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madamesilverspurs

(15,814 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:31 AM Oct 2012

My all time personal favorite phone banker

She’s petite, with white cotton-candy hair and naturally rosy cheeks. Her glasses are perched on the end of her nose. She reminds me for all the world of the grandmother who lived with us in my growing-up years, especially her voice. She’s not loud, not soft, but comfortably in between. And she is unfailingly polite to those she calls in the course of our phone bank.

So we were a bit startled this evening by a very rare moment in which she raised her voice. She’d been gently trying to persuade an undecided voter. After listening for a bit she let out a small exasperated sigh, followed by “Well, I’m pro-life, too. Good heavens, I have nine children!” He signed on.


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My all time personal favorite phone banker (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Oct 2012 OP
What a sweetie! K/R NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #1
The patience of a saint, too, I'm sure! nt MADem Oct 2012 #2
Thanks for sharing Rick ungar Oct 2012 #3
What a great story! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #4
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