I keep getting these calls regarding 'air duct cleaning'. I have been hanging up on the caller the minute they start telling me what they are calling about. The last one was a blocked call and I got so mad I said 'If you don't stop calling me I am going to report you to the police'. Well, husband M and daughter L were home at the time and had a good laugh because it is not like me to say something like that! I'm tempted not to answer the phone, but I do in case it might be something important (schools, doctors) even though I have call display. Recently I was very abrupt with the Police Association calling about their charity. They announce themselves as the Police and you don't want to be rude to the Police, but they are using their name for the purpose of soliciting in this instance. How do you handle unwanted phone calls?
I got this joke from Ploughing Through Life:
I got this joke from Ploughing Through Life:
Unsolicited call are really a big problem, and I have no problems with being rude there. It seems to e the only thing some people understand! Love the joke! Valerie
ReplyDeleteI agree with Valerie. Sometimes you just have to be rude to end the calls. Cute cartoon.
ReplyDeleteBeing too polite for my own good, I used to get stuck listening to people trying to sell me something. Now I just interrupt the person as they ramble on and say "No, thank you. Have a nice day." And hang up. I have a very hard time being rude, so this gives me a polite way to exit. Win-win.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I'm on the Do Not Call list.
ReplyDeleteI tell them that. They apologize.
The stupid charities, they are able to side step the call list, tell me they can. However, groups like Cerebral Palsy hire a company to sell the clothes for them. That is disingenuous, to my thinking.
Then there is the supposed Microsoft dude, with a heavy Indian accent, who offers to fix my computer.
I either keep them talking, or put them on hold, or tell them to give me their home phone number and I'll phone THEM at dinner time.
A collegue once had a stalker who kept calling her all the time and also in the middle of the night. So she got a really loud whistle, and when he called again she blew it with all her might. He never called again .....
ReplyDeleteI recently started immediately blocking these calls for money by saying that I don't buy on the phone and wishing them a nice day. That ususally shuts them up immediately. good luck!
Go on line, google "do not call list" and sign up - that usually does the trick!! LOVE the ad for the midhusband!!!
ReplyDeleteMary x
I just hang up
ReplyDeleteIf I don't know the name/number that shows up on Caller ID I don't answer. If I do pick the phone up and find out it's a solicitor I politely interrupt them (after all, they're only doing their job) and tell them we're not interested.
ReplyDeleteIf you ask them them to remove you from their call list they will. I knew a person who worked at a call center once and they said that hang-ups are to still be called until told to call no more. It's not them BTW, it's their supervisors that make them. Just so you know :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for explaining the other side of the story Keith, good to understand this.
DeleteVERY funny!
ReplyDeleteI just hang up too!
ReplyDeleteLove your joke! really true!!
We have a 'do not call' system here as well which seems to work - charities are excused so do call. I just say I choose who I donate to and thank them for calling.
ReplyDeleteThe Microsoft man calls here at his own risk - I tell him I don't own a computer which seems to confuse them - The Golfer tells him to get lost in no uncertain terms
Cathy
Well... I'm not very nice. I immediately say "take me off your list" and hang-up. It drives me CRAZY!
ReplyDeletexo jj
I did put our name on the Do Not Call list here in the U.S. Gracious! You have those police association calls, too? I remember getting those in Chicago and I don't think they were honestly affiliated with the police.
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