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DUH! I just HAD to answer that damn phone.................. email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind1 month ago

It's been a busy morning around here, and the phone's been ringing off the hook and I finally couldn't take it anymore and answered it. BIG mistake!

Caller: (sound of a foghorn blowing) Good Morning, this is your Captain speaking....
Me: Not interested...
Caller: But ma'am we have a wonderful, sunfilled, funfilled offer for you on one of our cruise ships............
Me: I repeat. I am not interested.........(now I'm pissed at myself, so decide to salvage my irritation and have some fun, so I don't hang up and let the fool babble on....)
Caller: Ma'am I assure you that once you hear our offer you will be packing your bags to take advantage of.......
Me: I want a first class cabin then and a place at the Captains table.
Caller: But ma'am our offer only includes..........
Me: How badly do you want my money?
Caller: MA'AM, WE ARE MAKING THE OFFER HERE!
Me: Ah, so what I want doesn't count eh?
Caller: Ma'am if you would just let me explain.................
Me: Listen buddy, a first class cabin and a seat at the Captain's table or the deal's off.
Caller: Ma'am that's not the way it works.............
Me: Then hang up.
Caller: But..........
Me: Deal's off. Good-bye "Captain".
Caller: Wait.......wait...............
Click.

In a way I kinda feel sorry for the poor guy. He's got a quota to fill after all, but man, they should learn that no means no and just move on to the next name on their list.

When was the last time you had a phone call you could have fun with? Does it make you feel bad to play with people's heads when they are so SERIOUS? LOL

 
 
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tags:  calls, phone, stupid phone calls, having fun with them, annoying salescalls
 
1. myLot reputation of 95/100. dawnald (9499)   ranked 130 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

Not only does he have a quota to fill, but he also has a script to follow. Shame on you for diverting him from his appointed duty! lol

I just hang up. But it might be fun to play a bit, maybe...


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

It's always fun to play with them.............but they are one of the reasons I usually let my phone just go to voice mail. I really hate being a meany.........lol

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2. myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

aaaaah.. You have scarred a newbie who now is without a job!!

HAHAHAHAHA.. He probably has a really good story that gets better and better as he tells it to his mother/ wife/girlfriend/ buddies/ OR the employment office when he goes looking for a new job!

Lobe your phone call. You are an expert.. Been on both ends, have you??
Thankyou for the fun too! How did you know I need this just now? You are amazing, and funny!


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

Yep, been on both ends, so at least I was polite enough to say good bye before I hung up. lol
Oh, and I'm psychic, that's how I knew....................ROFL


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

are ya now?? Well then I know I can count on you in the future..


so how does tomorrow at the bank look??( NooooOOO I am NOT robbing it! SHEESH!w00t


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

LOL............my crystal ball tells me it's going to be the BANK robbing the customers in fees and penalties and too much interest on loans and such...........so a good day for the Bank! ROFL


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

oooo noooo.. I am in for it then.. should I cancel, should I go armed with my whole portfolio? Should I go in there boldfaced and sit there like I own the bank.. and then smile confidently when he says NO and shake his hand with real freindship and wink him in the eye and march out proudly?? W ll he know he won and be pleased, or will he be worried and try to contact me again with a better offer..

er.. is this by the hour?


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

.actually it's by the word. lol

Go in like you own the bank and belong on the side of the robbers. They'll snap you up in a heartbeat..............


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

ThankyouThankyou! I will see then tomorrow if I can afford you( By the word, YIPES!) The results will be in!
Thanks for wishing me luck!! wheuw!


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

It's tomorrow, how did it go?


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

We stood tall and shook his hand, this bankman. I played it calm and my wife tried too, although I know her so I felt almost like I needed to comfort her.

The bankman said it looked.. so there.. and perhaps we could/should do this and that?
I did the confidence thing and shook his hand firmly and thanked him! My wife followed suit but didn't quite follow why all seemed okej with me. I noticed it.

I told her in the car on the way home..She gave me a look when I said I had gotten the goods from YOU!! and all is well. Be confident.

Well of course it wasn't for HER.. She didn't sleep the whole night, said she.
I talked with her again and told her we shall have it OUR way,, and the bank will oblige or we forget it.. We have each other and life is good if we make it that way.( and I wanted to say, and YOUR prediction too)

SHE then called the bank this morning and announced to this bankman that it would be on OUR terms, thanks so very much,or just to forget it, that we are NOT compromising our assets.... but so it goes.. and he said..

he understoodblink.. and WE were NOT to worry. that ALL is well....and to Sleep soundly!!w00t

So bank people require special handling! It feels too good to know that we bow to no money holder.

Thanks for yesterday and I thought of you!! especially when my wife got off the phone.. Don't you feel special??lol


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

happyhappyhappy I do, I do!!!!!!~
Good for you and good for your wife. That's the way to do things. Hold up your head, look them straight in the eye, smile, be firm, and the world will fall at your feet. I hope the bankman keeps his word and everything goes your way fjaril.
You have the right attitude now after all! Wowza and well done!


