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Sat, 03 Jul 2004

Life, death and sales

I’ve been keeping my mobile switched on and by my side 24/7 lately because our daughter is about to give birth to our first grandchild in the next week or so and because my mother is going to die in the same period. This morning, I answered a very early call while we were having breakfast in bed. The heavily-accented female on the line sounded like one of the nurses at the nursing home where my mother is, so I was quite patient with her until I was certain that she was trying to sell me some kind of credit card. I just said, “Go away.” But I wanted to yell at her. As for how she expects to make a single sale with her almost complete lack of English is a mystery. Fortunately, that’s one thing I don’t have to worry about.