Fun with Telemarketers

[in_the_blue]

Phone: Ring Ring!
Me: Hello?
Telemarketer: May I please speak with Mr Mitchell Jackson?
Me: No, he's not here, you can't speak with him.
Telemarketer: Is there someone else available for me to talk to?
Me: Well, I answered, so I guess I'm available.
Telemarketer: (silence)

Comments

[janeylou.livejournal.com]

[h311ybean]

Silly telemarketer. Apparently he/she stuck too much to the script and was unable to think on his/her feet.

Now I'm wondering whether that person was actually calling you from the Philippines. We pride ourselves on our proficiency in English, you know, and call centers have been a growing industry here for the past few years ^_^

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Couldn't possibly have been from the Philippines; this woman could barely speak intelligibly.

She was from our local phone company. Pretty sad, huh?

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Here's another amusing method to deal with telemarketers, hubby's actually tried this. Insert the name of a vegetable randomly throughout your speech. example: "Well [turnip]that sounds really [leek] interesting. Can you send me [rutabega] more information?"

Telemarketer off the phone in five minutes.

;-)

[janeylou.livejournal.com]

[carlythemeek.livejournal.com]

That is so damn funny.