So, yeah, I’m working in a not really low-profile place doing some
\npretty high-powered things. What that means is we attract a wide
\nvariety of, I’ll say "people," but I’m thinking something with a more
\neditorial spin.<\/p>\n
Today, I got voicemail from a kid who created his own website to save
\nthe world. Seriously. it’s on Geocities, and he’s all up in the
\nstopping helping the world. (I’m assuming it’s a kid, ’cause when you call his voicemail back there’re
\na lot of numbers in the "if you want Tiffany, dial 1" style message.)<\/p>\n
Noble, no doubt, because, you know, you gotta start somewhere. Rock
\non, global activist dude. Seriously, good on you for helping.<\/p>\n
But, I’m a web snob, and I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that
\nit’s a Geocities site. Could there be any more craptastically free
\nweb action out there? Wouldn’t a free blog somewhere be better? (At
\nleast it wouldn’t take forever to load at those faraway Internet
\nconnections of the global village you’re hoping to reach.)<\/p>\n
The amusing part was calling him back. We’re actually and officially not imperious
\nassholes, so I’m polite to all comers. (Believe it or
\nnot, I’m actually not bad at that aspect of the job. I think it’s
\nbecause I play out dialogue written in my head.)<\/p>\n
Anyway, righteous dogooder dude was fucking hostile when I told him
\nthat we weren’t really in the business of sending out websites to the
\nworld. Seriously pissed off, he seemed. The best I could
\npromise was that I would pass on his link to those above me in the
\nfood chain. He wanted more and came close to berating me for what he
\nthought the more should be.<\/p>\n
One thought that occurred to me while on the phone was, "Dude, if you
\nare all about peace in the world, maybe you should start with peace
\nright here on this telephone, and maybe some phone manners."<\/p>\n
The other thought was, "Jesus Christ, if I had even 1\/16 of his faith
\nin my own ideas to jump on total strangers for not seeing the strength
\nof my vision, I would be a goddess, a colossus, a star."<\/p>\n
Lucky for the world, I guess, that I’m keeping my complete meglomania in ch=
\neck.<\/p>\n