I almost got to meet a celebrity!

Ring ringgggg!

Good morning, Evergreen Dental. How may I help you?

Me: Hi – say I got a letter from you last November offering to clean my teeth and give me a full set of xrays for $149. Is that offer still good?

Evergreen: Yes it, is. Would you like to make an appointment?

Me: Yes, I would.

Evergreen: Great. We need for you to set aside a couple of hours for this. Would you like morning or afternoon?

Me: Why so long?

Evergreen: Well, the first hour is to go over our services with you, tell you what everything we can do to improve your appearance.

[How do they know about my appearance? Am I on Skype? Creepy!]

Me: Oh – I don’t want all of that. I just want my teeth cleaned.

Evergreen: Well, we really need for you to spend that time with us. You might even get to meet one of our dentists.

Me: Oooh! [Schwing!]Really, I just want my teeth cleaned.

Evergreen: I’m going to transfer you over to our scheduler.

Scheduler: May I help you?

Me: Yeah – I have a letter here offering to clean my teeth for $149.00.

Scheduler: Did you receive a letter from us in the mail? Are you new to the area?

Me: Yes – we just moved here.

Scheduler: We need to spend some time with you on the first appointment, and show you all of the things we can do to help improve your appearance. Are you willing to spend a couple of hours?

Me: Look – I don’t want to pick out curtains with you. I just want my teeth cleaned.

Scheduler: [getting testy, she is.] We’re not picking out curtains! Have you had a bitewing xray recently?

Me: Yeah – that was a few years ago. I just need the regular set.

Scheduler: Let’s see now … OK. The appointment with a bitewing xray starts at $271.

Me: Yeah, well, I have a letter here from you that says you’ll do a cleaning and xray for $149.

Silence ….

Click.