Wow! I just got the rudest telemarketing call
 

My boss's mobile just rang, while she's on the office land line, so I answered it for her...

I got a phone ringing tone, then this conversation followed:

Him: Hi i'm _____ how are u?
Me: Good thanks
Him: The reason for my call is to see if you're happy with your mobile service
Me: The owner of the phone is busy at the moment, can you call back another time?
Him: What are they doing? :err: Who on earth ask that!
Me: They're on another call
Him: Can you get them off the phone, this is very important
Me: No.
Him: Why not?
Me: They're busy.
Him: Well it doesnt matter, it can be for your mobile service too, are you happy with your mobile service?
Me: Yes thank you.
Him: <Company name> Can offer you a better deal.
Me: No thank you.
Him: Why not?
Me: No thank you.
Him: Why not?
-hangs up-



the "What are they doing", "Get them off the phone" and "why not", i found extremely rude for a cold caller... geez man!

You hanged up or him?

he was still asking "Why not?"

so i hung up

LOL xD!

We always mess around with telemarketers o: Like use celebrity soundboards and stuff. One time, the guy actually thought it was MJ >.>

I wouldnt call that rude Id call him annoying and persistant.

I've lost count of how many Indian Optus telemarketers have called us.

Now we have a little thing on our phone so we know the number calling us. If its Optus I immediately pick up the phone and hang it up without even saying hello

LOL!!! they always catch me by surprise so all the games i wanted to play on them.. i 4get...

oh all telesales call are annoying.. i thought that's a given XD

but at least some lets u go when u say no thx... persistant ones that doesnt let u go are also annoying..

but.. no this guy is rude! His tone is rude.. like "why dont u just do wat i ask" kinda rude...

he's got normal aussie accent though... i actually thought he sounded like our guild master LOL!!

Haha I think I had one of those too... don't remember bad calls though. But usually if they call a second or the third time I do the pick up and hang up thing too. This also goes to that one person who keeps on calling despite the fact that I've said "wrong number" a million times. Like I'm not speaking the language you're speaking so obviously you're not calling the right person here.

Next time you should ask to speak to their supervisor, I'm sure they'll shut up and leave you alone.

^ LMAO

yeah exactly! and i told him why already too "i'm happy with my service"

at first I thought he's a quality control call... (the phone company has called before to check that we're happy with their service)

so i thought this is another one..

the way he asked that question, he'll never sell anything.. coz 95% of the ppl will answer "yes happy with my service" and that instantly closed the door for him to get a new deal...

It is hard being a telemarketeer :P

And I fail at it =] When someone says they're not interested I kinda don't even try. I'm like: okay buh byeeeeeez!

LOOOOOL.

I'm going to move to Australia just to expirience that.

Aye, Hessah needs to learn that you're not supposed to actually socialize with telemarketers. xD

I was a telemarketer for about 6 months for a charity...

yeah its not easy.. in fact is really boring.. to repeat yourself over and over again.. then get hung up on over and over again...

or i get an old lady that says -very slowly- "ohh i'm very sorry, that's for a great cause, but i'm very poor myself, i would love to help, but i'm just a pensioner and.... .... .... .... "

oooookaaaaaaaaaaay... thank you...




@Hyper - i wasnt socialising with him :sad:

My numbers private so i dun get em but if im at my aunts or nana and poppas
I answer the phone and as soon as they say hello i hang up or i do the sienfeld :D

Me: Im busy right now why dont u give me your number and ill call u back when im ready
Them:im sry i cant do that
Me: cause u dont wanna be bothered at home?
Them: exactly
me: now you know how i feel :D
-hangs up-

Seinfeld FTW!

Don't expect that to protect you. Telemarketers have ways of getting your phone number

I'd laugh hard if someone would say that to me XD

LOL! I've never heard of anyone talking with a telemarketer for that long!

Them: Hello, can I interest you in trying out _____________?

For me it's either:
"Stop calling."
"Call me again and I'll sue." (Usually gets them to hang up instantly.)
or
"Screw off. If I didn't want that product yesterday, what makes you think I'd want it today?"

One time I asked how it was in India, and that conversation lasted about 5 seconds...

Yeah it has actually i dont believe ive ever had a telemarketer call my house in
all my life that i can remember.

My grandmother usually answered the phone. They called once and never again.


She has a hacking cough that makes a normal flow of conversation impossible. Despite this she still refuses to put down her cigarettes.


And she has a tendency to ask the most awkward questions. Guess she hates telemarketers too. A classic moment was when she asked the person what kind of contraception they used o_o

^LMAO! That is awesome...

One time my friend came over, and this telemarketer calls and asks to speak with my father.

Me: Oooh, do you really want to talk with my father?
Telemarketer: Yes.
Me: Are you sure?
Telemarketer: Yes.
Me: Are you really sure?
Telemarketer: Yes.
Me: Okay... You asked for it.

I put my friend on the phone and the guy hanged up in 5 seconds.

Ah yes well, firstly its not my phone.. and i'm at work... and there's someone else there that can hear my conversation

so all in all, i need to sound polite... and i guess thats wat annoyed me too coz i'm nice to the telesales yet he's bloody rude to me!




LOL @ lvra's grandma! XD