An Old Acquaintance

On Tuesday, I went to the security office to get a new badge with the latest updated features, whatever exactly those are, and so did a number of other people, one of whom had been active in USPTO Toastmasters years ago. I’ll give the nom de travaille Helena, since she didn’t authorize me to use her real name on my weblog. We greeted each other, and I recalled that back when we had seen each other regularly at Toastmasters meetings, she had recently had a baby. How old was that baby now, I asked

“She’s nine,” Helena told me.

Time passes.

Probable Scammer

On Wednesday, when I was teleworking (in general for the day) and trying to get something done in the kitchen (right then, between my morning and evening shifts), the phone rang. I went to the trouble of picking it up, heard that Xfinity was offering promotions, and pressed 1 to speak with a representative, “Spencer.” Spencer, who from his accent was more likely to be named Amitabh or Ramesh, asked whether I used Comcast/Xfinity for television. I told him no, I don’t have a working television set.

Then he asked about telephone and Internet service, which I confirmed. He asked how much I was paying. I replied, “If you’re really with Xfinity, you should be able to find out.”

He asked for a minute, and I heard a click. A little later, I heard another click, probably the call being ended.

I went back to what I had been doing.