BOWLING GREEN, KY-
Herschel Forrest, 79, finally lost his usual calm demeanor earlier this morning after receiving yet another sales call from godaddy.com. "The first few times they called, I told the young man I wasn't interested in his product. You see, I come from a day and time in which I only bought things after putting my own two hands on them. I like to see a salesman face to face and end the transaction with a firm, sincere handshake. These days, you never know what you are going to get."
The telephone marketing department had not called for about a week, but when they called Forrest this morning, he gave the salesman a piece of his mind.
"Look, I know these kids working the phones are probably good people at heart, but when they start interfering with my morning programs, well that is just going too far. I finally had to tell him that if he called again I would ask for his manager and have a word. I pulled no punches."
"Oh he always gets like this when the humidity starts to rise," says Herschel's wife, Blanche, "I think it messes with his sciatica. Going on and on to me about 'land of the free, home of the brave,' and how he used to just walk in stores and shake hands with people. It gets tiring but these people really get to him."
"After telling that salesman off, my heart started racing and I really felt alive. Reminded me to take my multivitamin. I wish that salesman the best of luck, really. But what do I need with a godaddy? My father passed nearly thirty years ago."
-Weston Langdon
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