Personal Notes:
Dec. 26th, 2004 04:55 pmTo which she responded: "Well, do you know anyone's phone number?" as though I would respect someone else's privacy less than my own. It seems to fluster a small percentage of the clerks that I deal with when I refuse to give out my phone number or my zip code. They should have privacy education in this country, but instead the whole system is designed to allow corporations to swallow up as much information as possible from unsuspecting consumers.
"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur."
- origin unknown
Which would have been hilarious if true, but according to Wikiquote, it is misattributed. Too bad.
http://www.rebelswithavision.com/CharlesThomson.com/
which corroborates most of the elements of the story that my mother has been telling.