How to Tell Off a Telemarketer is a collection of 20 humor essays from Dustin Brady in which he tells embarrassing stories about himself and shares the important life lessons he learned along the way – lessons on:
Walmart – “You know that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where the Nazi has to pick the real Holy Grail, and he spends a long time looking at all the cups, then he picks the best-looking one, then he drinks it, and then he gets old really fast and dies? That’s basically what happens every time I have to pick a checkout line.”
Craigslist – “The fastest way to create a list of all the crazies in your town is to post something cheap on Craigslist and print a copy of your call records.”
Self-Employment – I imagine announcing that you’ve quit your job gets a pretty similar reaction to telling people that you’ve enlisted. Everybody’s very happy for your dream to start your own graphic design firm or become a Navy SEAL someday, but when you tell people you’ve actually joined the Navy, the reaction is pretty much, “you’re going to die.”
If you are the type of person who enjoys funny writing, you will probably like this book. If you are the type of person who enjoys commenting on political articles, you will probably not. Proceed accordingly.
A quick note: Dustin Brady usually writes fiction books for kids; however, this book is neither fiction, nor is it written for kids. That being said, this book is clean, so it should be fine for kids (but mostly just the ones who enjoy hot takes on Walmart and 90s baseball cards).
Walmart – “You know that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where the Nazi has to pick the real Holy Grail, and he spends a long time looking at all the cups, then he picks the best-looking one, then he drinks it, and then he gets old really fast and dies? That’s basically what happens every time I have to pick a checkout line.”
Craigslist – “The fastest way to create a list of all the crazies in your town is to post something cheap on Craigslist and print a copy of your call records.”
Self-Employment – I imagine announcing that you’ve quit your job gets a pretty similar reaction to telling people that you’ve enlisted. Everybody’s very happy for your dream to start your own graphic design firm or become a Navy SEAL someday, but when you tell people you’ve actually joined the Navy, the reaction is pretty much, “you’re going to die.”
If you are the type of person who enjoys funny writing, you will probably like this book. If you are the type of person who enjoys commenting on political articles, you will probably not. Proceed accordingly.
A quick note: Dustin Brady usually writes fiction books for kids; however, this book is neither fiction, nor is it written for kids. That being said, this book is clean, so it should be fine for kids (but mostly just the ones who enjoy hot takes on Walmart and 90s baseball cards).
