Telemarketers: Creative Geniuses or (Expletive Deleted)
Phone rings.
Sean picks up.
Female voice: Is this Sean?
Sean: Yes.
V: Thank goodness you picked up. I'm so tired of talking to answering machines. Now this won't...
S: Are you a real person?
V: ...long at all. I want to...
S: You are a robocall, aren't you?
V: ...about a great opportunity.
S: I thought so.
Sean hangs up.
Two things about this call:
1) I'm MORE tired of talking to machines on the phone than the caller was, so I reported the call to the Federal Do Not Call directory, on which all of my phone numbers are listed.
2) If this had been a live person calling, instead of a hang up, they would have gotten an incredibly loud blast from the referee's whistle I keep by the phone. Then I'd hang up, and report them.
Get the message telemarketers - YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN MY HOME OR ON MY CELL!
Edited to add: I worked as a telemarketer for about a week when I was in school. My apologies to anyone I called at that time, and my thanks to the two people who bought subscriptions from me during that week.
Sean picks up.
Female voice: Is this Sean?
Sean: Yes.
V: Thank goodness you picked up. I'm so tired of talking to answering machines. Now this won't...
S: Are you a real person?
V: ...long at all. I want to...
S: You are a robocall, aren't you?
V: ...about a great opportunity.
S: I thought so.
Sean hangs up.
Two things about this call:
1) I'm MORE tired of talking to machines on the phone than the caller was, so I reported the call to the Federal Do Not Call directory, on which all of my phone numbers are listed.
2) If this had been a live person calling, instead of a hang up, they would have gotten an incredibly loud blast from the referee's whistle I keep by the phone. Then I'd hang up, and report them.
Get the message telemarketers - YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN MY HOME OR ON MY CELL!
Edited to add: I worked as a telemarketer for about a week when I was in school. My apologies to anyone I called at that time, and my thanks to the two people who bought subscriptions from me during that week.