New Age Spirituality Morning Has Been All Night Coming ( Part 14 )
Well, I tell you what, he said. Let me at least drop off a gift for you. What harm can there be in that?
Why dont you mail it? I asked. Theres no need to waste your time bringing it. I can assure you that I wont be buying a set. My children have all the encyclopedias they will ever need.
Your address is … , and he rattled off my address. I assumed that he had gotten it from some mailing list. There was an annoying persistence about him as he continued. It will only take a few minutes. Please, let me drop it off. Company policy, you see.
Well, what harm can there be? Only a few minutes you say?
Yes, I promise that I wont impose on you. This evening around 7:00 p.m. Will that be fine?
Okay, Ill see you then, I said and hung up the phone. There was a vague familiarity in this conversation, a kind of dj vu. It seemed as if Id heard every word he said in another conversation, years earlier. Well,this time would be different; no one was going to sell me something I didnt want! There is an old saying, Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I knew there...