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Guess who has a well paying job!? Guess who's young and needs the money!? Guess who's boss was a guy who I gave an ass kicking too in school (hes a dick)!? Guess who's going to call you up and sell you insurance at horrible times!!!1

yes thats me and I've been given this job in a strange underhanded way which allows me to never turn up again without consequences.

what should I do NSg?

what should I do NSg?

Get a blog. :p

Someone who doesn’t know the difference between your/you’re and to/too? :p

Just kidding, grats on the job. I’m waiting to hear from something myself.

Get a blog. :p

why do you think I have a jolt account?

Someone who doesn’t know the difference between your/you’re and to/too? :p

whats your home telephone number? *gets notepad*

Just kidding, grats on the job. I’m waiting to hear from something myself.

but I don't want to work in a crappy job! *tantrums*

Guess who has a well paying job!? Guess who's young and needs the money!? Guess who's boss was a guy who I gave an ass kicking too in school (hes a dick)!? Guess who's going to call you up and sell you insurance at horrible times!!!1

yes thats me and I've been given this job in a strange underhanded way which allows me to never turn up again without consequences.

what should I do NSg?


Get the money in the bank for a few months and then see how you're fixed.

Get the money in the bank for a few months and then see how you're fixed.

yeah thats the plan (stable job history be damned) but its just one of those days when you have to make up some kind of master plan or be doomed for eternity

also this thread is about people out bitching me not cheering me up (wtf internet?)

Wha-? Who told you?

Erm...Uh... I mean... *Burns two-way ticket to Britain*
Guess who's boss was a guy who I gave an ass kicking too in school
Oh god! The irony! It burns!

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Well, fortunately he won't be calling me. Enjoy your new job while you can, Call To Power. Sooner or later it will be outsourced.

Guess who is going to kill you for using the wrong you're/your in your title.

Your all going to stab me

I'm not quite sure I have an all, but if I did why/how would it stab you?

Guess who's boss was a guy who I gave an ass kicking too in school (hes a dick)!?

Oh, oh, me, me! I know! Someone who'll soon rightfully regret the violent bullying they committed in their schooldays.

Well, fortunately he won't be calling me. Enjoy your new job while you can, Call To Power. Sooner or later it will be outsourced.

its okay I left on Friday because I'd rather be doing factory work than that bullshit

sketchy as fuck

Guess who is going to kill you for using the wrong you're/your in your title.

not if I kill you first! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ighu4gGlaUE) (well its what popped into my head)

Oh, oh, me, me! I know! Someone who'll soon rightfully regret the violent bullying they committed in their schooldays.

I wasn't a bully he was a dick and I'm not too fond of the accusation thanks

whats your home telephone number?

Would you like my personal Uyoku number?

Would you like my personal Uyoku number?

go ahead I've always wondered what would happen ;)

I wasn't a bully

You claim you kicked someone's ass because "he was a dick". Makes you a bully in my books.

he was a dick

That's absolutely no excuse for violence.

and I'm not too fond of the accusation thanks

It still fits.

go ahead I've always wondered what would happen ;)

Let me get back to you on that. It'd be fun if you were serious...

If you call me up trying to sell me insurance I won't stab you. I will however set Ofcom and the Office of the Information Commissioner on you.

Makes you a bully in my books.

odd that but then this is the internet

now stop with the hijack because the fun is in the opposite direction

If you call me up trying to sell me insurance I won't stab you. I will however set Ofcom and the Office of the Information Commissioner on you.

HA! telemarketers use 141 and have no commitment to non-solicitation lists *evil laugh*

odd that but then this is the internet

now stop with the hijack because the fun is in the opposite direction

Do you really find it odd that you get called a bully when you're all "heheh, I kicked this dude's ass back in school 'cause he was a dick..."?

That's straight up bully 101....

You'd have to show just cause to get sympathy.

Calling someone a dick ain't just cause - it's dickery in itself...

Well, he tried to become a telemarketeer, so it probably fits the preferred character profile for that kind of job.

You know now any telemarketer I'll just assume is you, and when they call, I'll try and talk to them.

"How's NSG?" I'll ask.

Their repsonse, "WTF?"

In commemeration of this wonderous event Call to Power will now be renamed, That Annoying Insurance Caller Dude

Welcome to my end of telemarketing.
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Don't say you haven't been warned!

Welcome to my end of telemarketing.
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Don't say you haven't been warned!

Why?

It's pretty stupid and rude, why don't you just say "not interested" and hang up?

Why?

It's pretty stupid and rude, why don't you just say "not interested" and hang up?
In Germany, traditional telemarketing (cold calling) is illegal. Businesses cannot call out to customers without prior consent.

So, calling me up trying to sell me something is not only rude but illegal.

Fuck'em. Those assholes call me up at the worst of times, without caller ID, and I'm sick and tired of saying "not interested" a couple of times a week to those people who shouldn't have called me in the first place.

So, in my book, it ain't stupid - and it ain't rude. It works.

In Germany, traditional telemarketing (cold calling) is illegal. Businesses cannot call out to customers without prior consent.

So, calling me up trying to sell me something is not only rude but illegal.

Fuck'em. Those assholes call me up at the worst of times, without caller ID, and I'm sick and tired of saying "not interested" a couple of times a week to those people who shouldn't have called me in the first place.

So, in my book, it ain't stupid - and it ain't rude. It works.

