NationStates Jolt Archive

i just got off the phone from an unsolicited sales call
IN SPANISH
my husband has a spanish surname. his family has lived in this country since new mexico became part of this country

i answered the phone with HELLO, the woman asks for my husband in spanish, he does business in latin america with people who have limited english so i am careful to always be polite.

i said IN ENGLISH that he wasnt here, she asked for the mrs IN SPANISH
i said i was the mrs and she finally started talking in english and said she was calling for SEARS

i was a little harsh when i told her that she should inform her supervisor that its nice to have spanish skills but that just because one has a spanish surname it doesnt mean they speak spanish and that if someone answers the phone IN ENGLISH that should be a clue that they speak english

was i wrong?

So long as you didn't hit her, you did fine. :D

No. You were completely justified.

Telemarketers are fair game, but creativity is encouraged.

That's discrimination. I have a Swedish surname and I never get solicitors that speak Swedish. Plus! I live in New Mexico and I've never gotten a Spanish phone solicitor.

I have a Spanish last name and (used to) get calls in Spanish infrequently, but I did get some. I never knew enough Spanish to be able to play games with them, so I usually just hung up repeatedly. :wink:

Telemarketers are annoying, so it's a blessing that I don't get them
often.
Political surveyors are better, but marginally so. At least they ask
you if you want to have this conversation.

The WORST ones on phones are MORMONS. Because they've realised
that people tell them where to go when they knock on your door,
they've taken to ringing people, and that just annoys me.

ewww ive never gotten a mormon call. what do they say? "id like to interrupt your dinner to discuss a religion you arent currently interested in"?

Ask them if they would like to buy your stereo or old pans or whatever you don't need. Make a list, price it, and put it by the phone.

She made too much of an assumption.

errrr, je deteste le mormons. sometimes i just let my dog talk to the telemarketers.......

i hate it when they do that. its so bad down here that i almost always just hang up if they speak spanish back to me when i answer in english. i know its not nice, but i dont care.

I personaly don't get telemarketers....gotta love that Do-Not-Call list