I am *pissed*

[jan_andrea]

I just got a phone call that made me really angry.

I didn't recognize the number, but picked it up. Recorded message started. "We are conducting a survey about abortion. If you do not wish to answer, please hang up now." I stayed on the line. Now, I'm not good at verbatim recall, but the recordning was something like this: "If you identify yourself as pro-life, anti-abortion, press 1 now. If you support a woman's right to choose, press 9 now." I pressed 9.

"Thank you for being pro-life!"

WHAT?!??!

"Pro-life organizations have been working since blah blah blah, we appreciate your support, send us money, blah blah..."

I was stunned. I pressed *9*. I am *pro-choice*. Very much so. And now here's this crooked survey, which has clearly just recorded my vote as "pro-life", and there's no more information in the recording about who is conducting it, or how to contact them! When the recording ended, I stayed on the line, hoping I'd get *something*, but no. I tried calling the number back, but no dice. I did a reverse lookup and it's apparently a land line based in Bartlesville, OK, and that's all the information that's available.

The number was 918-876-1170, if anyone's curious, and if anyone else gets this call... listen to it carefully. Maybe they give more information after giving choices 1 and 9. I don't know. But I'll be damned if I trust *any* polling numbers coming from pro-life sites anymore. At least one of them clearly has *no* conscience when it comes to truthful reporting... and without knowing which, I can't really trust any of them.

Bastards.

Comments

Interesting follow-up

[zauditu.livejournal.com]

So, I am distressed enough by this scam that I did a couple of searches for the number - both in the Bartlesville City Directory online (nothing came up even close to the number) and then google searched the number as a whole. Interestingly enough, nothing came up as an exact match, however there IS a Reproductive Fertility Clinic in *boston* with the same 876 1170, but with a Boston area code, rather than Oklahoma. Is this too much to be a coincidence? I'm almost upset enough about it to call Bartlesville, OK chamber of commerce and see what they have to say...or the Oklahoma Better Business Bureau.

Re: Interesting follow-up

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the fertility clinic is likely more for IVF, but it is possible that it's a front for pro-lifers.

I may pursue this more tomorrow. It's really just plain awful.