Posted on 05/25/2014 2:25:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Telesales reps have been asked to reveal the cruellest things people have said to them over the phone.
Cold callers of reddit disclosed the harshest and most bizarre put-downs they have suffered, presumably before being hung up on by disgruntled members of the public.
No one like being disturbed by strangers wasting their time with sales talk and most of us do not appear to be shy about telling random callers exactly what they think.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
I always say, “This is not a secure line. Meet me at the park next to the flagpole at 7:15pm. I’ll be dressed as a clown selling roses. Bring the cash in a brown paper bag. Don’t be late.”
On last nights Houston news Channel 2 they said on Tues at 10pm they will tell us how to get rid of the robo calls. I can hardly wait!
Back in my working-my-way-through-college days, worked about three days selling the local newspaper over the phone.
Realized I was basically bothering people in my own neighborhood, and quit.
Did manage to date one of the girls in the office for a while, though.
Most of the time the callers don’t even use basic phone courtesy & identify themselves after I say “hello?”
It’s “Is (resident’s name) there?”
I reply, “Who is this?” or “Who’s calling, please?”
Especially when I’m visiting my ninetysomething Mom, there’s always surprised silence & a pause when the caller hears a male voice.
And the dinner time calls..... My wife has a hearing loss so she doesn’t know what’s up when I throw down my napkin, jump up, yell “Leave us alone, you morons!!” & storm into the kitchen to answer the phone. As they tell me who they are (after I ask), I say “Not interested, thank you!” & hang up.
Now...if it’s the NRA, I politely say “I’m a life member, thank you.” & end the call. I am, BTW.
If it’s the RNC I tell them that as a conservative who is not a Republican, I won’t give one thin dime until they return to their Reaganite roots. Thank you (click).
I used to tell them that I had a brother who is recovering from a mental breakdown and the doctors said that he needed to start interacting with strangers again. A short pause to get crazy bro and I would start gibbering about how their product was a front for the moon men that come to visit every night. Also sometimes crazy bro needed written and verified proof that he was talking to an actual mammal, because their voice sure sounded reptilian. “How can I say yes when you might have been hatched from an egg?!!” and “I sympathize, but you must realize an actual reptile would also deny it.”
Freegards
LOL! Beautiful!
Too funny.
LOL
That has to be one of the FUNNIEST pranks ever pulled. I’ve heard it before, but I just sat back and laughed all over again!!
Thanks for a great way to start my day.
I start out trying to be polite to them and tell them I am sorry, but I don’t want you to waste your time…then they talk over me and won’t let me speak. Then I raise my voice a little to tell them to please listen while I tell them I do not want what they are selling, but they talk even louder to drown me out. Then I have to hang up.
Huh? Your logic escapes me.
If they WERE human beings with feelings they would realize how annoying and intrusive these calls are and therefore would not have made the call in the first place.
Exquisite!
Oh, so that was you? I must admit, you gave me quite a scare that one time. But then again, I've always been afraid of clowns. And I'm not too fond of roses either.
When I get a call from telemarketers I always ask them for instructions on how to cook a turkey.
use nomorobo.com
I'll tell you right now what doesn't work. The national Do Not Call registry doesn't work. I'm registered there, and I've reported those robo calls. Doesn't make any difference at all.
My phone service (Verizon) also has a number-block system. That doesn't work either. I suspect that's because the robo companies keep changing their phone numbers.
“By the end of the call (about 30 minutes later), I had the Telemarketer’s supervisor threatening me with a lawsuit.”
For doing what when they called, unsolicited? Just curious.
Another one I did, was when my son was a toddler. He loved to talk on the phone, but you couldn’t understand a word he said. After getting a call from a telemarketer, I’d tell them to excuse me for a minute, then let my son talk to him.
Sorry about scaring you, but you didn’t show up.
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