One Phone call, two free nights...and a lifetime of annoyance.

With the weather finally cooling down and the cops putting the heat on the irresponsible owner of the barking dog that lives behind my house, I had a good night's sleep on Friday. Like a log...for almost 10 hours. But I was awoken on Saturday morning by my old buddies: Superior Tour and Travel.

For the past three years, I've been getting phonecalls from them every so often, telling me I've won a "free trip". They called me last November and I bitched their asses out over the frequent calls. I told them to remove my contact info, talked to a "manager", told them I wasn't interested in their "free trip" and all that. I thought that was the end of it... until they called Saturday morning with the same fucking spiel they always gave me. (And before you tell me: yes, I'm on the national and statewide No Call List).

It all started back on the first day I moved into my house, in September 2005. I got a call from a vacuum sales company, asking to come by for a free demo. As a result of their demo, I would receive a "free vacation". So the vacuum clown came over, I told him to take off...but I got my "free vacation" certificate. I figured I had already gone through a sales pitch, so I was home free and could enjoy my "free vacation" in the near future. I thought THAT was the end of it.

I called to schedule it and arranged things for a stayover in Ft. Lauderdale in March 2006. It was really just two nights in some resort, but it helped me out on my annual GrapeFruit League Sojourn. But when I got down there, I was told I had to sit through a 4 hour sales pitch on buying a vacation home package. Oh shit.

Sat through the presentation-- which was more of a tour and not as painful as it sounded-- but I wasn't interested in the vacation scam and told them "no thanks". So I went about the rest of my trip and thought THAT was the end of it.

But then the calls from Superior Travel started coming. They said I had filled out an entry form during my time at the resort in Ft. Lauderdale and that I had "won a free vacation". The first time they called, I was suspicious, but decided to hear them out. Can't remember the details, but it involved putting out 500 bucks upfront, then getting a portion of it refunded after I had taken my "free vacation". I told them it was bullshit and said I would pass.

But the calls persisted. I can't tell you how many times I had been "selected at random" and "won" a "free vacation". Must've been a pretty small entry pool if I was winning every six weeks!

So after Saturday's call, I bitched them out AGAIN. This time I got a name and the company's address. These fuckers will not leave me alone. Like the person you once gave your number to, at a bar. You didn't care for the person, but they still have your number and keep calling you. For almost 3 years. If Superior Tour and Travel were a person, I'd file harassment charges.

I hope THIS is the end of it and I can get back to 8 hours of sleep on Friday nights.