She has a job to do and other people to call.
RichardPencil 32
"Well, you got your A positive, Then there's your A negative, ... And there's your O negative. And that's about all you can do with shrimp."
lucas_333 12
Good job, now you've blood relation with her. :)