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title: We're Not an Insurance Company
teaser: We sometimes get phone calls from people looking for other companies.
tags: fun
author: Jon Yurek
published_on: 2005-12-05
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"thoughtbot, this is Jon."..."Hi, do you guys do fixed annuities?"

We get it all the time. Less so, now, but we used to get calls asking about
insurance a lot. Our number used to belong to an insurance company, I suppose,
and apparently made the rounds so that it's still findable via whatever means
people use to find insurance companies (some people use things other than Google
(shudder)).

The best ones are the ones we try to sell tech support services to, because it
takes them completely off guard. What's weirder, though, are the people who call
and, after we say our name (everyone answers the phone like at the beginning,
"thoughtbot, this is person speaking.") they ask if we're whatever insurance
company they were expecting to reach. I can't help but wonder if this is
something I do when I call other people and not realize it—if it's just
intrinsic in humanity's phone demeanor to ignore vital pieces of information.

Oh well. Maybe I'll just sell someone an annuity next time.