I just ask for their number at home so I can call them back.

 

Cus no one has heard that one before. Lets get original here.

I used to work for CIBC's call center and we heard all types of stuff. I could not believe how some people just lost it when you called them. Its just a phone call, if you don't like it hang up. No one forces you to stay on the other end of the phone. Funny thing is 95% of the time we were calling cus we could actually save you money with your banking.
The more mad people got, the more **** we would pull on them. Auto dialers are great for screwing with people. You can program callbacks pretty much antime the dialer is running. Over and over.

There were times where the dialer would get stuck dialing the same number over and over. This one lady got called for about 45 min straight. It would be so funny that she would just keep answering thinking it was someone else!

Yes the standard telemarketers are a pain, but I find it funny on how many people will sit and wait for the right time to politley say "no thanks" instead of just clicking one button and walking away.

[ December 01, 2005, 01:08 AM: Message edited by: Fat Whacker ]

 

I listen to the whole schpeil before saying no. Wastes their time and their time is money.

If it's a survey I always ask the company that is sponsoring the survey. Typically the caller has no idea so I explain, in detail, how I cannot participate if I don't know who the sponsoring company is. I find the caller glad to get off the line [img]tongue.gif[/img]