> It's people trying to sell me things ("Is the man of the house home?" > "How about you go fuck yourself and thanks for your time")
Oooohhhh, I *hate* that.
"Hello, Mrs. Moffatt?" "Yes?" (Patient. Gentle. Heavy accent, maybe he actually said "Ms" and I misheard.) "Hi, is Mr. Moffatt there?" "There is no Mr. Moffatt." "Oh. We'd like to sell you cable, could I speak to whoever makes the financial decisions in your household?"
That last is a paraphrase. It's a really accurate paraphrase.
(On the flip side, I still do phone surveys if I have the time, since I remember doing that job and figure I can afford to make someone else's calls completed record suck a little less.)
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Date: 2005-04-21 11:17 pm (UTC)> "How about you go fuck yourself and thanks for your time")
Oooohhhh, I *hate* that.
"Hello, Mrs. Moffatt?"
"Yes?" (Patient. Gentle. Heavy accent, maybe he actually said "Ms" and I misheard.)
"Hi, is Mr. Moffatt there?"
"There is no Mr. Moffatt."
"Oh. We'd like to sell you cable, could I speak to whoever makes the financial decisions in your household?"
That last is a paraphrase. It's a really accurate paraphrase.
(On the flip side, I still do phone surveys if I have the time, since I remember doing that job and figure I can afford to make someone else's calls completed record suck a little less.)