Telemarketers

[callistra]

I just got hung up on again.

Is this a talent? She goes "Hi, I'm ringing for centurion roof thingies..." and I said I'm not interested. So she goes "Are you the home owner?" and I said "It's none of you business actually," and she goes "What?" so I say it again and she hung up on me!!!

Comments

[mortonhall.livejournal.com]

It is a talent. I haven't mastered it, yet. I tend to lie a lot to get rid of them. As in "I can't buy your raffle tickets, I'm just about to go overseas to live". They do tend to hang up when I say "There is no Mrs XYZ". It seems to throw them a little. :)

[babalon-93.livejournal.com]

I very much dislike answering the phone and finding a telemarketer on the other end, but what I dislike even more are those stupid machines that keep ringing me and then hanging up without saying anything at all.

[mortonhall.livejournal.com]

Oh the machines! They make me laugh. Our local Library sends out reservation/overdue notices via a machine. It's okay when you actually receive the call, but when the answering machine takes the call, you only get half of the message as they usually start as soon as the phone connects.

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

i always get asked 'can i please speak to mrs gooding' to which i reply 'theres no mrs gooding here' as there isnt. there are two miss gooding's though :P unfortunately some smart ones go 'ohwell, that doesnt matter, ill talk to you anyway' *mutter*

i also say im under 18 (am 21 so not too far off voice wise), i often get asked 'is your mum or dad home' when i answer so i just say no :P

also they often use speaker phone to dial, then pick up when you do, so if i say 'hello' and noone says anything back (because the phone isnt at their mouth yet) i just hang up *grin*

[kaelajael.livejournal.com]

I've managed to be hung up on a few times. Tusk had one guy start singing before hanging up. "Lalalala and here's another one. Lalalala."

Now our phone diverts all private calls straight to the answering machine. And then they have to listen to a long-winded joke message Tusk has on there. Hardly any of them leave messages.

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

I get them to say "Oh, ok ma'am... byee...." when I confuse them too mcuh. Aki's just polite and says no thanks. I'll just hang up (literally press that little blue button) or decide to be evil and start discussing the fact that of course I'm with Telstra for my home phone like rental - most of Australia is, and isn't that just the thing! Or, no, I don't own the house, and it's MS Aitken. Not Mrs.