This story is so ridiculous, I have to share it. I know that no one here would do anything so outrageous.
To give you some background – Somehow my husband’s name and our unlisted number (family only) got on a list of people who invest millions. I have no idea how, since we are not millionaires.
Every few months he starts getting calls from sales people. At first it was all about oil wells. Now it’s all sorts of things. On average, there’s one call every day and it goes on for a couple of weeks before I get break from them.
They ask if he’s in and I say no and ask if there’s a message. Most just hang up. A few talk with me and I explain that we are NOT big time investors. Sometimes they chat for a few minutes and promise to take our name off the list.
Yesterday it was a real estate agent. The one who was apparently raised by apes.
When I said Carl wasn’t here he asked if I was Mrs. Cliff. When I said yes he asked how was I today and
called me something offensive. I don’t remember if it was honey-baby or sweetie-darling – but something like that. My hackles were up!
He proceeded to tell me that he was calling to tell Carl about this wonderful real estate investment opportunity that he knew we’d be interested in because they had spoken with him before. I said “No, we don’t invest and that he hadn't talked with Carl before."
I knew they hadn’t talked with Carl before because I don’t even hand him the phone for solicitation calls.
He said he understood, but since they’d talked with Carl before they knew he’d be interested in this.
Meanwhile, his sentences were punctuated calling me “hon.” (Grrr…)
I said “Did you hear me? I said we don’t invest.”
And then he started arguing with me!
I was trying to speak and he was talking right over me, so finally I yelled something and hung up on him.
Can you even feature arguing with a prospect?
That would be like someone telling you they don’t want to buy or sell a house and you saying “Yes you do. I know you do! So you have to listen to me.”
That’s the second time this month someone has called to sell me something and argued when I said no. The other was that character who always says he’s the one who fixed my computer last time.
I find this level of stupidity unbelievable.
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