I’ve gotten 2 phone calls at work today. These people are really annoying, they start with “Good afternoon” or “Happy Tuesday” or “How are you today?” … no one starts a conversation like that here! So the first guy is so-and-so from something-or-other imaging. He says “I understand you’re the person in charge of your printers and fax machines there?” I really don’t have time to listen to another toner salesman, so I say “We don’t have any printers or fax machines here” … I thought about telling him the truth – that about 10 minutes before he called I had spent $2,000 on toner, but that would just encourage him to call back later. After a nice pause he says “Uh, ok thank you goodbye” <\/p>\n
\nThat worked well. In fact, it worked so well I decided to try it on the second telemarketer I heard from today:
\n“Hi, good afternoon. I understand you’re the decision maker for your company when it comes to telecommunications?”
\n“We don’t have telephones here” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve gotten 2 phone calls at work today. These people are really annoying, they start with “Good afternoon” or “Happy Tuesday” or “How are you today?” … no one starts a conversation like that here! So the first guy is … Continue reading