Smartass Here Shows Up at Everything . . .
. . . and always announces that where ever he goes, he has to bring himself.
I finally had to notify him that that’s what spoils everything.
I Feel So Good . . .
. . . that if I didn’t think I was going to live forever,
I’d probably kill myself.
Unsettling News . . .
. . .Mary Weaver, the activities director at Sunrise of Gilbert for the last five years, quit today. Her last day will be Easter Monday — 11 days from now.
She’s been the caring in-charge person here who carried us through most of the pandemic shutdown and initiated several programs and activities that are going to suffer and/or disappear with her departure.
Gotta take a breath and assimilate all this.
With Nothing Else to Do . . .
. . . got thinking about some ad slogans, like
“Big Tire Blowout Sale,”
or what about,
“Toilet Paper Wipeout Sale.”
You got any better?
Robocallers Have Your Number
There’s still no fool-proof way to eliminate robocallers and scam artists from getting to your phone because robots and crooks never sleep.
The highwater mark for these computer-dialed calls is 190 million in a single day but the daily average is about 1,500 a second offering everything from extending the warranty on your car to lottery winnings for a small up-front handling fee.
Modern technology has made it easy for telephone thieves to amass lists of phone numbers they feed into computers and await results.
The reason some 50 billion calls are made each year is because as many as 5 percent of them are answered and the respondents wind up being bilked out of thousands of dollars.
Simply, this schemers’ system works.
Just picking up the phone and not answering gives the scammers an edge. They know you’re home at that time and that the number is legitimate. And every other robocaller in the neighborhood finds that out, too.
The strong defense is to have caller ID. If you don’t recognize the name or number, just walk away. Legitimate callers, such as a family member or friend, or an important contact such as a doctor’s office, will leave a message and number to call.
If you recognize the caller, you can pick up the phone in mid-message and explain why you waited to answer. Be aware, however, that many crooked callers identify themselves as someone you may be dealing with and you can still become a victim of a scam.
Paranoia pays in these situations.
You can list your number on the national Do Not Call registry but that only bars legitimate marketers. Calls from crooks will keep on coming.
Blocking specific numbers doesn’t help all that much because unethical telemarketers have a way to make it appear that their calls are coming from a different number.
If you do have a conversation with a caller, you can protect yourself by pointing out you’re busy at the moment and ask for a number to call them back. If they won’t give you one, hang up.
Comedian Chris Rock . . .
. . .should keep the clown Will Smith
in his slapstick act.
Most Folks Don’t See Themselves . . .
. . . as other do.
You may think you’ve spent a lot of effort to become a good listener. You’ve become so good you often know what people are going to say before they say it.
So, to help them along, you rudely interrupt and finish what they were going to say for them.
What about the chap who claims to be open to change and welcomes new ideas and developments as they take hold in society. At the same time, they keep reminding everyone loudly about the good old days.
Most people have misperceptions about themselves. Some individuals have more than others.
You might think you’re good a conflict resolution, of helping to bring feuding relatives, coworkers, neighbors or colleagues together.
They may see you just as a meddling, intrusive or bossy interloper who tries to impose your mores and morals on everybody else.
Their view of you might the same if you see yourself as someone who can really get people to do things, to have fun and get out and enjoy life.
Thinking you’re a problem solver can be tricky. Most folks study a problem awhile before trying to solve it. Even if you see what you think is a solution and offer it too quickly, you’ll be perceived as someone who jumps to conclusions.
This applies to your perception of being decisive. If you take your time to collect as much data, information and facts as you can before taking any course of action, the people around you will see you as an old wishy-washy fuddy-duddy.
It may be wise to just go along on matters of little impact and to take your own route on issues that affect your method and manner of living. The results can help you get a clearer picture of yourself while not distorting what other people see in you.
There Are Only Two Kinds of People . . .
. . . in this world,
I learned a long time ago.
One kind tends to mind its own business.
Mature Life Features 