friggin telemarketers!!!

CHANGEinWAVES

I shouldn't of answered the phone but I'm hoping to hear from jobs today...
I answer and she starts her 'act'. I wait for her to stop for a moment and I say 'no thank you, I'm not interested'. Then she starts to basically yell at me asking me why I denied the service with out knowing what it was... Which I replied by saying that I understood it was a security system and blah blah blah. I don't like hanging up on people cause I understand they are trying to do their job, but I was so close to doing that. She went on to say that she doesn't think I understand the service ... So basically I told her I did and I wasn't interested and to have a nice day (then I hung up). As I was hanging up I heard her all confused saying...'Um have a nice day?'

I do understand people have to make a living but there was no need to be so pushy!

Who Princess

If I make the mistake of answering the phone when somebody like that calls (and it happens sometimes because I don't have Caller ID--I'm cheap about a lot of things like that), this is my routine:

Caller: Is this Mrs. Wanna-Buy?
Me: Is this a telephone solicitor?
Caller: Um, yes, I'm calling about . . .
Me: I'm sorry, I don't deal with telephone solicitors. Good-bye. *hang up*

I'm not rude. I'm fast and business-like. I know that telemarketers are trying to make a living but they are infringing on my time. Nobody every called me to sell something that I couldn't go out and buy on my own. It's not like they're calling me and saying "Hey, I've got front Pearl Jam tickets for half price and they're only available from us!"

I have another strategy that I learned from my husband:

Caller: Is this Mrs. So-and-so? (mispronouncing my name, which isn't even hard to pronounce :roll: )
Me: There's nobody here by that name. Good-bye. *hang up*

CHANGEinWAVES

My mom answers in a kids voice and tells them that 'my mommy isn't home'...lol.

I was more irritated that she was arguing with me about it. I blame this new land line I have... I get a lot of calls for whom ever had it before me. Last night I had some guy from a chimney cleaning service arguing with me that he used to clean my chimney... I had to explain to him that I didn't have one! He got mad and hung up.

prytocorduroy

Part of my job is technically telemarketing. I'm not selling anything, but recruiting participants for a research study by phone. Before I worked there they also went door to door. Anyway, I hate this part of the job. Hate telemarketers, and hate that I have to be one or I have no work to do. The good part is going out and doing the interviews with those who are interested in participating. I still feel awful when I'm on the phone and never question a "no" response, just saying "thanks for you time" or something along those lines.

Heineken Helen

danny72688 wrote:

Part of my job is technically telemarketing. I'm not selling anything, but recruiting participants for a research study by phone. Before I worked there they also went door to door. Anyway, I hate this part of the job. Hate telemarketers, and hate that I have to be one or I have no work to do. The good part is going out and doing the interviews with those who are interested in participating. I still feel awful when I'm on the phone and never question a "no" response, just saying "thanks for you time" or something along those lines.

yeh, I did it for a day and it was horrible... I basically had to explain to everyone how I got their number :( I never pushed though... I'm not good at that kinda shite. But yeh, some people were lovely and tried to help but they didn't meet the specifications, some even offered to lie

decides2dream

you absolutely should sign up all your phones for the national 'do not call' registry. i don't have the # handy, i've done it every year since they first started the rpgoram which makes it illegal for telemarketers to call you - and IF they do - you can report them for doing so with the registry etc. anyhoo, since we've registered our phones i've not gotten one call from a telemarketer since. bliss i tell you.

prytocorduroy

Heineken Helen wrote:

danny72688 wrote:

Part of my job is technically telemarketing. I'm not selling anything, but recruiting participants for a research study by phone. Before I worked there they also went door to door. Anyway, I hate this part of the job. Hate telemarketers, and hate that I have to be one or I have no work to do. The good part is going out and doing the interviews with those who are interested in participating. I still feel awful when I'm on the phone and never question a "no" response, just saying "thanks for you time" or something along those lines.

yeh, I did it for a day and it was horrible... I basically had to explain to everyone how I got their number :( I never pushed though... I'm not good at that kinda shite. But yeh, some people were lovely and tried to help but they didn't meet the specifications, some even offered to lie

Yeah I get them too, I feel bad because they want to participate but are ineligible. I remember the good ol' days of having callers and interviewers. The callers got me work and I never had to get on the phone except to confirm appointments! Those days are long gone though.

xavier mcdaniel

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

CHANGEinWAVES

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Thanks I forgot about this.

chromiam

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

That's it X-man.... the first question I ask any telemarketer is how they got my number since I'm on the do not call list. The response is usually silence and a hang up...

decides2dream

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

there it is!
i knew someone would post it. :P
exactly what i was referring to earlier.


seriously, in the list of 'small annoynances'......this donotcall thing is a godsend!

xavier mcdaniel

chromiam wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

That's it X-man.... the first question I ask any telemarketer is how they got my number since I'm on the do not call list. The response is usually silence and a hang up...

