BAW
The Flower
I only give my home phone number to people I want to hear from. If I didn't give you my number, I don't want you to call me.
If you use an automatic dialer to call me and expect me to hold on while you connect, if you can't properly pronounce my name and if you need to stop and find your place in the script, I find it a little hard to be polite and listen to your salespitch.
I don't want to put anyone out of a job and I don't think telemarketers as people are bad in any way, I just don't want to be called 3-4 times a day by someone who wants to sell me something I don't need.
I did a little experiement earlier this month...between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., I was getting called every 2 hours on the hour by an automatic dialing machine and I wanted to see just how long this would go on if I didn't pick up. I had already told this company once to take me off their call list so I let it go for 3 or 4 days and finally answered. After they gave me their pitch, I told them they had called me approximately 12 times AFTER I had told them to take me off their list and I had it all recorded on my caller ID. They never called again but I'm sure in a few months, they'll start it up again.
And the all important reason they were calling??? To sell me a Tweety Bird Christmas ornament.
Damn straight I signed up on the do not call list.
If you use an automatic dialer to call me and expect me to hold on while you connect, if you can't properly pronounce my name and if you need to stop and find your place in the script, I find it a little hard to be polite and listen to your salespitch.
I don't want to put anyone out of a job and I don't think telemarketers as people are bad in any way, I just don't want to be called 3-4 times a day by someone who wants to sell me something I don't need.
I did a little experiement earlier this month...between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., I was getting called every 2 hours on the hour by an automatic dialing machine and I wanted to see just how long this would go on if I didn't pick up. I had already told this company once to take me off their call list so I let it go for 3 or 4 days and finally answered. After they gave me their pitch, I told them they had called me approximately 12 times AFTER I had told them to take me off their list and I had it all recorded on my caller ID. They never called again but I'm sure in a few months, they'll start it up again.
And the all important reason they were calling??? To sell me a Tweety Bird Christmas ornament.
Damn straight I signed up on the do not call list.