stupid, stupid sales calls

[michelyn8]

Unfortunately, sometime in the past and before my current employer had this contract, my number was listed as the main line for our office. I get a lot of unwanted calls but those are usually legit - someone looking for someone else, someone wanting to know if we're hiring, etc. But these calls always tickle (and annoy) me because of how obvious they are. Why do these idiots assume the person answering the phone is to stupid or naive to know what kind of call they are? Especially when they call someone's direct line and assume the person answering the phone is nothing more than a receptionist?

I just answered a call on my direct line and the guy wanted to be pushy about getting in touch with a maintenance manager. Well, for one, we don't have one of those and two, if we were actually doing business with you, you'd most likely know who that person was. He got very insistent that I page said person when I told him they were out in the plant and then after I refused a 5th time, he said they just wouldn't do business with us anymore. Fine by me since we're restricted in what vendors we can use by the client and the ones we use are contacted by our project people and given a direct line to them, not my number.

I'm glad he has a job but geez dude, you can do better if you're really as smart as you think you are.

[susanb]

Sales calls annoy the crap out of me as well.

I wouldn't want to cold call people for a living, and kind of feel sorry for them, but when they get snarky, all my patience goes out the window.

The best I had was a sales guy calling for DH. When I asked who he was, he said he was DH's brother. I replied, oh, that is so interesting because I am his wife and didn't know he had a brother.

His response? "I am his brother from another mother."

[Abby Normal]

I've shared this before. Years ago we got tired of all those sales calls and we made up a fictitious employee. Any cold calls that come in get transferred to his "office". We set up a voicemail for him. When we need a laugh we go in and listen to his messages. Some are quite funny. Any way our fictitious employees name is Jack Schmidtt. (go ahead and say it to yourselves). Now when anyone calls for Jack, they are automatically screened out. Jack is a busy boy and highly underpaid in my opinion.

[Sam_2.0]

LOVE it, agilemom!!!

[mollyanna58]

Sept 19, 2012 15:20:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

I've shared this before. Years ago we got tired of all those sales calls and we made up a fictitious employee. Any cold calls that come in get transferred to his "office". We set up a voicemail for him. When we need a laugh we go in and listen to his messages. Some are quite funny. Any way our fictitious employees name is Jack Schmidtt. (go ahead and say it to yourselves). Now when anyone calls for Jack, they are automatically screened out. Jack is a busy boy and highly underpaid in my opinion.

Very clever!

[sheilaincali]

Sept 19, 2012 15:20:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

I've shared this before. Years ago we got tired of all those sales calls and we made up a fictitious employee. Any cold calls that come in get transferred to his "office". We set up a voicemail for him. When we need a laugh we go in and listen to his messages. Some are quite funny. Any way our fictitious employees name is Jack Schmidtt. (go ahead and say it to yourselves). Now when anyone calls for Jack, they are automatically screened out. Jack is a busy boy and highly underpaid in my opinion.

I have a secret identity that I use for those telemarketers! Kadee gets a lot of calls too so I automatically know they are telemarketers. You know that lazy chick is never in her office when they call for her!

[Abby Normal]

Sept 20, 2012 9:31:27 GMT -5 sheilaincali said:

I have a secret identity that I use for those telemarketers! Kadee gets a lot of calls too so I automatically know they are telemarketers. You know that lazy chick is never in her office when they call for her!

We had one person who PISSED because Jack wouldn't return her calls. She finally asked to speak with his manager because she wanted to report his behavior. I took the call and she tried to claim that she talked with Jack a few weeks before and he placed an order, and now would not return her calls.

It was really hard not to laugh.

[Deleted]

I get a lot of calls and mail for “V. Gina Hertz” thanks to my daughter’s sense of humor.

[zibazinski]

;D. I like your daughters sense of humor!

[Plain Old Petunia]

Sept 21, 2012 8:31:39 GMT -5 @selma said:

I get a lot of calls and mail for “V. Gina Hertz” thanks to my daughter’s sense of humor.

Lol, that sounds like something my daughter would pull.

Once, I asked my daughter to order us a pizza for delivery. When the delivery guy showed up, he was grinning at me sheepishly. I didn't know what was up. He pointed to the "memo" box in the receipt and said "What do you want me to say?" I read the "memo" and it said "Customer request: Please make innuendo when delivering." Oh, that girl.

[zibazinski]

;D ;D