Telemarketer Repellent
November 10, 2006 Leave a comment
We’ve all had those calls; usually right around dinner time, or when you’re up on a ladder or in the restroom or playing with your kids or thinking through a document or something.
The phone rings. "Is this the person in the household who .. "?
LifeHack posts "Top 10 Telemarketer Repellant".
There’s some good ones therein. My repellent is to declare that I’m in the business of whatever they’re selling and give them this:
I’ll have you know I’m a professional xyzzy. You guys blow through town, taking the food out of the mouths of my children. You blow out of town, leaving dissatisfied customers in your wake which makes it all the harder for me to earn a living at what I do best. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Depending on my mood, I’ll either play weepy or angry.
Gets ’em every time.