Is it alms?

This morning, my coworker told me that the China Mobile (China biggest telecommunication giant) was holding a promotion campaign: If you pay certain amount of cell phone fee in advance, they will give you a free cell phone.
It sounded not bad, didn't it? So I went to the China Mobile business hall with a friend and want to took a look. After knowing our purpose, the clerk told us that we should go to see the poster sticked on the wall and decided which model we wanted. Totally, there were three kinds of cell phone could be chosen. Both my friend and I thougt the Nokia cell phone might be better, but we didn't know what functions it has, so we went back to the counter and asked the clerk whether she could offer a one in order to let us know its functions and quality. Unfortunately, the clerk answered:no way! she explained that we could find what the cell phone was by watching the poster. And if we had already made our determination to choose which one, she would take a new one from the upstairs and then we must accept it. However, the poster only pictured three models, no other dedails on it. How can we make our minds only by watching a picture? Finally, i told the clerk that was no way either, i couldn't accept a cell pone in that way.
I wondered what the purpose was to hold such a promotion campaign? To earn more cell pone fee in advance or just alms for China Mobile users? If it was the latter, at least, i needn't such kind of alms.
If you were me, what would you do? Do you need the alms?

Something about privacy

Tonight,after supper, the fixed phone in my family room was ringring. While i picked it up and answered, I realized it was my coworker. He was in my office and wanted to use my computer. He called me to get the computer password.
The guy does not belong to our department. But he has the key, he always makes some excuses for using our computers or printer after work. Sometime, when i come in my office next day, my computer is still opened with a game window, more annoying, each time he used my computer, he even changed settings on my computer,such as the typewrite method and favorite website.....or installed other softwares.
I dislike someone i don't know well to touch my computer, i think, personal computer relates to personal privacy.
At the end of the conversation with the guy, i asked him how to know my home telephone number. He told me he checked it out by 114.
Oh, my god! Another case about privacy. When we fix a telephone, we have to register in the telecommunication company. But, does the company have right to give away or expose our information? If i want to know the mayor's telephone number, can the 114 tell me also? I think the answer must be negative. The important persons' privacy can be protected, how about the ordinary people?
In present society, respecting others, personal privacy should be the priority.