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Today at work I rang my aunt.
Ok that don't sound too special but..
I work in telesales and the calls we make just come to us..we press call and the name appears on out monitor.
My mate said it's like winning the lottery. Not only was she on our database(only a few people from the South are on our datebase), but the call came to me, on a day I was working, out of 50 people.
It was kinda like...
Smith isn't actually her surname, but the surname on my mum's side of the family is quite rare. Infact I've never heard anyone else called it, so when the name was on my screen I was kinda like..''eh?''
''Hello, Can I speak to Mrs Smith please?''
''This is her''
''Errr....My name is Lori and I'm calling on bahalf of American Life''
''Who are you?''
''Erm...is that you Karen?''
''Who's this!!!??''
''It's Lori''
''HAHAHAHa, you joker, I thought it was one of them Telesales''
''Well..actually it is''
I'm gonna call her back and get her to help me make commission.
Ok that don't sound too special but..
I work in telesales and the calls we make just come to us..we press call and the name appears on out monitor.
My mate said it's like winning the lottery. Not only was she on our database(only a few people from the South are on our datebase), but the call came to me, on a day I was working, out of 50 people.
It was kinda like...
Smith isn't actually her surname, but the surname on my mum's side of the family is quite rare. Infact I've never heard anyone else called it, so when the name was on my screen I was kinda like..''eh?''
''Hello, Can I speak to Mrs Smith please?''
''This is her''
''Errr....My name is Lori and I'm calling on bahalf of American Life''
''Who are you?''
''Erm...is that you Karen?''
''Who's this!!!??''
''It's Lori''
''HAHAHAHa, you joker, I thought it was one of them Telesales''
''Well..actually it is''
I'm gonna call her back and get her to help me make commission.
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Cweek wrote:
> Hey, if they think they can annoy people in their spare time, then
> they should expect this sort of thing.
I'm sure they don't take it personally.
Although ... what sound exactly does someone slitting their wrists make? It was a bad line.
My mum got one earlier.
It went like this, apparently:
"Hi, is this *****"
"Yes"
"Well ... you recently filled out a survery saying that you would like to deccrease your monthly outgoings ..."
"I did?"
"Yes - saying you wanted to reduce payment on your mortgage?"
"What mortgage would this be, then?"
"Er ... pardon?"
"I don't have a mortgage." *hangs up*
I mean ... if you're just going to lie about stuff. My Mum would never fill in some survery like that. Rargh, annoying people.
> Hey, if they think they can annoy people in their spare time, then
> they should expect this sort of thing.
I'm sure they don't take it personally.
Although ... what sound exactly does someone slitting their wrists make? It was a bad line.
My mum got one earlier.
It went like this, apparently:
"Hi, is this *****"
"Yes"
"Well ... you recently filled out a survery saying that you would like to deccrease your monthly outgoings ..."
"I did?"
"Yes - saying you wanted to reduce payment on your mortgage?"
"What mortgage would this be, then?"
"Er ... pardon?"
"I don't have a mortgage." *hangs up*
I mean ... if you're just going to lie about stuff. My Mum would never fill in some survery like that. Rargh, annoying people.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Telesales people are fun.
> Well ... if you've nothing better to do.
>
> Long silences (usually putting the phone down for a few minutes) and
> then going 'what?' all the time. Quite fun.
>
> Or being really excited for a while, before hanging up.
>
> My favourite is when they go "hi, this is Mary from blah blah
> blah" and you go "wow, Mary! Nice to speak to you
> again!" etc etc.
Hey, if they think they can annoy people in their spare time, then they should expect this sort of thing.
> Telesales people are fun.
> Well ... if you've nothing better to do.
>
> Long silences (usually putting the phone down for a few minutes) and
> then going 'what?' all the time. Quite fun.
>
> Or being really excited for a while, before hanging up.
>
> My favourite is when they go "hi, this is Mary from blah blah
> blah" and you go "wow, Mary! Nice to speak to you
> again!" etc etc.
Hey, if they think they can annoy people in their spare time, then they should expect this sort of thing.
Telesales people are fun.
Well ... if you've nothing better to do.
Long silences (usually putting the phone down for a few minutes) and then going 'what?' all the time. Quite fun.
Or being really excited for a while, before hanging up.
My favourite is when they go "hi, this is Mary from blah blah blah" and you go "wow, Mary! Nice to speak to you again!" etc etc.
Well ... if you've nothing better to do.
Long silences (usually putting the phone down for a few minutes) and then going 'what?' all the time. Quite fun.
Or being really excited for a while, before hanging up.
My favourite is when they go "hi, this is Mary from blah blah blah" and you go "wow, Mary! Nice to speak to you again!" etc etc.
My wee brother is hilarious when people phone up.
"Hi I'm from generic gay company number 3, could I speak to your mum please?"
"She died last week" (She's sitting at the table about 3 metres away)"
"Oh, could I speak to your dad?"
My dad takes the receiver off and sits it next to the phone.
Or he swears at them.
My mum, she says "Oh, no thanks"
I just hang up on them.
"Hi I'm from generic gay company number 3, could I speak to your mum please?"
"She died last week" (She's sitting at the table about 3 metres away)"
"Oh, could I speak to your dad?"
My dad takes the receiver off and sits it next to the phone.
Or he swears at them.
My mum, she says "Oh, no thanks"
I just hang up on them.
Bit late for april fools.
SHEEPY wrote:
>
>
> Or a deadly silence whilst I chuckle at your constant Hello?
Well, that ain't gonna work.
>
>
> Or a deadly silence whilst I chuckle at your constant Hello?
Well, that ain't gonna work.
If you were to call me my reply is usually
" What? WHAT? I can't hear you.... speak up. "
Or a deadly silence whilst I chuckle at your constant Hello?
" What? WHAT? I can't hear you.... speak up. "
Or a deadly silence whilst I chuckle at your constant Hello?
Chad Niga wrote:
> That's well weird, i bet you were freaked out.
Yeah I went red and kept giggling. I hate it when people I know see (or hear) me at work, so I thought telesales was the way to go..obviously not!
> That's well weird, i bet you were freaked out.
Yeah I went red and kept giggling. I hate it when people I know see (or hear) me at work, so I thought telesales was the way to go..obviously not!
Stryke wrote:
> I hate those telesale things. Somehow our number got onto a database
> and we get them all the time. If you ever got somewhere asking for
> someone and they reply "No, balls off", it's me.
>
> If someone asks you to take them off the database, can you?
Course I can, if you are not too rude to me :o)
Also, you may be interested to know there is a TPS (Telephone Preference Service) you can put on your phone to stop telesales calls. Tho I think it just stops with-held numbers getting through, so if someone calls from a private number (maybe they are ex-directory) they won't get through.
Just ring your phone company who'll put it on for you-takes about 28 days.
> I hate those telesale things. Somehow our number got onto a database
> and we get them all the time. If you ever got somewhere asking for
> someone and they reply "No, balls off", it's me.
>
> If someone asks you to take them off the database, can you?
Course I can, if you are not too rude to me :o)
Also, you may be interested to know there is a TPS (Telephone Preference Service) you can put on your phone to stop telesales calls. Tho I think it just stops with-held numbers getting through, so if someone calls from a private number (maybe they are ex-directory) they won't get through.
Just ring your phone company who'll put it on for you-takes about 28 days.
Why are you being like that? I was being serious. It's pretty weird.
And im playing hockey tomorrow.
And im playing hockey tomorrow.
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