Free stuff

Flashback to a couple of months back —

cs: You should see what I found on the internet today!
ld: What’s that?
cs: I found all of these places that you can sign up for free stuff. I found a place where you can get a free can of food from Western Family each month.

A few days ago —

ld: I tried forwarding you an email, but it states that your mailbox is full.
cs: Oh, don’t send it to that email address. It hasn’t worked for a few weeks.

This morning —

I decide to investigate cs’ email.

Walk Away From All Your Debt – As Seen
Come Work Online With Us
Your line of credit has been approved.
You have been chosen to take a Bahama Cruise
Try eHarmony at no cost – this weekend
Stop IRS collections and settle your tab

I start deleting…

You have to see this!
Save hundreds on your Automobile Insurance
Need a credit score?

Delete. Delete. Delete.

Do you want to Succeed in Real Estate?
Size does matter.

Delete. Delete. Delete. 45 minutes and over 1,000 emails later the mailbox is cleaned out.

ld: You do realize that when you signed up for all that free stuff, that you got put on everybody’s spam email list and that they probably sold your email to others? Don’t do that again.
cs: Okay.…and in a muffled tone…Unless, I see some more free stuff that I want.