[ale] OT - Rant - I don't want your toner cartridges

[jknapka at kneuro.net (Joe Knapka)]

Sheesh, and I thought your garden-variety telemarketer was annoying!

You could probably get the phone company to block their number from
calling yours.

Further OT: a friend of my son's was recently hired by a telemarketing
firm. He lasted exactly one day at the job. He was fired due to the
following exchange, no lie:

VICTIM: Hello?

MY SON'S FRIEND: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my
father.  Prepare to die.

Cheers,

-- Joe

"Nathan J. Underwood" <ale1 at cybertechcafe.net> writes:

> Ok, this is VERY OT, and I apologize, but I wanted to vent and see if
> anyone else was getting it.  Basically, on Wednesday, Thursday, and
> Friday (or a combination of the three), I get a phone call.  The call
> is usually from a company calling itself World Tech, and they're
> selling toner cartridges.  Not just any toner cartridge, mind you, but
> SUPERIOR toner cartridges.  The first few weeks, I politely declined,
> and asked to be removed from the list.  This didn't work, so I stopped
> answering, and they left messages (which is a pet peeve of mine, but
> that's another rant).  Now, we're 2 years into it, and they're still
> calling.  So, I've been using them as tools to polish up on my *tact.
> As condescending and belittling as that can be, they continue to call.
> I've talked to supervisors (hey bob, tell this guy you're a supervisor
> so he'll leave me alone), I've talked to their (the supervisors) boss
> (see hey bob comment earlier), etc., but nothing seems to work.  Their
> spill is basically this:
> 
> Them : Hello <your name>, my name is <their name>, and I understand
> that you're the person in charge of making IT purchases for your
> company.<pause>
> You : [Yes | Possibly | No | are you my mommy?]
> Them : What kind of printers do you use in your company?<pause>
> You : [this | that | I have to pee]
> Them : Great!,  My company manufacturers a superior printer toner
> cartridge that is guaranteed to last <insert absurd amount of time
> here>, and we'd like to send you one for ABSOLUTELY FREE!  Does that
> sound like a good deal? <pause>
> You : Do you like donut?
> Them : Great!  All I need to do is get some basic information from
> you, and someone will contact you tomorrow to get you your free
> printer toner cartridge.<pause>
> Them : Is your name <your name>?  Is your address <address>?  Are you
> in charge of purchasing IT products for your company?<pause>
> Them : Great!  Someone from our shipping department will contact you
> tomorrow to setup the delivery.
> 
> Then, sure enough, the next day someone will contact you from their
> shipping department.  These folks just need a PO number, and they'll
> ship you a toner cartridge (or ribbon, ink cartridge, etc.).
> 
> Have any of you fallen into this trap (where they continually call)?
> If so, have you been able to make them stop calling?  Either way, I do
> feel better to have gotten it off of my chest.
> 
> 
> *Tack, as defined by a former boss (and mentor, who I am still in
> frequent communication with), is the ability to tell someone to go to
> hell in such a way that they not only smile and thank you, but pay in
> advance, and look forward to the trip.
> --
> registered linux user # 73046
> 
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