What to do with unwanted calls

[a2m+]

Okay, so I talked to this telemarketer for awhile about whatever the fuck he was trying to sell, and this is how it went.

"...okay. This sounds real interesting. Can I get your phone number?"

"Excuse me?"

"Your phone number. So I can call you later and get more info, you know."

"I'm sorry sir, I can't let you call me at home."

"So you don't like people bothering you at home either, huh?"

"Uh-"

*hangs up*

Ok...I havent read much of this thread, basically just skimmed through it, but it'd be a shame if i let you get away with this... The ideas expressed in his post are directly from seinfeld... Saucyking is ripping off alot of hard work by comedy writers who made that show so successful.


...also, saucyking seems a little fem... are you male?

[dchao]

There's a national do-not-call list. I haven't gotten a single telemarketer for months. The problem is that charities and non-profit orgs can still call you.

[SaucyKing]

Ok...I havent read much of this thread, basically just skimmed through it, but it'd be a shame if i let you get away with this... The ideas expressed in his post are directly from seinfeld... Saucyking is ripping off alot of hard work by comedy writers who made that show so successful.


...also, saucyking seems a little fem... are you male?

FOR THE LAST TIME, I DON'T WATCH SEINFELD

And I already covered this...yes, I'm male, that's why my name is saucyking

[Liquid Blue]

You don't have to watch a show regularly to get a joke from it.


Are you saying you made that joke up yourself?

[SaucyKing]

No, but I didn't get it from Seinfeld

[GoldenPlums]

Fuck. If that kind of material takes "hardworking comedy writers" then you guys are in serious trouble. If it is seinfeld, it's because it's not funny and has been done for years.

[Evasive]

No, but I didn't get it from Seinfeld

Liar

Dont steal from seinfeld!

[Kim]

Sigh, im disappointed in you saucy.

You're reaping the benefits of the hard working citizens that slave hours upon hours to come up with the routines they do on Seinfeld.

[Subjugation]

Okay, so I talked to this telemarketer for awhile about whatever the fuck he was trying to sell, and this is how it went.

"...okay. This sounds real interesting. Can I get your phone number?"

"Excuse me?"

"Your phone number. So I can call you later and get more info, you know."

"I'm sorry sir, I can't let you call me at home."

"So you don't like people bothering you at home either, huh?"

"Uh-"

*hangs up*

Yep, I pulled that one too, after I watched that episode of Seinfeld. Bravo, Saucey.

[SaucyKing]

I hate you all.

[Miku19]

I bet you hate Seinfeld too for "stealing your salesman-repellant tactic"!

[PandoraX]

I used to be a telemarketer. Believe you me, it ain't easy on the other end. Some people are nice about it, while most of the time, the peeps that answer the phone....well, it was nasty. The only positive aspect of being a telemarketer is the income. When I was working as a TM, I was earning $11.13 an hour. Plus, I got to schedule my own hours. Sometimes I'd work 10 hours a day, sometimes 3-5. As long as we got 40 hours in a week, they didn't care how much we worked each day. Of course, that was assuming you were good at what you were doing and met your quota each day.

Most of the time, if a certain company calls you, it's because they have your info in their computers. If you've bought one of their products, chances are they'll come calling. If you do a survey (online or at a store), they'll come calling. If you meet certain standards by a company about a product, they'll come calling.

Yes, there is a "DO NOT CALL LIST", but it's very, VERY hard to abide to when your phone number(s) are being circulated so much. Just because you've been added, does not protect you from not being called by them ever again.

As for me, I just deal with them nicely. I tell them that I'm not interested, to take me off "their" list and the sort. If they ask why, I tell em why I stopped being a TM. That works.

[eehh]

I hate you all.

and we hate you for you for stealing from seinfeld!

[eehh]

I was earning $11.13 an hour.

how is that positive?! i mean, that is not much money (or is it in usa?). for $11/hour i wouldnt even go to work..

[Subjugation]

Yea, under his avatar says he's from Ohio. $11 per hour here is not a horrible wage. It's like 20k-25k. You couldn't support a family on it (at least, not comfortably), but for a young, single person with no dependents, and no house or car payments, it's probably a comfortable salary.

However, kiss aggressive savings or investments goodbye.