So a cousin that I’ve not seen for about a year sends me a message out of the blue asking how I was etc...(She lives about 2 miles away)
Never messaged and I thought ‘that’s nice’, maybe she’s struggling with lockdown and I’d feeling lonely as she’s single. She said would Iike to FaceTime catch up as she’s started her own business and would like to show me it.
I did think there might be more to it as she seemed intent on pinning me down to a date for a FaceTime. (Again I never hear from her from one year to the next and she passes my house several times a month)
I was expecting her to show me a craft hobby she’d set up and I thought she probably wants me to buy some items.
I wasn’t overly keen as I felt it was a bit underhanded to pretend she wants to genuinely catch up with me, when the reality is she wants to sell me stuff.
I got it wrong though....
Yesterday she called with the how are you etc and then asked if I minded if her boss joins us on the FaceTime call - (at this point I’m like WTF)
Over a barrel I said ‘yes it’s ok’. So then ‘Sarah’ her boss appears and stated talking about the business. (I’m not naming it but it’s once if those pyramid types where you have to get people on board and then you get commission etc.... there’s loads of them!)
So I had to follow their internet link and hear her waffle on how amazing the business is, both the product/service and being an ‘employee’. Then they get to the end after about 20 mins and she says ‘so if you click on that link and we’ll get you signed up’
I was fuming. I feel that was so out of order of my cousin to be sly about it and pretend she wanted to chat. She just wanted to sign me up!!
As you can imagine, I was under pressure but I said no anyway because I was so mad that she’s put me in that situation.
I’ve got my own shit to deal with at the moment and Ive not got time for shit like that. It’s the underhanded aspect of if that I’m pissed off with!