Did the physic hotline retrench a few employees?

Madam – “Good Morning, this *mumble* phoning from *mumble*, how are you?”. -Deep sigh- knuckles whitening around the cell phone, as you feel that little itch of irritation rising from your stomach and blasting its way towards your skull.

“Sorry, I don’t need another life insurance, yes thank you I’m sure, yes I understand it is a limited offer, yes I am definetly sure I don’t want this wonderful offer.”

Near to tears and millimetres away from screaming, you end the 15 min whining session abruptly.Then you receive a sms congratulating you on winning millions in a competition you didn’t enter.

Almost daily you receive some phantom call trying to swindle you into buying vouchers, holiday points, life covers, the list goes on. What really makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up is that these calls from companies I have never heard of recites my name and surname to me.

How are they obtaining this information? I have envisioned lists of unknowing victims names and personal information being sold in a dark deserted alley way and the two dark shapes disappear into the shadows after the money is exchanged.

Or is it less sinister? Is it merely someone sitting at his desk printing a list of clients from their database and emailing it to eager faced telemarketer, rubbing his hands together in shear delight? Or did the physic hotline retrench a few employees?

Nicky