Well being illegal is different. Now are these the same people calling you up for the same thing? If so that would be different because they are continually going in. But what about those people who's physical state you would affecting by blowing in their ear? Surely you should be going for the big guys rather than those who are told to do this?

what should I do NSg?
Post sober :tongue:

Well being illegal is different. Now are these the same people calling you up for the same thing? If so that would be different because they are continually going in. But what about those people who's physical state you would affecting by blowing in their ear? Surely you should be going for the big guys rather than those who are told to do this?
Same people, different people, different people for the same.

And it's not like I just go at it.

"If you don't hang up right now something's gonna happen."
-Pause- "Uh, like what?"
"I vill blow ze whistle."
-click doot doot doot-

Alternatively:

"May I interest you..."
"I have a counter-offer for you! May I interest you in this brand new whistle? Here, let me demonstrate..."
-click doot doot doot-

Just hanging up on them doesn't work, bitches call right back and say we were disconnected.

And "going for the big guys" is downright impossible. They call without a number on the display, but I'd need a phone number and address to go after them, and I would have to prove that they called me. That's a Don Quixote's job in its purest form.

Last but not least, doing what you're told to do although you know it to be illegal - that's the same lame excuse as "I was just following orders."

I'm on 2 do-not-call-lists and never answer the phone if caller ID is blank or incomplete. Telemarketers and other lamers in lame jobs with their lame voices can and do screw off. :)

When telemarketeers call me, i usually pretend to be very interested, i'll ask them questions for half an hour, and finally, when their voices have that Got-Him-In-The-Bag smugness, i'll tell em i'll think about it.

Strangely, i only ever get called once about a particular product :)

I'm on 2 do-not-call-lists and never answer the phone if caller ID is blank or incomplete. Telemarketers and other lamers in lame jobs with their lame voices can and do screw off. :)

So that's why you never answer the phone when you call me.

And GN, fair enough if you are giving them some warning.

Try calling to Finland! And, get huge phone bills!

I [...] never answer the phone if caller ID is blank [...]
Which is what I'd do. But some of my friends don't send their ID either (for whatever reasons).
And GN, fair enough if you are giving them some warning.
I can be mean sometimes, but I'm not that mean.
Try calling to Finland! And, get huge phone bills!
I've had people call me in Germany from Asia, trying to sell me something in English.

When I asked them whether they knew they were calling Germany long-distance, they usually hung up.

I've had people call me in Germany from Asia, trying to sell me something in English.

When I asked them whether they knew they were calling Germany long-distance, they usually hung up.

Wow, how you call from one continent to another by mistake?

Which is what I'd do. But some of my friends don't send their ID either (for whatever reasons).

I've gotten around that too. I tell people I know with blank IDs to let it ring 30 times, or some other excessive amount if 30 is not enough. Marketers won't ring that long.

And that's if I really care enough. What kind of weird asshole doesn't show up on caller ID? I don't know how it is there but here it's a weird thing. From a residency you pretty much have to deliberately pay for a service to hide your number. Who would do this? Some yuppie kid who crank calls? If it's intentional, well buddy, go talk to santa claus. Most people who call me locally are on cell phones. Even the crappiest services usually display the phone number, which you can then take into account.

I deal with in another way. I either answer the phone or do not. If I do, and I don't want to speak to the person on the other end, then I put the phone down

Easy!

I deal with in another way. I either answer the phone or do not. If I do, and I don't want to speak to the person on the other end, then I put the phone down

Easy!

The foolish thing with that is that by answering the phone, you encourage them. It's protocol with many of them to note your very presence. If you don't answer, you might very well become invisible and purged from many of their systems. At least that's my hope. It does seem like when I picked up the phone to these rogue marketers, the calls increased.

The foolish thing with that is that by answering the phone, you encourage them. It's protocol with many of them to note your very presence. If you don't answer, you might very well become invisible and purged from many of their systems. At least that's my hope. It does seem like when I picked up the phone to these rogue marketers, the calls increased.

Meh It don't bother me, let them keep ringing, I'll keep putting the phone down. After all it costs me nowt.

I guess you don't expect legitimate calls or your time is useless to you.

I guess you don't expect legitimate calls or your time is useless to you.

No, people call me up quite regularly, but it's mates asking if I'm coming out, the call lasts all of 30 seconds.

If I'm just chilling at home, I'm just chillin', it is no skin of my nose to answer the phone and put it back down again.

Heh my wife is worse. She'll listen to all the guff, and then say no thanks and then put the phone down, or shut the front door.

She gets a right kick outa that one.

Well good for you, it's your life. To me, it's not desirable to add up dozens of pointless actions with the phone when I'm trying to make the most of my time at home. But that's just me.

Well good for you, it's your life. To me, it's not desirable to add up dozens of pointless actions with the phone when I'm trying to make the most of my time at home. But that's just me.

Heh fair doo's but really you know if you do it enough, then the calls stop.

Heh fair doo's but really you know if you do it enough, then the calls stop.

Not around here.

Im with call to power.Some people deserve to get their asses kicked, that doesnt mean he is a bully

Some people deserve to be stabbed, with a big sword, or shot!

See, this is how wars start.

Some people deserve to be stabbed, with a big sword, or shot!

See, this is how wars start.

No, nowadays it's either by flying airliners into buildings, talking shit at the UN, or giving long boring inaccurate presentations at the UN.

No, nowadays it's either by flying airliners into buildings, talking shit at the UN, or giving long boring inaccurate presentations at the UN.

It's just a variation of the same thing.