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Maybe a Trip To The Dictionary is in Order…

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Maybe a Trip To The Dictionary is in Order…

 

The call came in…

 

The caller ID flashed - number UNKNOWN

 

typically a red flag for me

 

I answered

 

that long pause should have warned me followed by the rapid-fire introduction

 

-this is Jane Something or Other from Name That Service or Where Did I Put My Keys  --- (why can’t I ever understand what they are saying?)

 

I’m calling for a quick 10 to 12 minute survey

 

Excuse me --- a quick 10 to 12 minute survey???--- I think the first thing you need to do after I hang up from this phone call is to find a dictionary and look up the word quick.


Maybe a Trip To The Dictionary is in Order…

Posted by

Michael Jacobs

 

CalBRE # 01165532

P. O. Box 587

Pasadena, CA 91102

Call/Text:  818.516.4393

mtj916@gmail.com

 

 

Comments (39)

Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Kathy Streib --- another light bulb moment for a blog post idea --- what can you do in a 10 - 12 minutes....discuss among yourselves....a new cocktail party game.

Oct 23, 2014 04:19 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Sooooo annoying.  I am so over all these calls.  Even with the "do not call" they still come.  Just had one interrupt the writing of this comment!  LOL.

Oct 23, 2014 04:21 AM
Jon Kolsky
Kolsky Realty & Management - Long Beach, CA
Licensed California Real Estate Broker

Michael Jacobs ~ recently I've been getting calls by "unknown" numbers, and in 99.9% of the cases they are useless robo calls... Shame on them!

Oct 23, 2014 06:02 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Michael - Unless I'm in a really bad mood, I don't answer unknown callers anymore. If I'm in a bad mood, I can usually have enough fun to cheer myself up, and sometimes I may spend 10-12 minutes doing it.

Oct 23, 2014 07:18 AM
Laura Allen, Lake Tahoe - Truckee Real Estate for Sale TahoeLauraRealEstate.com
Coldwell Banker Realty, Tahoe City, CA (530) 414-1260 - Tahoe City, CA
Tahoe Real Estate Agent Helping Buyers and Sellers

Michael -  Too funny!  I too have been hard hit by the "this will take just a minute" sales pitches over the past few weeks!  A trip to the dictionary to define what a quick minute is, would be perfect!

Oct 23, 2014 12:16 PM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Michael~ It's RARE that I answer an UNKNOWN call. Thankfully I don't get many survey or sales calls these days!

Oct 23, 2014 12:39 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I know telemarketers can call until 9 pm. I think they should change the hours to 9 to 5. They call when people are having dinner or preparing dinner. It gets to be annoying.

Oct 23, 2014 10:39 PM
Sharon Paxson
Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

Hi Michael - these calls frustrate me, and even though I am registered on do not call, doesn't seem to matter, I still get them. 

Just like emails I continue to unsubscribe, and then there they are again . . . and again!

Oct 24, 2014 12:49 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Michael, 10-12 min don't equate to "quick" in the USA, since most of these calls generate from the overseas, perhpas they have more time in their hands than we do.

Oct 24, 2014 12:26 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

This is definitely a topic that everyone understands. I hate it when you pick up the phone and there's silence. I don't bother anymore, I just hang up but it's very, very annoying!

Oct 24, 2014 01:11 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Michael.... I've been conditioned to NOT pick up the phone when the caller ID says UNKNOWN.... I've done it enough times and there was silence and then the nonsense starts.....

Oct 25, 2014 08:18 PM
Joanna Cohlan
Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY
Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

These random calls Michael are torture.  And, when I answer and ask them to TAKE ME OFF THE LIST, my request is ignored.  And so the word UNKOWN to me now means - DON'T EVEN BOTHER!

Oct 25, 2014 11:00 PM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Michael,  They have been out like crazy lately.  I have been getting a flurry of solicitor calls lately.  So tired of it.  Whatever happened to the "No Call List" rules.  My cell phone is on the NO CALL LIST but it sure doesn't deter any of them.  

Oct 26, 2014 02:28 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Depending on the time of day, if I am available to pick up the call and the number of UNKNOWN calls I have received in a given day, I'll answer -- I'm a bit surprised at the agents who have blocked numbers plus you never know if it could be a possible new client.   

Oct 26, 2014 03:23 AM
Joy Daniels
Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA

You are right - thanks for the laugh!! :)  Like Belinda, my cell phone is on the "NO CALL LIST" but I still get them!

Oct 26, 2014 06:07 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Michael, Yep, the odds of getting me to participate in a "quick" 10 minute survey is NOT good.  Bill

Oct 26, 2014 09:52 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Hahahaha. Just a quick survey. No thank you. NEXT. I try not to answer those BLOCKED callers, but sometimes I just can't help myself.

Oct 26, 2014 03:03 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I have fallen for those quick surveys that approached 15-20 minutes. No more.

Oct 27, 2014 04:43 AM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Haha, so quick:) I would not take it, even it would be 15-20 sec. It is very sneaky that they call from 'unknown' numbers, they know, they are not welcome.

Nov 08, 2014 07:58 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

When we're busy it doesn't matter if it is seconds or minutes --- our time is our most valuable and most finite asset.   As far as the "sneaky" approaches --- they don't work for me.    

Nov 08, 2014 11:31 AM