My Voice Will Be Heard!
The contents of this entry should absolutely not be taken as an indication of my age. Just sayin’.
This morning I received a lovely invitation via e-mail to join AARP. They have been hounding me for several years, first by snail mail and now by e-mail. Repeated requests to be removed from their mailing list have been unsuccessful, presumably because I’m too senile to know what I want.
Among other things, their benefits include valuable lifestyle information and the bi-monthly AARP The Magazine. If that’s not enough to tempt me, they’re offering this handy travel bag as an additional incentive. Maybe it’s just me, but that looks more like free advertising for AARP than a free gift for me.
But the reason I thought this most recent missive worthy of note is because of the touching enjoinder near the end, “Be Heard.”
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| At AARP, we work on the issues that matter to you. Get the latest information on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, economic security, health care and health insurance. Our goal is to deliver value to our members through information, advocacy and service.
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I can’t tell you how empowering it is to know that my voice will be heard! Although I do wonder who will be listening. Certainly not the AARP representatives who walk out of meetings when asked pointed questions.
Oh, the irony.
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Category: Health Care Craziness
I send back whatever they send me (must be a mistake in their database!), stuffed in their postage paid envelope. So far, no one at AARP has caught on to my little scheme.
That is an excellent idea! You know what makes it even worse is the never send anything to my husband. Sure, he's a few years younger than I am, but he's well over the age I was when they started hounding me!