Sometimes I wonder

[dwalt]

WTH people are thinking.  (or not) Where I work is not open to the public.  Calls we get are from suppliers and such. We all chip in answering the phones and belive me I couldn't do it for a living.

Today (and it happens alot)  three times already people have called and said "extension 104" (or whatever)  Why in the heck don't they just push 104 to get it?  Drives me nuts!!  Also our company has a very easy name.  They will ask "how do you spell that?"  Grrrr, is it just me?

[flippr 2.0]

i don't know if it's just you,i get alot of crank calls at home,because my phone number spells out a part of a woman's body,i guess it's funny to people,it was funny to me the first hundred times or so,but now,it's just a huge pain in the ...ear

[Athena James]

Is it possible 2 change ur #?  That way u can give it only 2 friends & have caller ID so u can weed out the trash!

[oldmike]

I get sales calls in my office -- and they usually get really snotty if you're not interested! I had one person call back and ream me out because my secretary wouldn't let her get through to me for a sales pitch! I told one guy if he called again with his sales pitch I'd sue him! He stopped calling.

I wonder if people who ask how to spell the name of the company just didn't know who they were calling in the first place. Maybe it's like the telemarketers that are not involved in the dialing, but have to pick up is anyone answers.

Flipper - ok, I'll bite -- what part of a woman's body? Just give us the numbers, I'm sure we can figure it out! LOL

[dwalt]

I had a guy call one morning (we get to work by 6:00am) and start talking dirty to me.  I told him it was a  little early for that and to call back around 10:00.  He didn't call back...

[TornadoWoman]

Oh, LUV it, dwalt!!!

[oldmike]

Dwalt -- that's some fast thinking. It's like telling the telemarketer who calls you at home around dinner time, "Give me your number, I'll call you back when I'm done eating!"

[Athena James]

I remember answering phones & it drove me nuts too!  Some people r so dense!  U ask them 2 wait since u have 3 lines ringing at once & many times they hang up & call right back = my pet peeve!

[Grandma Helen]

I had one telemarketer call and tell me that I was eligible to refinance my house.  I asked her to tell me more.  She went off on about how my area was approved because I was a veteran.  I thanked her for calling and said, but I don't own a house and I've never been in the military.  She seemed shocked that her information was bad.  One time one of my sons answered a telemarketer call and started acting like she had called a chinese restaurant.  I'm sure she wasn't amused, but it was funny to watch. 

[ozzieowl]

When I know it's a telemarketer, I place the receiver down beside the phone 

and get on with what I was doing.

[Suthinsoul]

Sometimes I wonder if the human race is evolving backwards as far as intelligence is concerned....especially when I look at what's on reality TV and how kids are acting.  I'm sure my parents thought the same thing but I truly think it's gotten worse  and not because I'm just an old codger...lol.

Talk about telemarketers....A young man called me one day trying to sell me a security system for my house.  I could tell he was young and a little shy so when he continued his spill even after I told him I wasn't interested I proceeded to get pretty flirty with him.  The more he tried to guide the call to what he was selling I got more graphic in what I was "selling".  He couldn't seem to follow his train of thought and finally hung up.  Next time you get a call, just ask what they're wearing and tell them you're naked and you're SO glad they called...LOL!

[flippr 2.0]

i'll hafta try that

[ozzieowl]

heh, heh...good one Suthinsoul, I shall add that to my repertoire !