This is a very important message ...

This is an important message.

Please do not hang up the phone …

*CLICK.*

That “click” was me hanging up the phone.

I am pretty sure you have received these annoying calls yourself.

I have signed up for the government’s “Do Not Call” list (donotcall.gov) on several occasions now.

That works about as well as you might think a top-notch government-run organization might run.

Which is to say …

“RING!”

Excuse me.

“No, I don’t need help with my student loan!” This said to the ether since the machine that just called to ask about helping with my student loan obviously didn’t hear me.

Hey, I get to ve...