07/17/02: Telemarketers

juju · 07-17-2002, 11:45 PM

I usually don't mind telemarketers. This is because nearly everyone in the free world calls from a caller-ID capable area, and any calls that say 'unidentified caller' can pretty much be assumed to be soliciters. So I just ignore all out-of-area calls.

Anyway, in the last week, these bastards have taken to calling my house every 30 freaking minutes!!! It's sort of hard to ignore the phone when it's ringing all the god-damned time. I finally broke down and answered it.

Here's how it went:

"Hello?"

"Ah, yes, is Katherine there?"

"No, she's at work. May I ask who's calling?"

"Ohh, it's just a courtesy call." (Courtesy?!?!?!? Do these people even know the MEANING of the word courtesy?? How dare she speak corporate-speak to me!)

"Will you please put my number on your do-not-call-list?"

"::CLICK::"

WHAT?? WHAT?? That bitch hung up on me!?!? AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

GRR!!

ugh.

30 minutes later the damned phone is ringing again. I didn't even have the patience to answer it. Believe it or not, I was actually very nice throughout the whole conversation. Southern hospitality and all.

Ahh.. well, i'm sorry for the cursing, folks. I just had to vent. Think I should try the telemarketing script on them?

07-17-2002, 11:45 PM	#1
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	07/17/02: Telemarketers I usually don't mind telemarketers. This is because nearly everyone in the free world calls from a caller-ID capable area, and any calls that say 'unidentified caller' can pretty much be assumed to be soliciters. So I just ignore all out-of-area calls. Anyway, in the last week, these bastards have taken to calling my house every 30 freaking minutes!!! It's sort of hard to ignore the phone when it's ringing all the god-damned time. I finally broke down and answered it. Here's how it went: "Hello?" "Ah, yes, is Katherine there?" "No, she's at work. May I ask who's calling?" "Ohh, it's just a courtesy call." (Courtesy?!?!?!? Do these people even know the MEANING of the word courtesy?? How dare she speak corporate-speak to me!) "Will you please put my number on your do-not-call-list?" "::CLICK::" WHAT?? WHAT?? That bitch hung up on me!?!? AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! GRR!! ugh. 30 minutes later the damned phone is ringing again. I didn't even have the patience to answer it. Believe it or not, I was actually very nice throughout the whole conversation. Southern hospitality and all. Ahh.. well, i'm sorry for the cursing, folks. I just had to vent. Think I should try the telemarketing script on them? Last edited by juju; 07-17-2002 at 11:47 PM.

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