It turns out that Ike and I have recently joined two new organizations, one without our knowledge.
The first we joined intentionally, although both of us are still a little embarrassed that we're really this old. No, it's not the AARP--we've still got a few years before that one (I have one more year than Ike does...). It's the National PTA. That's right, we have little green-and-white cards in our wallets that denote membership and apparently give us discounts to certain places...if we're not ashamed to pull out the cards...
Last night I discovered another membership. While paying our car insurance bill, I noticed that we save $25 on our policy because of our membership in...the AERA. When I asked Ike about this, he said that the last time he spoke to a Customer Service person at our insurance company (which shall remain unnamed, so they can't take away our discount), they were insistent that we must surely belong to an organization that would save us money. At the time, we were not yet PTA members, so Ike said no, we weren't. Well, maybe, if it counts that he was a member of Mensa, but hadn't renewed his dues recently.
The CSR breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Mensa! That's on our list!" Well...apparently it wasn't. So she put us in the first organization on their approved list...the AERA.
We spent part of last night trying to figure out just who this group might be. The Association of Equal Rights Amendment supporters? The American Eagle Rangers Association? Able-Bodied Eaters' Rights Anonymous?
This morning I got online to check it out. We are either members of the American Educational Research Association OR the Engine Rebuilders Association (I don't know why they have that first "A"), depending on whether you're looking .net or .com. We could also quite possibly be members of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, which I think sounds cool. There's also the Amikaro de Esperanto en Radio...
but I don't know what that means, so I refuse to join...And if we choose to look Down Under, we could be members of the Australian Endurance Riders Association.
Amazing. All these possibilities...and we don't even know what benefits are available to us as members.
The first we joined intentionally, although both of us are still a little embarrassed that we're really this old. No, it's not the AARP--we've still got a few years before that one (I have one more year than Ike does...). It's the National PTA. That's right, we have little green-and-white cards in our wallets that denote membership and apparently give us discounts to certain places...if we're not ashamed to pull out the cards...
Last night I discovered another membership. While paying our car insurance bill, I noticed that we save $25 on our policy because of our membership in...the AERA. When I asked Ike about this, he said that the last time he spoke to a Customer Service person at our insurance company (which shall remain unnamed, so they can't take away our discount), they were insistent that we must surely belong to an organization that would save us money. At the time, we were not yet PTA members, so Ike said no, we weren't. Well, maybe, if it counts that he was a member of Mensa, but hadn't renewed his dues recently.
The CSR breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Mensa! That's on our list!" Well...apparently it wasn't. So she put us in the first organization on their approved list...the AERA.
We spent part of last night trying to figure out just who this group might be. The Association of Equal Rights Amendment supporters? The American Eagle Rangers Association? Able-Bodied Eaters' Rights Anonymous?
This morning I got online to check it out. We are either members of the American Educational Research Association OR the Engine Rebuilders Association (I don't know why they have that first "A"), depending on whether you're looking .net or .com. We could also quite possibly be members of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, which I think sounds cool. There's also the Amikaro de Esperanto en Radio...
but I don't know what that means, so I refuse to join...And if we choose to look Down Under, we could be members of the Australian Endurance Riders Association.
Amazing. All these possibilities...and we don't even know what benefits are available to us as members.
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Arrogant Exgregiously Rightious Americans (It's an extreme right-wing lobbying group. They have their own. separate room in heaven because they don't believe anybody else is there.)
You have been enrolled in error, of course.
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