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Getting even
Don’t you just hate cold callers, why do they always ring at the most inopportune times.My apologies to all of you that do this for a living, but you really are the most aggravating people that ever walked this planet and if you never existed this world would be a much better place.Why on earth do these people think that we would ever want to discuss our plans for a bathroom, kitchen, windows, heating or any other home improvement at nine o’clock in the evening, and to a total stranger. Listen, if we want something we will go out and look for it and if the product that you sell is on our list we will be in touch, OK?Anyway lets get to the point, as these nauseating little oiks are bent on ruining our well earned leisure time lets all turn the tables on them and see how they like being on the receiving end for a change. There are three options to really tick these people off, which one you use is entirely up to you and how much time you have to waste. First option is when answering the telephone and you hear those fateful words “ hello is that Mr/Mrs Smith/Jones” tell them to hang on a minute while you get your dad or mum and then just leave them hanging on until you get that really annoying tone coming down the phone.Second option: Should you have time to kill, engage these people in conversation pretend to be interested in their product, ask as many questions as you can think of, make them think that you are a soft touch and that you are desperate to part with wads of cash. Continue with the questions for as long as possible, remember you need to know about the quality, delivery times, the cost and while your at it see if you can get the names of the guys that are going to install whatever it is. Then when the caller thinks its all in the bag, bring up the subject of finance, when and only when they have gone through the everything there is to know about finance ask them if, being bankrupt, you might be entitled to a special rate then put the phone down quickly, well you don’t want to hear all that bad language do you. Finally just pretend to be deaf and answer every question/statement with a what or pardon or I’m sorry I didn’t catch that, the good thing about this option is that you can continue watching TV and still be incredibly annoying. So good luck to all of you. Power to the people.