So I got this call this afternoon.

[MineralMan]

Right now, I have to answer all calls, due to deaths in my family. So, I took the call, answering as I always do, "This is [name].

A chirpy and youthful female voice came on the phone, "Hi! I heard your parents died and that you're in charge now. So can I talk to you about next year's crop insurance?" Without skipping a beat, she started chattering on...

I listened for about 15 seconds and said, "Please shut up and let me talk." She did. I explained that both of my parents had died less than a week ago, that they had sold the farm a month ago, and that there would be no fucking crop insurance sale for her today.

Didn't slow her down a bit. She just kept chirping. I ended the call and blocked the number without saying another word

I don't think she is in the right job, somehow...

[sfstaxprep]

1. She Could Have Been Drumpf's Press Secretary nt

[MineralMan]

2. Indeed.

[hatrack]

4. Gosh, and now she's got her dream job!

Way to go, Kayleigh.

[gopiscrap]

27. omg my brain went there too

[Sunny Daze]

3. So very sorry for your losses.

[Blue_true]

5. You have to wonder how people like that sleep at night.

Take care MM. I have been through what you are experiencing, though my parents didn’t pass together like yours did in time (in a way, please take comfort knowing that they have each other again).

Things are going to be rough for the next two years, don’t pass up seeing a specialist to help you deal with your emotions.

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Very sorry to hear this.

The insensitivity at such a time makes it all worse. I hope there are no more.

[MineralMan]

14. Oh, there will be more. Much more.

Obituaries draw scammers like flies. Now crop insurance is important for farmers, and the company she was calling from is legitimate. It was her total lack of connection with reality that bothered me. She had a script and no brain. Farmers are not easy to snow. Apparently, she had no training at all. Just a script.

[BlueIdaho]

20. Been there - sadly done that.

In my experience, most of the folks we have to deal with are respectful and helpful. But there’s always a few that are working on commission or simply lack empathy. Blocking is the only solution.

My condolences for your losses.

[Blue Owl]

7. Those goddamned vultures

The ground isn't even cold yet and they're already grubbing their next sale. Very tRump-like.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

8. I'm glad you posted.

I was thinking of you earlier today and wondering how you're doing.

[MineralMan]

18. I'm OK. A little brittle, but still bending.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Just got to love those Perky and Cheery

phone bank folks at Farmers Insurance.

[Phoenix61]

10. So sorry your having to deal with that type of crap.

You have more than enough on your plate already.

[Turbineguy]

11. I had a similar experience

when my Mother died. But it was only one. The other 100 or so people I spoke with were kind and solicitous and wanting to help.

You know, the way Americans normally are.

[MineralMan]

16. Yes. Most people can relate, and are kind about it.

[Frustratedlady]

12. I received a call from an insurance company, several years ago. She said she was returning my

husband's call.

I said, "Oh, that is amazing. He passed away several months ago."

She fell all over herself apologizing, but I'll guarantee you she never used that approach again.

The major irritation was she worked for my neighbor's insurance office and he attended the funeral!

So sorry you had to encounter that call. You have enough on your plate.

[MineralMan]

19. Wow!

[stillcool]

13. sell, sell, sell...

maybe when she was half-way through her spiel with her next target, it hit her. It's hard for me to accept that this society is so shallow, so self absorbed, that they can't hear/compute anything. Then again, it's not. So sorry about your parents, and having salt poured in the wound.

[tavernier]

15. I'm so sorry, MM.

People were very kind and always offered some sort of apology when my husband died... they still do on those rare occasions when some type of business comes up with his name attached, almost 4 years later now. I would have been destroyed in those first weeks had I gotten a call like that. I’m so sorry! I hope you find like I did that most people are kind and compassionate instead of like this birdbrain.

[Hekate]

17. Oh gods I'm sorry

[MineralMan]

21. Oh, well. Perhaps she'll learn...in time.

[Clash City Rocker]

22. Good lord, that's horrible, I'm so sorry

You handled this much better than I would have. People who can’t manage basic human compassion don’t deserve their daily supply of oxygen.

[Mr.Bill]

23. Insurance companies are ruthless at sales.

Far worse than car dealers. Last year my sister-in-law was between addresses for awhile and asked if she could use our address for her mail. She was shopping for health and car insurance at the time. I one year later I am convinced that I will be getting junk mail from insurance companies in her name for the rest of my life.

[KentuckyWoman]

24. Dec 23, 2019

The day after my husband died. A call from a car salesman pushing to give me a great deal on a new car because my husband would want me to be safe. I had to hang up on him mid sentence.

How these vultures find out baffles me.

Hopefully your journey through this will be a short one so you can get to what you need for you.

Hugs

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. It's a computer. NT

[Hoyt]

26. Sorry MM. I remember you've posted about them being ill.

My dad died over 40 years ago. Within a few days I got a call from a Las Vegas casino saying he owed them a good chunk of money.

I told them they could break my fingers, but he didn’t have any money. The guy was nice and said, “We don’t do that anymore and they would write it off.” I was a little surprised. Most of the creditors weren’t so nice,

Take care.

[Marrah_Goodman]

28. Vultures

[demtenjeep]

29. good god

that is horrible

I am so sorry