My wife was sitting at home this evening, when the phone rang.  It was a young man, calling from the Issaquah Schools Foundation who is having a phone-a-thon.

The call started nice, as he began his spiel for a donation.  My wife knowing we were between checks tried to end the call quickly and not waste the kids time.

He thanked her and hung up.  But before he did, he left her with this parting shot:

Thanks, but because of you kids are going to suffer.

My wife was stunned at the audacity and rudeness, so using her caller ID, she returned the call, and had a short discussion with the woman who answered.

The woman was properly shocked, as she should be.

I do not begrudge any group the need to raise money, though I admit the Issaquah School District and I have a long history of not seeing eye to eye about funding, spending and other matters stemming from a strike several years ago.