- Aug 20, 2004
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Ok, so this event that I'm about to rant on actually happened a month ago, but another phone call renewed my anger, and its still a good story.
Anyways, about a month ago the phone rings. I look at the caller id, Unkown Name, Uknown Number. Meh, whenever my friend calls it does that, so I always answer these calls.
So, I pick up the phone and say "Hello". A few seconds of silence and then I hear a heavy Indian accent say "Hello, is Mary there?". Mary is my mother, and she has told me about these people before, they are from some internet pharmacy and keep calling even when asked to stop. I try not to be a total ass to telemarketers(everyone has to make a living), so I politely answer "Shes not here at the moment." The lady on the other end then says something that I couldn't hear, so I ask her to repeat it. "And what is your good name?" I respond "Uh....David." She dives right in "Well, I am calling from BlahBlahBlah, we are an internet pharmacy..." Right at this point my phone beeps telling me someone else is trying to call. All I can think is, yes, now I don't have to listen to this women drone on and on.
So, I quickly say I have to go(I doubt she heard me, my phone cuts out a lot when someone else is calling) and hit the flash button to get the other line. I quickly say "Hello" and then I hear a heavy Indian accent say "Hello, is Mary there?" No, not deja vu, its someone from the same fvcking company calling. Two people from the same telemarketing company call within a minute of each other, one of them actually interrupting the other one. At this point all I can think is "W.T.F. don't they have any other numbers in their database?" Fed up at this point, and not wanting to go through the same conversation I had 30 seconds ago, I just hang up on the guy. I didn't even want to deal with it.
Yeah I know, $hitty rant, but I find the story funny.
Cliff Notes:
1. Get a call from internet pharmacy, politely don't hang up right away.
2. Another call starts to beep in, quickly say good bye and flash to other call, glad to get out of an awkward telemarketer call.
3. Switch to other call and I am quickly greeted with the same opening I heard just 30 seconds ago. Its another telemarketer calling from the same company, cutting in on his co-worker.
4. My patience is worn out and I hang up on telemarketer.
Before anyone says it, yes, we are on the National Do Not Call Registry, and my family has asked the company to stop calling, to no avail. They call atleast once a week, and I quickly hang up on them now when I hear that familiar Indian accent, asking the same line every time "Hello, is Mary there?"
Anyways, about a month ago the phone rings. I look at the caller id, Unkown Name, Uknown Number. Meh, whenever my friend calls it does that, so I always answer these calls.
So, I pick up the phone and say "Hello". A few seconds of silence and then I hear a heavy Indian accent say "Hello, is Mary there?". Mary is my mother, and she has told me about these people before, they are from some internet pharmacy and keep calling even when asked to stop. I try not to be a total ass to telemarketers(everyone has to make a living), so I politely answer "Shes not here at the moment." The lady on the other end then says something that I couldn't hear, so I ask her to repeat it. "And what is your good name?" I respond "Uh....David." She dives right in "Well, I am calling from BlahBlahBlah, we are an internet pharmacy..." Right at this point my phone beeps telling me someone else is trying to call. All I can think is, yes, now I don't have to listen to this women drone on and on.
So, I quickly say I have to go(I doubt she heard me, my phone cuts out a lot when someone else is calling) and hit the flash button to get the other line. I quickly say "Hello" and then I hear a heavy Indian accent say "Hello, is Mary there?" No, not deja vu, its someone from the same fvcking company calling. Two people from the same telemarketing company call within a minute of each other, one of them actually interrupting the other one. At this point all I can think is "W.T.F. don't they have any other numbers in their database?" Fed up at this point, and not wanting to go through the same conversation I had 30 seconds ago, I just hang up on the guy. I didn't even want to deal with it.
Yeah I know, $hitty rant, but I find the story funny.
Cliff Notes:
1. Get a call from internet pharmacy, politely don't hang up right away.
2. Another call starts to beep in, quickly say good bye and flash to other call, glad to get out of an awkward telemarketer call.
3. Switch to other call and I am quickly greeted with the same opening I heard just 30 seconds ago. Its another telemarketer calling from the same company, cutting in on his co-worker.
4. My patience is worn out and I hang up on telemarketer.
Before anyone says it, yes, we are on the National Do Not Call Registry, and my family has asked the company to stop calling, to no avail. They call atleast once a week, and I quickly hang up on them now when I hear that familiar Indian accent, asking the same line every time "Hello, is Mary there?"