Usually the exchange starts off with them mispronouncing my last name, so if they do that, I just say they don't live here. If they get past this step, I ask them what's this in regard to and then I tell them to get lost.

decides2dream

i'm truly amazed how many people pick up their phones! :P
we NEVEr answer our phone, and no we don't have caller ID. anyone who knows us, knows we screen our calls thru the answering machine before answering. now cell phones, sure..i can see answering, altho i really only get calls from my hsuband on that anyway.


(btw - i realize the OP was expecting a call, and from an unknown # - and makes total sense to answer...just that on an every day basis, i just can't see answering )

xavier mcdaniel

decides2dream wrote:

i'm truly amazed how many people pick up their phones! :P
we NEVEr answer our phone, and no we don't have caller ID. anyone who knows us, knows we screen our calls thru the answering machine before answering. now cell phones, sure..i can see answering, altho i really only get calls from my hsuband on that anyway.


(btw - i realize the OP was expecting a call, and from an unknown # - and makes total sense to answer...just that on an every day basis, i just can't see answering )

I guess I enjoy telling these people to get lost. I say the same thing when any political party calls me for contributions.

tybird

Caller I.D. is my friend.

decides2dream

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

i'm truly amazed how many people pick up their phones! :P
we NEVEr answer our phone, and no we don't have caller ID. anyone who knows us, knows we screen our calls thru the answering machine before answering. now cell phones, sure..i can see answering, altho i really only get calls from my hsuband on that anyway.


(btw - i realize the OP was expecting a call, and from an unknown # - and makes total sense to answer...just that on an every day basis, i just can't see answering )

I guess I enjoy telling these people to get lost. I say the same thing when any political party calls me for contributions.

hey, whatever blows your hair back! :P



i know there definitely are lots of people who would never dream of not answering their phone when it rings! obviously, like most things...it takes all kinds eh? i am more than happy to let my answering machine answer. reaching 17 years of marriage...it's worked this long, so if it ain't broke..why fix it?

norm

i don't understand why people fell bad hanging up on telemarketers....how are you being rude? the person being rude is the telemarketer calling you without your permission

and i did telemarketing once...in high school i sold newspaper subscriptions...my first call i made a sale and didn't make another one....i lasted 2 days...shitty job

decides2dream

norm wrote:

i don't understand why people fell bad hanging up on telemarketers....how are you being rude? the person being rude is the telemarketer calling you without your permission

and i did telemarketing once...in high school i sold newspaper subscriptions...my first call i made a sale and didn't make another one....i lasted 2 days...shitty job

i think that may be why some might feel *bad*...b/c we all know that overall, it IS a shitty job, and most who take said jobs probably really need em, otherwise why would you willingly take such a shit job? it's like customer service, man i feel for those people!

i've always been polite in my response, tho brief...and sure, hang-up. but really, as i said...to me, not ever GETTING telemarketers calls anymore = a little bit of bliss.

Lizard

tybird wrote:

Caller I.D. is my friend.

I LOVE IT!!!

I also love the people who CALL BACK if you dialed wrong. Happens all the time at my work. They call back and say "yeah..someone just called my #". WTH??!!! If someone called me and hung up AND I did not recognize that # I sure all hell am NOT gonna call them back asking about it!!!!

"I see stupid people"

norm

decides2dream wrote:

norm wrote:

i don't understand why people fell bad hanging up on telemarketers....how are you being rude? the person being rude is the telemarketer calling you without your permission

and i did telemarketing once...in high school i sold newspaper subscriptions...my first call i made a sale and didn't make another one....i lasted 2 days...shitty job

i think that may be why some might feel *bad*...b/c we all know that overall, it IS a shitty job, and most who take said jobs probably really need em, otherwise why would you willingly take such a shit job? it's like customer service, man i feel for those people!

i've always been polite in my response, tho brief...and sure, hang-up. but really, as i said...to me, not ever GETTING telemarketers calls anymore = a little bit of bliss.

i always say"no thanks" and hang up....is that considered rude because i didn't give them a chance to respond? :? :?:

decides2dream

norm wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

norm wrote:

i don't understand why people fell bad hanging up on telemarketers....how are you being rude? the person being rude is the telemarketer calling you without your permission

and i did telemarketing once...in high school i sold newspaper subscriptions...my first call i made a sale and didn't make another one....i lasted 2 days...shitty job

i think that may be why some might feel *bad*...b/c we all know that overall, it IS a shitty job, and most who take said jobs probably really need em, otherwise why would you willingly take such a shit job? it's like customer service, man i feel for those people!

i've always been polite in my response, tho brief...and sure, hang-up. but really, as i said...to me, not ever GETTING telemarketers calls anymore = a little bit of bliss.

i always say"no thanks" and hang up....is that considered rude because i didn't give them a chance to respond? :? :?:

honestly, i think that is the most polite response possible if you have zero interest in any telemarketers. you don't waste your own time, don't waste theirs....and they can move on to the next call expediently.


i was merely discussing 'possibilities' as to why some would feel bad is all.