The Jerry Etter saga continues from last week…
Since I was a little leary from the start, I really never gave Jerry the current name of the company I work for, which is eChips. I gave him Arrow Electronics (since more people have heard Arrow than eChips) the company I worked for until February of this year before we were spun off to create a new company. The real bummer of our conversation is that he was very difficult to hear on the phone. But here is how the conversation went.
Jerry–”Hi this is Jerry Etter, we met a few weeks ago at Rainbow Foods”
Me–”Hi” (How the hell did you find me!)
Jerry–”Did you ever get that chocolate malt you wanted”
Me–”Yes” (It was actually quite good, but why the hell do you care)
Jerry–”I run a business that is just getting started and I’m looking for new people to be involved”
Me–”OK” (Why the hell do I care…I wonder if he is really selling Amway)
Jerry–”Have you ever thought about extra ways to make money”
Me–”Ah..No.” (Of course you fool, what do you think, money just grows on trees)
Jerry–”Would you be interested in finding out more?”
Me–”No thank you, I’m happy with my job and the National Guard gives me extra money”
(Actually, if you had a better phone, I would have taken the time to ask some questions and have some fun with you. But since I think you’re a freak, I’m afraid to give you any further numbers to contact me)
Jerry–”OK then, thanks for your time”
Me–”Goodbye” (I hope you never give me a call again)
The fact that he found me was a very strange feeling. And it wasn’t merely him just looking up eChips or Arrow in the phone book and then calling. He happened to call me on my 800 number (my phone tells me what phone number is being called) that is only given to my customers and is listed on the Arrow personnel contact files.
I will give him credit for being persistent. He actually had to call Arrow Electronics and talk to someone who probably had no clue who I was until they looked up my name and gave him the 800 number that was listed. This is not normally a big deal unless they’re giving it out to a stalker. Well, hopefully I won’t hear from him again. That is until he uses Google and finds his name on this site…
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