This morning as I began to juggle the 1023913249 things I do on a given day, I had to listen to a voicemail left on our office phone. I knew when it had been left - last night at 7:30pm - because I was still in the office but was head down working and not answering the phone at that time on a Thursday night.

So, I took the time to listen this morning. JOY! It was a recorded message from Mary Jo Kilroy inviting us to come talk about how to create jobs in Ohio, talk about our dependence on foreign oil and green technologies. (Side note - funny she wants to talk about job creation as my city - Columbus - is about to pass an income tax hike which REALLY PUMPS US UP to continue to locate and grow our business downtown. Smell the sarcasm? No, but it’d be cool if you could, right?)

Ok, seriously?

1) A recorded message mass distributed via phone (and a voicemail at that!) is F’ING stupid. Apparently she and her staff/consultants are not being exposed to the new rules of engagement and best practices that are getting just a little bit of coverage these days - personal, new media, social web, etc etc. Oh wait, Pres. Obama has been… so you’d think Kilroy’s camp would too. No?

How do I, and most people, add things to their calendar? There is a digital invite and we have the ability to explore it and add it if we want to. If Kilroy’s crew is doing this (Facebook/Email/Twitter/Meetup/other), then I’m not aware… and I tend to have a decent finger on the pulse of such things in this city.

2) Our number is on the DO NOT CALL listing. Funny how these politicians passed that act…. but left a loophole for themselves.

So, the culmination of the medium (phone), the timing (7:30pm), the fact that we aren’t supposed to be contacted like this, the completely generic impersonal effort, and the fact that she wasted my time has left me a bit put off this morning.

1. she is on twitter
2. what might really piss you off is that you probably paid for this. Unless she’s paying for it from her campaign funds, or personal funds, someone just got fleeced. twice. where is our media now? NBC 4? 10tv? ABC 6? The Dispatch? (maybe they are monitoring their brands) Good story here.