Defeated The Bonus Boss
HOME, TELEMARKETING | WORKING | APRIL 29, 2016
(I’m in the midst of fighting the final boss in a video game notorious amongst its fandom for potentially being the most difficult in its franchise. It’s taken me 13 years to get to this point since I tried again and gave up several times over the years since its release. I have currently spent several hours on the fight. I am a flaming ball of anger and hate-fire by the time my phone starts to ring, distracting me and getting me killed once again. It turns out to be a scammer that has been harassing me for over a month that I normally ignore.)
Me: “Who is this?”
Scammer: “This is [Fictional Electric Company], looking for [Person Who Isn’t Me] about their electric bill…”
Me: *screaming into the phone* “Are you [expletive] serious?! [Person Who Isn’t Me] hasn’t owned this number for several years and yet you people keep harassing me! You woke me this morning, you woke my baby yesterday afternoon, and you’ve disturbed me when I was in the middle of something now! Never call me again or I’ll trace your number, find out where you live, and ship you a box of Brazilian wandering spiders!”
(I slam the phone down and go back to my game when I notice both my sisters staring at me in fear.)
Sister: “Would you seriously ship a box of spiders to a telemarketer?”
Me: “If he calls me again in the middle of this fight? I’ll send him bark scorpions, too!”
(Thankfully they never called me again. I quickly beat the game soon after that call too. It turns out that screaming at people who have been harassing me is oddly therapeutic.)
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