irish_only
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still lol - I've had these too, and they are flabbergasted when I say I don't owe anything. DOH
Cold callers - an amusing way to get rid
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still lol - I've had these too, and they are flabbergasted when I say I don't owe anything. DOH
henryhorn
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Hang on a minute canteron, we are on the preferential callers list so it's against the rules to ring us to start with!
I feel cold calling is a gross invasion of privacy and whether you are working your way through uni or whatever, don't intrude in my home without invitation.
I wonder how you woulod feel if in the middle of your final exam the phone interrupted you selling double glazing?
If they pester me then sorry, it's fair game to have payback for dragging me in from the yard removing my boots and legging it to the phone.. I'm perfectly capable of sourcing and buying anything I require, just don't pester me via phone. (yes I am getting grumpier as I age )
I am not always rude to people either, sometimes I just say no thank you, I already have whatever they are selling, the ones who get short shift are those persistent types who won't take no for an answer..
I feel cold calling is a gross invasion of privacy and whether you are working your way through uni or whatever, don't intrude in my home without invitation.
I wonder how you woulod feel if in the middle of your final exam the phone interrupted you selling double glazing?
If they pester me then sorry, it's fair game to have payback for dragging me in from the yard removing my boots and legging it to the phone.. I'm perfectly capable of sourcing and buying anything I require, just don't pester me via phone. (yes I am getting grumpier as I age )
I am not always rude to people either, sometimes I just say no thank you, I already have whatever they are selling, the ones who get short shift are those persistent types who won't take no for an answer..
Alec Swan
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Many years ago, and in my youth, I did a tour of cold calling. I went to an elderly lady, one morning, and before I'd even finished my opening spiel, she interrupted me with, "That's very kind of you, dear, but my husband's in the trade" and shut the door in my face!!
I laughed all the way back to my van, and abandoned my new career, there and then! A lesson learned.
Alec.
I laughed all the way back to my van, and abandoned my new career, there and then! A lesson learned.
Alec.