Originally Posted by
CanadianLineman
I really hate when I get a phone call between 5 and 6:30 PM, suppertime, and it is someone intent on doing a survey or trying to sell you something.
I hate it even more when the person talking has almost no command of the English language. They mangle English as they plough their way through the so called sales pitch and keep going even though you have already told them you aren’t interested. One of the banks I use is particularly bad for this. When I actually get it across to them that I have no interest in what they are selling even if I could understand them they sound as if it is incredible I wouldn’t be completely smitten by their sales pitch.
I once told one that I would like them to give me their home phone number so I could phone them at home at their suppertime but the humour was completely lost to them. I think she said, “I cannot do that sir, I am reporting your advances to my supervisor”. I quickly hung up.