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

thankyou thankyou I really felt your words in my head and saw you too.

You are good for me. o wise mature knowing one! Positive vibes are welcome here anytime, if you have an overabundance!
Sleep well knowing that you have helped a fellow man and his wife in the far away land of Swedes.
Blessings!!


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

Thanks dude. We Canadians don't have totally frozen brains you know. LOL Sleep well...............


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

I have walked and worked, lived and loved with and among the Canadians.. and my daughter is one of you. A prouder father you shall never find!
Canadians are very special people, and I won't stand to hear different.. even if I am tired of sitting!! g'night also to you, my fine Canadian friend.


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

Well thanks fjaril.............guess that makes you my BFF Swedish friend. lol


myLot reputation of 99/100. fjaril (4141)   ranked 206 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

wow!! every neat!cool
er.. isn't it?

okej..then..
whats a BFF??[ it IS a good thing, right?em]cry[/em]

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3. myLot reputation of 82/100. hornswaggled (1912)   ranked 114 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

No kidding.....get those extremely annoying calls all the time....or I used to til I went to a different system.
I used to just set the phone down and go about my business.....and after they got done blathering and took a breath they'd realize I'm not listening.
I gotta say I do feel sorry for them but really.....how annoying can a person be to make a living??
doh


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

Desperate times call for desperate measures? LOL


myLot reputation of 82/100. hornswaggled (1912)   ranked 114 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

Well I haven't quite gotten that desperate yet but ya never know...ya know?rasp


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

Yep, I know................lol

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4. myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16762)   ranked 54 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

LOLOLOLOL as a when I was a phone person if we got 3 nos we had to hang up.
But then to I dont do it anymore so I have fun some times with tthem and get tehn way off what they are trying to sale lol


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

It does add to the fun when you've been where they are and know what buttons to push. LOL


myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16762)   ranked 54 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

w00tthumbup yup

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5. myLot reputation of 71/100. TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (1438)   ranked 27 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

Phone rings,

Identification: Unavailable
Phone number: Unavailable

Phone continues to ring,

Answering machine picks up unanswered phone,

Click...

Phone call was not important enough to leave a message???

Phone call was not important enough to pick up and answer!

I'm certain if someone had something important to say they would have said what was important enough for me to take seriously and deal with in a timely fashion.

Do you think if I don't play the lottery that I could win?


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

LOL
Hey I win lotteries every day that I've never played, according to my spam mail anyway. lol So yeah, sure, be a winner even if you're not a player George! Works for me! lol


myLot reputation of 71/100. TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (1438)   ranked 27 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

wink thumbup

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. geminikid (1071)   ranked 368 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

I have had many, and some I even wished would drop dead. A couple years ago I had put my phone number in the "Do not call" registry. That disables any chance of solocitors hounding you. Yet, they still somehow squeak by. Very frustrating, I must say


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

I get more phone calls from people I DIDN'T give my number to. Thank heavens for voice mail and the delete button. lol I can't unlist my number though because of my husband's business, so I just have to stay disciplined and let voice mail pick up the crap.............

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7. myLot reputation of 89/100. notlistening2 (10563)   ranked 240 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

lollollolThat was really funny, I laughed after I read you discussion, I hated when these people call me, trying to sell something, I just hang up on them to, can't they just make a honest living, doing some that really earns them some money.


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  1 month ago

In this economy I couldn't imagine having a job where your income depended on commissions.*shudders*

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8. myLot reputation of 96/100. cher913 (13350)   ranked 227 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

i so hate talking to people like that. we have call display so i usually dont answer the phone if i dont recognize the number. either they want me to buy something(which i dont have the money for) or want me to pay my bills (which i dont have money for either!)


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

I have call display too, though I usually just ignore the phone as it doesn't ring all that often, but yesterday it just wouldn't stop and I finally just grabbed it.............probably to strangle it, but got sidetracked by the fog horn sound. lol

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9. myLot reputation of 81/100. KrazyKlingon (3171)   ranked 293 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   1 month ago

Well - not knowing the individual telemarker's circumstances can be tough to know whether or not I feel bad for them. If it's the only work that this person was able to find, & had to support a family somehow, I would hope that they are at least trying to find something better, or maybe something better finds them.

If you REALLY want to get "Krazy - see response #2 at:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1435007.aspx


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

LOL, checked out your link. So I guess you understand my insanity then huh? ROFL

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10. myLot reputation of 98/100. savypat (7596)   ranked 89 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind   4 weeks ago

I have a lot of sympathy for those cold callers, I know that they are just trying to make a living so I don't tease or play with them that waste their time from what might be a live wire on the next call. We have a way to get out of receiving most of those types of calls Thank God.


myLot reputation of 82/100. sparkofinsanity (3446)   ranked 15 out of 1,125 in messing with your mind  4 weeks ago

I understand they are just trying to make a living too, but I wouldn't let my kids off the hook if they weren't hearing what I was saying to them, and as these callers are adults, they really should know better.........

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