Mom and I attended a free conference yesterday. Officially the conference topic was about making money on the Internet. Unofficially the topic was about giving away your money to companies that hold conferences. It was one of those deals where you listen to a 90-minute presentation and then you receive a free lunch and a gift and a plug for a service you do not want to purchase. We are a family that loves free food. And gifts. I attended as Mom's guest and I believe I was the youngest person in attendance. It appeared that most of the conference attendees were pulled from an AARP mailing list and then cross-checked against a database that made certain the attendees were not Internet savvy, because if they had been Internet savvy, at the end of the presentation they would have said, "Why not just use PayPal?" Instead they lined up (literally lined up) with checkbooks in hand to attend a 7-hour paid seminar to learn some secrets of the Internet and to have more opportunities to give money to the presenters.
Don't ask about the lunch.
5 comments:
I can tell you are keeping busy.
I don't share the familial view of free food. Free food is typically not good...in my experience.
Yes,indeed. Very busy.
James-You are wise beyond your years. This particular lunch was TERRIBLE. We get free MP3 players, though.
Wow. My mom would be their #1 target.
free food is not necessarily good food. You will have to tell us what the MP3 player is like. Gullible people keep me employed on many different levels.
john
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