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We got a spate of credit offers after my identify was stolen. And it took
me forever to FINALLY get it through the THICK skull of one Indian that we were NOT going to accept their gift of free whatever from the Dish Network. I don't know HOW many times I told that guy that we moved to a place where there is a hill that blocks our access to their satellite!
posted by
WindTapper
on February 8, 2007 at 10:03 PM
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Joe Love...
Telemarketers irritate me even though I am on the "do not call" list. Only companies I have done buisiness with (mostly banks and credit card hawkers) and charities call me now. The police and fire charities rankle me becasue they don't represent the local people I might need help from. I always ask them for a breakdown of the percentage my local departments would get. Of course, they don't know that, so I cheerfully explain that if they call me back with that information, I will consider it. They never have, not once.
posted by
food4thought
on January 14, 2007 at 9:49 PM
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one of my secret wishes is to lose weight from the calories burned by
chewing! LOL! Extend my warm empathy to the monster...
posted by
muser
on January 13, 2007 at 9:22 PM
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The lure of quick weight loss...be careful!!
Hi Joe - I love this story as it unfolds. I am in the fitness industry and see everyday how the lure of a pill promising weight loss tempts otherwise intelligent people!! A good friend of mine just started taking Solo Slim. In my step class she nearly passed out, she hasn't slept in a week and this morning she broke out in a nasty rash! It has all kinds of herbs in it - she is probably allergic! I'm staying tuned for the next chapter of your tale!
Vicki
posted by
vemckenna1
on January 13, 2007 at 5:17 PM
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Lol, way to get 'em Joe Love! Looking forward to reading your gotcha
Thanks for the comments, btw. I appreciate your efforts in reading my poetry.
posted by
Katray2
on January 13, 2007 at 4:09 PM
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The worst thing about telemarketers is that are sooooo persistent...
One called the office from a mail service and tho I told her we did not use Global Mail and were not interested in using them, she asked me what felt like a million questions while I desperately continued telling her I was not interested. Ony good manners prevented me from hanging up the phone. To make things worse, she had an African accent and I couldn't understand half of what she was saying.
posted by
word.smith
on January 13, 2007 at 7:09 AM
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Why is he a Monster? Lol.
posted by
A-and-B
on January 13, 2007 at 5:41 AM
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Joe Love
Is there anyone who doesn't hate telemarketers? They always act like they're your best friend. I should set my mother on them. She'd try to convert them.
posted by
mneme
on January 13, 2007 at 4:04 AM
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Good 4 U, Joe!!
I can't stand telemarketers; esp. ones that can't even speak English that I can understand. Don't even get me started on the outsourced "help lines" that are forwarded to India.
posted by
SpitFire70
on January 13, 2007 at 12:54 AM
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I hate tele-marketers! Are you on the do not call list?
posted by
Whacky
on January 12, 2007 at 9:52 PM
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Joe Love,
I have another question: now that the Monster has lost his diet pills, is he going to get fat?
posted by
Nautikos
on January 12, 2007 at 8:02 PM
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sometimes i just say, "can you hold for a sec?",
then i put the phone under a cushion and walk away.
posted by
fourcats
on January 12, 2007 at 7:47 PM
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Joe Love,
you are almost Dickensian in your ability to string people along...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 12, 2007 at 4:48 PM
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And still he strings us along!!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on January 12, 2007 at 4:39 PM
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Let me guess: knock-knock jokes?
posted by
Helen_Bach
on January 12, 2007 at 12:23 PM
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Joe
My husband goes completely nuts when he receives a call from India flogging God knows what. He’s a quite spoken, extremely polite man but on an off day he yelled into the phone “Are you deaf!!! I just told you I’m not interested and threw the cordless phone across the room. I quietly removed myself from the room….
I'm sure any number of bloggers have told you this but - you're a fabulous story-teller!
posted by
Troosha
on January 12, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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and the tale continues
posted by
MiaElla
on January 12, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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A friend of mine is a little more direct.
He has this weird little dinner gong in his kitchen, small but very loud. When a telemarketer (or even a collector) calls, he merely holds the receiver very close and gives the gong a hard bash.
Since this guy is the drummer in my band, I know he is killing people in boiler rooms all over the far east.
posted by
strat
on January 12, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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This inventive young man I know has developed a strategy...
He listens politely to the telemarketer's message, gets excited about taking advantage of whatever offer they're making, and then asks if they can sell to someone who is possessed, by Satan. He goes into a wild paranoid rant to the effect that the other is sleeping or temporarily away, but if the other finds out they've conversed, there will be dire consequences... They usually hang up before he finishes the whole spiel.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 12, 2007 at 8:40 AM
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Nice. You'll probably get calls for a long time now.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on January 12, 2007 at 8:24 AM
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You are a horrible tease!!!!!!
I can't believe he had those pills! They are so dangerous! I don't care what kind of weight problem there is, it is not worth one's life to look good.
Maybe the two of you can find something to work together on this...maybe go for a walk every night together, plan meals that weren't invented there in the south full of grease and fat (I don't know how you normally cook so I am not criticizing just offering some ideas). hell have a competition who ever can prove they worked out more in a week doesn't have to clean up after the kids while the other one does! 
posted by
bel_1965
on January 12, 2007 at 7:47 AM
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