Am I really THAT old? Targeted advertising can be who doesn’t, it’s a device you hurtful. wear around your neck with I recently signed up for a button you press if you are satellite TV service. As most having a medical or other of you probably know, when emergency. you do this they ask for a good According to the flyer, I can amount information about get free shipping, free use of the MIKE BOLLINGER mike@johnstonnow.com you. One of the things they equipment and a free first aid ask for is your birthdate. kit (for the person who finds me I understand why this is one of the things to use when patching me up?) when I order. they ask for. I mean, they can’t have 10-yearThe batteries never need charging olds taking their parents’ credit cards and and last up to 10 years. It has a GPS trying to have TV service installed. so someone can find me in case of an A week or so after my service was emergency when traveling. If that GPS installed, my first bill arrived in the acts like the GPS app I have on my phone mail along with some other advertising does sometimes, however, it could take a materials. One small flyer in particular while before anyone found me. screamed at me as soon as I removed it One of the things the flyer doesn’t tell from the envelope. you, however, is how much this costs. A “HELP! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” quick visit to www.lifealert.com reveals that I saw as I read the top of it. “Get HELP their website doesn’t tell you how much it fast, 24/7, anywhere with Life Alert.” costs, either. Is that because they don’t want I’m sure everyone knows what a Life you to have a medical emergency when you Alert is. But in case there is someone do find out how much it costs?
I guess you have to call the toll free number and get the free brochure to find out how much it costs. The website has pretty much the same information as the flyer, with the addition of the claim that if a Life Alert member goes to a retirement home, it will be five years later than a senior of an equivalent age who doesn’t have Life Alert. OK. Am I really a senior citizen? I guess so, since I’m drawing Social Security. Sigh. Have I reached that point? I can still play tennis, I still get around OK, I can still drive and do pretty much anything I want to. I do live by myself, but I’d like to think I haven’t reached the point where I need an emergency device yet. While I have to admit getting this flyer gave me pause for a little bit, I’m going to pass on calling the toll-free number for now. Hopefully I won’t start getting flyers with discounts on funeral arrangements and burial plots.
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