BearSeason
Elite Baiter
Joined: 19 Jun 2011
Posts: 1066
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Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:36 pm |
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What a day. Mr. BearSeason came home late last night from the grocery store. He told Mrs. BearSeason that he had been speaking with a nice young gentleman at the store. This gentleman had invited the two of them to a luncheon the next day. Mrs. BearSeason was intrigued. Surely, there's no such thing as a free lunch. What's the catch? Turns out that the gentleman mentioned something about needing new hires for his business. Hmmmm... curiouser and curiouser. On one hand, Mrs. BearSeason has been out of work for some time and would never pass on an opportunity for employment; on the other hand, who looks for new hires in a grocery store? Well, at the very least, the BearSeasons never turn down free food. So, off they went.
The... ahem... "luncheon"... was at a local seakhouse. Mr. and Mrs. BearSeason aren't big on red meat so they each had chicken. It was quite good. The man who had invited them, Jeff, sat quietly across from them in the booth while a slick older gentleman in a snazzy suit gave a very high pressure sales pitch on a program called Legal Shield (Google it). And when I say high pressure, I do not exaggerate. At one point, he had the gall to use the old, "Purchase our service or you might die" tactic. I'm not making that part up. He claimed that if you're identity is stolen, the person who steals your identity might go to the hospital using your details. All of that person's medical records would then be listed under your name. Then, if you go to the hospital, the staff would look up your medical history and find *gasp* this imposter's records. If that person's blood is Type A and your blood is Type O, they could give you the wrong blood type and you'd be dead! Now, is this scenario plausible? I honestly don't know. Someone else might be more qualified to answer that. But is it an uscrupulous scare tactic designed to pressure people into purchasing their service right then and there without doing any research? You betcha!
So, at this point I'm pretty much just tuning the whole thing out and wondering what the hell I'm even doing there. And then it dawns on me. I'm no stranger to this scenario. No, this scene seems awfully familiar. I've been here before. In fact it's all starting to resemble a...
"And for $149, you can too become a sales associate..."
...PYRAMID SCHEME!
Two hours of my life spent telling a well-meaning but delusional person that I appreciate the offer but it simply isn't for me. I'm just glad Mr. BearSeason had the foresight to bring me with him. He admitted to me that he was blinded by Jeff's good nature and didn't realize it was a scam until we got into the car and I said to him, "It's a pyramid scheme, you know?"
 Well, at least the chicken was good. Tender and juicy. |
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THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE DONE WITH ALL THIS YOUR CHILD'S PLAY...PLEASE IT IS ENOUGH. - Jeff
i can believe that all this will be happened to me why me why me / all my future had scatted - Rechel
you are a man that did not go to the four wall of any school at all. - Attorney Sarah Nan
U 2 go fuck yourself ! I don't need the money and stop emailing me please / BASTARD!!!! / fuck ur family
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