Ever feel like psychics just sit there, laughing on the inside, while making up a stinking pile of crapola and then charging a fortune for it?

Well, one former phone psychic confessed about the realities of the job – and if her story is anything to go by, you probably WON’T be destined to meet that “ tall, dark stranger ” any time soon…

Angela Lovell wrote on Vice.com about her brief stint at one of the world’s most famous phone-psychic companies.

And if you are a believer now, you probably won’t be after reading what she has to say about her time as a “half-ass psychic”.

And:

Ouch.

Lovell describes how her “interview” before getting the job involved doing a reading for an older woman over the phone – as part of her trial, the writer was required to tell her “about the life she was currently living and where it would take her”.

For her second “interview”, she read tarot cards for a man and interpreted that a blonde woman was about to screw him over. This is how she handled the situation:

According to Angela, her “insights” were based purely on chance and guesswork – she described how her favourite regular, “an eccentric opera singer in her mid 60s” – would call often to ask which of her valauble paintings she should sell to pay her bills:

Around about now, I’m seriously regretting that time I shelled out $100 to ask a psychic if I would end up engaged to my boyfriend and landing a new job (both happened – no thanks to the psychic though).

Hmmmm – turns out that psychics aren’t all legit.

Who would’ve thought?

Do you believe in psychics?

While we’re on the topic, here’s one of the finest psychic-related moments in cinematic history:

Video via “Ghostbusters.net”

You can read the full Vice article here. 

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