Or maybe it was that she really didn’t exist as a person, but was just a computer-generated voice controlled by a real human somewhere using what is known as soundboard technology. Maybe she didn’t want to tell me that the Initiative was likely less than seven months old, judging from the registration date of its website (March 3, 2021) that I quickly looked up.
Gee, it’s not like I was inquiring how to deal with the Taliban. Then, “I can’t answer that type of question.” She hung up even before I got a chance to ask for her name. Okay, I said, how old is the organization? I asked where the organization was headquartered.
Unfortunately, in my long experience the ones calling out of the blue often are up to little good. This is yet another cancer cause I hadn’t heard of–there are thousands of them out there. The cheery female voice–I didn’t get her name–recently cold-calling the New To Las Vegas world headquarters was seeking a donation for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Initiative.