You're right, I don't care. Now leave.

So I'm getting real sick of freakin solicitors knocking at my door. Particularly the ones who want to sell me magazine subscriptions.

Last fall while sweeping my porch some guy approached me and just struck up a conversation asking me about my interests. Then he blabbed on about his life goals of going into Sports Medicine and mentoring children blah blah blah. "Coincidentally" he had a brace on his leg from a "sports" injury. Then he was like hey you like sports. I bet your husband does too! Buy a bunch of useless magazines subscriptions from me blah blah blah... so of course I was like "Yeah..um, I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested. I'm already subscribed to my favorite magazines. Thanks though" and then the punk was just all like "You're not sorry, you just don't care!" so then I told him he's right, I don't give a shee- get off my porch. Then I ran inside for protection and made Scotty sit outside with me while I finished cleaning up.

Well this afternoon, while my friend Katie was coloring my hair, there was a knock. I had a bunch of stuff in my hair, plus I was still in my swimming suit from earlier so I made Scotty get it and we hid in the bathroom. This is what I hear from the bathroom: "Hey man, I'm working towards going to college. At um.. BYU actually (I'm sure that's where he saw Scotty's BYU hat) then the other kid with him said "Yeah and I'm going to Penn State!" So blah blah blah they fed him a bunch of bull and my smart husband was good enough to politely tell them he's gonna pass.

I'm really just confused as to why some kid, smart enough to get into BYU or Penn State, would think that selling a few magazine subscriptions a day is going to put them through college. I've had like 3 run-ins with these guys are they are pretty good about giving you a guilt trip.

So I googled it, did a little research, and it's a scam. I'm sure by now you're thinking "Nice work Sherlock! It was pretty obvious." But I just wanted to write something about it because it just boggles my mind how these scam artists sleep at night. I'm sure they are told a bunch of ways to justify it but still, no one is that dumb to think they are really going to earn enough money to pay for school or whatever little story they make up. So you either give these kids cash or check and you will get your "subscriptions" in a few weeks. No one ever does. In fact, these sales people are usually young adults crammed into a van, going state to state each summer, walking around all day just to give most of their earnings to a crew manager, leaving them with about $20. They then return to their crowded hotel room where the drugs are abundant.

So my friends. Just watch out ok? That will be all.